#TGIF: Change #2

I am writing this from my new room, in our newly moved-in house. I wrote about how much change I am experiencing currently and even though the changes were anticipated, it was an adjustment regardless. I have moved house a number of times, but this time around, it's different. This move was a deliberate decision made by the three of us - Amy, Dyna and myself. Many asked, why move again? 

Don't get us wrong, we loved our old house. We lived there for 7 whole years, went through COVID-19 in that house, couped up all five of us in that 1,200 sq feet home for months on end. That house held a special place in our hearts but then again, we have outgrown that house. It feels extra to say this but we all needed our own spaces. Me and Dyna have been sharing room since we were kids, and we're pushing 30, we still sleep in the same room! Since none of us have any plans on moving out on our own or get married anytime soon, we thought finding a home that fits us all and gives us a bit more space, would be the right move.

Finding the right home was not easy too. We had specific criteria when surveying for potential house. The location, neighborhood, accessibility, the cost, how much work we would have to do after moving in, etc etc. The house has to also be the right place for our parents. We spent a few months surveying, until we finally decided on this specific house. It was honestly, love at first sight. The house felt right from the get-go. Alhamdulillah.

The moving process, was another challenge for us. You have no idea how much money involved, until you were the one responsible for it. The cost for the new house, patching up the old house, lorry, paint, furniture, decorations, you name it. It forced all three of us to lock in to plan for our financial and break out of our comfort zone in so many ways. As we started packing up and clearing our stuff, we thought we should sell our clothes instead of giving them away. The next thing I know we were full on selling at carboot sales & flea markets! 

We had so much fun the first time that we did it again for several weekends after. Now it's going to be something we will do when we have available weekends and we get money out of it with little to no cost at all, it's win-win. As much as it was fun, the whole thing was also very very tiring. Taxing on my body. With selling and moving, and mentally challenged at work with my new brand, I was stretched in so many different ways,

But that's what change does to you. It puts you in uncomfortable situations, it stretches and remold you completely that you will come out of it different, but better. I was tired all the time, I still am but that hard month will be the month I look back to and am so proud that I held on and I came out of it unscathed.