This is why I moved to Norway

Sometimes it feels like you achieve a #goal by magic. You just snap your fingers, and then suddenly it appears. But more often, it takes a lot of #perseverance, #diligence, and focused #effort.

[@jongabrielsen3868]

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

[@jongabrielsen3868]

"Luck is when careful preparation meets opportunity" "Ideas are things that only work when you do"

[@dranthonyg]

Amazing quote! Do you have a source? I would love to read more!

[@jongabrielsen3868]

@@dranthonyg Sorry for the delay in responding, Hurricane "Olaf" knocked out power for 2 days - talk about odd, A Norwegian named Hurricane here is the Baja of Mexico This is my favorite version of some others Iran across when I googled it trying to get a source. It was spouted out in a corporate training seminar I attended in the late 1970s and I can't even remember the instructor's name. So lets say Source "unknown". Two others that came up when googling that have sources are the following but I don't like them as much: "Thorough preparation makes its own luck." [Joe Poyer] and "I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it." [Stephen Lealock] The quote on work came from a Lipton Tea Bag tag that my boss handed me after he made his tea, in order to compliment my work.

[@abirchowdhury3892]

this is inspirational

[@dranthonyg]

Ty!!! Your words mean a lot to me! Thank you so much!

[@fredneecher1746]

Well I moved to Sweden on a whim. A friend said he was going with a bunch of people to teach English, so why not come with us. So I did. The whole thing took three weeks, one of which was a preliminary training course.

[@dranthonyg]

That is amazing! What an incredible opportunity! 🤩

[@peterantonsen3539]

Good for you👍

[@jongabrielsen3868]

I used to walk to school in Oslo in nothing but my long underwear, jeans, and hand knitted Norwegian sweater so your descriptions of being so cold just going to and from work seem extreme. I can remember being sol cold I wanted to cry on ski trips in Nordmarkka though.

[@dranthonyg]

I know right? My tolerance for comfortable temperature is extremely narrow 😆

[@Redfizh]

You ended up in the Nordic countries even though you were going to Greece. You are the luckiest in the world. Usually it takes a little while before you fully understand it. The Nordic countries are secret paradises where in the eyes of other countries is just cold and vikings :D

[@dranthonyg]

Yes I am very lucky 😊

[@Henoik]

What? You mean to say that I, as a Norwegian, am not a cold viking? I mean, it is 13 degrees outside as I write this, and I have not yet raided someone's house, soo I guess I'm neither cold nor a viking.

[@dranthonyg]

Preposterous! Say it isn't so!

[@Redfizh]

@@Henoik That’s that secret and now you went to reveal it. Prepare for the wave of immigrants.

[@Henoik]

@@Redfizh Oh sorry, I hope I'm not the next to be sacrificed to Odin.

[@ujmm]

I noticed your greek-sounding last name, then I hoped the main reason was that we are almost the only ones calling Greece its "correct" name HELLAS ;)

[@dranthonyg]

Yet another good reason!!! 👍👍👍😁😁😁

[@idraote]

I know you know, but just listening to what you say in this video (offered to me today by KZbin algorhythm - it apparently knows I'd love to move to Norway), it sounds like Europe is homogenous the way the US are.

[@dranthonyg]

I hear you! I used to think that way. And I know it sounds so ridiculous to kind of mash up so many different cultures into one way of seeing them. But rest assured I do not think that way any longer. And in fact I've realized that so many countries around the world no matter how big or small end up consisting of many many different ways of living, thinking and being.

[@orth0man]

Haha ser ut som jeg er den einaste Normannen her!

[@dranthonyg]

😆😆😆

[@VikingNorway-pb5tm829]

Niks, en til her :)

[@agquiz1847]

you moved near the same time i did lol

[@dranthonyg]

It was definitely the right time 😬😬😬

[@agquiz1847]

@@dranthonyg i find it that the countryside is much better to live in

[@dranthonyg]

@@agquiz1847 Yes! I think that will be my next move. Living in løkka is fun, but it's becoming unaffordable!

[@agquiz1847]

@@dranthonyg try places that are near telemark, nice rutal areas there

[@dranthonyg]

@@agquiz1847 ohhh that does sound nice! I will check it out! TY for the recommendation! :)

[@BPS4189]

yellow background ...

[@dranthonyg]

true story

[@pieromarkuzovich7747]

I could not live in a country that has not a real summer.

[@dranthonyg]

I hear you!!! It took me some time to get used to it 😊

[@dranthonyg]

I hear you! My comfort zone is 22-24 so Norwegian summers are usually perfect!

[@TGregers]

Yeah we do? not very long lasting, but definitely a real summer

[@dranthonyg]

I still haven't gotten used to the autumn starting in August!!! 😆😆😆Every year when it hits 10-15 I'm like what is this nonsense? 🧐🧐🧐

[@TGregers]

@@dranthonyg haha yeah it sucks, we wanna keep the summer at least for a little while longer 😙 summer for a norwegian is literally holy

[@fredneecher1746]

I thought you were going to tell us why you moved to Norway. My bad.

[@dranthonyg]

Work! And bc society here is more aligned with my values ☺️

[@S....]

I watched half of your video and instead of talking about the subject in the topic of this video, you talked about yourself.. I'll pass..

[@dranthonyg]

Hey! Thanks for your comment! I understand it's not for you. Hope you have a great day!

[@S....]

@@dranthonyg This is internet, we can't be civil while disagreeing - stop it! ;)

[@dranthonyg]

😆😆😆😁😁😁