How did I end up here?

As I take the elevator down from the 30th floor, dive into the pool and feel the cold water against my skin, I turn over on my back, and all I see around me are skyscrapers. I take a deep breath and wonder: how did I end up here?

Well, it all started 3 months ago. I had just handed in my Master's thesis, and started looking for a decent job. I had been so busy the last year, that I hadn’t even taken the time to figure out what kind of job I wanted. So there I sat, not knowing what to do with my life! The only thing I had thought about, done, and even dreamed of the past year, was to finish my studies. Now as I felt an era in my life was over, the only thing I was sure of, was that I wanted to travel! I wanted to experience something new. Move to a new place where I hadn’t been before, see a new part of the world and inhale new air.

As I sat in front of my computer dreaming of new sights, new people and a new environment, I received an e-mail. It was LinkedIn, notifying me that a company named AidCom was hiring new employees for the upcoming month. (By now you know what AidCom does, so I won't go into that as well).. Normally I disregard these e-mails since I get 10 e-mails a day. But for some reason I got intrigued and read this one. As I kept reading the job instruction and the required skills, I knew right there and then that this was the perfect job for me. The only thing standing in my way was to convince AidCom of the same. So I sent in my application, crossed my fingers and went about my daily life.

In the meantime, as I had already decided to move from Trondheim, I notified my landlord, rented a moving car and packed my bags. However, the evening before moving day, to my surprise and joy, I got the e-mail I had hoped for: We wish to invite you to our office for an interview. I didn’t have to think twice before I confirmed the time for the interview and started calling my family and friends to share the news. And as luck wanted, a week later I got the job! Now I’m lying in the pool at 7pm, looking up at our window high above surrounded by the twilight. Once again I close my eyes, take a deep breath and feel grateful for being exactly where I am!