 I'm so excited. If you don't know, I have been traveling around Europe and the US for the last couple months and today I am just gonna start Diving right into all the things and the perspectives that I have gained over the last couple months If you're not subscribed and you're not part of the channel, definitely subscribe below because there's a lot of great videos coming And today we're gonna talk about how New Zealand has changed me I think that now that I've traveled a lot and spent a lot of time in the US I have a very different perspective on how New Zealand has changed me You're gonna want to watch this whole video. It's very good. And here we go If you don't know us, we're a family of six that have moved from the US to New Zealand and have been in New Zealand for eight years and share the journey I mainly just kind of share my perspective and what I've learned if you are traveling If you are moving if you're doing a working holiday visa are coming to New Zealand definitely reach out I have lots of services to help you get you know your best foot on the ground when you get here And I'm here to help you just just know that I'm here for you and reach out and all my Kiwis out there I don't know if you're aware, but I have a e cookbook So it's just like an electronic cookbook that shows you some of the best US recipes And how to make them with New Zealand and Australian ingredients And so definitely check out the description below because that is a really cool resource that I just recently found out that a lot of people Didn't know that I had and I have been selling a lot now that they're a little bit more aware So it's not expensive. It's there for you and it's so great I mean the Philly cheesesteak of the Chicago style pizza. It's all in there for you. All right, number one How New Zealand has changed me so many things so many things that I probably not gonna cover everything But and this isn't gonna apply to everybody. You might not agree with everything, but this is just my perspective. So There that's a disclaimer. So first number one less aggressive If you knew me in the States I Was definitely aggressive and I was aggressive because in the states You definitely feel like you kind of have to fight for everything that you want or that you need or any sort of Injustice you kind of have to fight or you're not gonna get anywhere People don't just like give you things because it's the right thing to do You kind of have to fight and you kind of have to it all came out to be honest when I was in the Paris airport If you've ever been in the Paris airport like the full American Terra has come out and that'll be a story for another time But less aggressive like I just really noticed. Okay, so here's a true story true story So I'm out with one of my girlfriends who is the nicest like Legitimately the nicest person you could meet like way nicer than me. Okay, and she's always been I would say more Not aggressive more of a post push over than I would have been because she's just so nice She just thinks that everybody she thinks the best of everybody she thinks everybody's intention is good And it's a really good quality to have But let me just tell you when I was in the States and we had some of the different circumstances where there are some Injustices, let me tell you she stood up and was like no, no This is not how this is gonna go down and I did it and I struggled with that I like literally was like embarrassed sometimes as she's even saying even though she's being very Diplomatic and very nice and not like a crazy Karen or anything, but she was just I was like, oh my gosh Like I am not this person anymore. I used to be that person and I cannot do it like I don't care enough I can just see like I can't I don't want to I can't be bothered with it. I don't want to bother other people with it so Really interesting how I like I literally don't think I would have said something and So glad that she did because like it needed to be said and it was just like, you know I got some money back for some things and it was really good, but I was like, oh my gosh I am not this person anymore Number two and this has been so obvious when I'm with Americans in New Zealand This is so obvious when I'm in the States is I don't call out for the wait staff anymore So it's very like it's very non Kiwi to be like in a cafe or in a restaurant be like, hey Excuse me. Excuse. Don't don't do that. Don't do that when you come here. Okay, and so I I Like really notice it now like what I'm in the US. I'm like, oh, okay Okay, they're doing that and it's uncomfortable for me like it's uncomfortable. That would never have been uncomfortable before but now It's quite uncomfortable. Okay, number three kind of along with number two is Awareness of people talking loud. It's so interesting because I have fully become a Kiwi American Fully because I have definitely still a merit. I am definitely American But I have these Kiwi tendencies now. We're like, I'm really noticing people being loud Talking really loud. I'm not saying that I don't talk loud and I do I probably talk louder than most Kiwis really But like I'm aware of it now I'm aware of like how loud that sounds or how that's coming across or you know, I'm just hopefully I'm not as Loud as I used to be. I think I'm not so hopefully not but like This is all awareness of people being loud and like why is this bothering me like this never used to bother me now bothers me All right, number four. No patience for a crowd Okay, so I did a lot of things concerts State fairs, you know big events all over, you know, I was in Europe. I was in the US There are crowds of people and I like have lost any patience for that Like it's like I'm in like this little crowd and like all I want to do is get out Like this is now immediately not fun. I don't know like how this is gonna be fun for me now because it's not Do I really completely spoiled completely right my kids are spoiled everybody spoiled by like the no crowds here or like You know going to a beach where there's like three people on the whole beach, you know Whereas in like the US is packed everything's packed and Europe is definitely packed and like everything is small and you're just like Oh my gosh the crowds Number five and this one. I think is a really good thing. I have learned to relax. I have learned to relax I am seeing a lot of Americans Really hyper about things that don't matter That get really into like all this like, you know, this bothers me or you know Dramatic about things that you shouldn't get dramatic about and so Yeah, like I've learned to relax in addition to just like relaxing about stupid everyday things I've also like learned to take holiday I will learn to the importance of taking multiple weeks off at a time even a month off at a time I know that that's not practical in the society of the US when you're only getting two weeks and you don't have a Actual so I'm not like blaming people in the US, but man, I have changed. I have changed my perspective I will never go back to that if I get a regular, you know W2 paying job then I will negotiate that in my contract because that is a that is a that is not flexible Like taking a holiday taking a time to like life is too short You guys to be like working all the time to never being able to take off soon Like just like work is just your number one thing. It's just not anymore Like so I guess that's also how I've changed like it's just not the most important thing You can see that now and you can see actually how so much the rest of the world functions that way and does just fine and Americans are like these crazy burnt out always having to work, you know, you come and visit or you know You know, nobody can take time off for you or like they come here and like they're like wow You're really like taking all this time to show us around because yeah, that's what you do Like life is short like people matter, you know, and so yeah, I've learned to relax I've learned to take time off. There's no overbooking. That's another thing. Like I don't have a problem saying no I'm not like a full Kiwi and that I think like they're always so like well, we can't do that or we can't do that or that's too much No, just being okay with like Alright, it's not gonna get done this week or okay It's it's more important that we slow down or it's more important that you actually take time to heal from being sick Before you just jump into the next thing or like I just got back from you know Traveling for weeks and weeks and just just being okay with like I don't have YouTube videos being posted It's okay because my life and my family and you know My mental state and my stress level is more important than the algorithm Then that I do what it's telling me to do every week Like, you know, it just completely changes your mental space and that has taken a long time Yeah, actually has been a long time and coming for me with eight years like I don't adjust I still have like my American work ethic, but I yeah, I know how to slow down Okay, number six number six, I Hate tipping. I Hate it like it's gone out of control in the US. You know if you're in the US you know what I'm saying like I'm literally someone goes into a Refrigerator grabs me a water bottle puts it down in front of me flips the screen for a tip For that for that for that and that person I do not believe that person because I do not think that they're the ones that came up with that idea, but what Like the tipping the constant tipping the constant having to think about it like that's so kiwi of me Isn't it like to me as an American that was so normal and now it's not normal to me And I would forget and the tipping has changed like it used to be like 15% 18% 20% now It starts at 20 or 22 to 27 and so I'm like tipping wrong when I'm there I even had a waitress this true story True story this waitress came up to me and I gave her at 18 or 19% I don't I just gave her the cash that I had I wasn't Doing amazing mental math Well, but I knew it was high enough like in my mind because like a minimum would be 15 12 15 And like but that's not the case anymore She literally came back and says to me was there a problem with the service and I was like I feel like so bad like I didn't Know I didn't I didn't realize it. Anyway, it was rude You shouldn't have said that but I'm not justifying her behavior But like I'll also like pan. I just hate all of this They make good money. I think they make good money doing tips and the service is so much better in the US And so I appreciate that but like oh There has to be some happy media. There's just too much tipping a tipping for everything It's like I've completely lost it like I don't even know I don't even know The right amount of tipping to do anymore and how to tip and so I'm over it I've changed I prefer the no tipping guys number seven after traveling the world I have a whole new appreciation for decent health care Okay decent health care for everybody. Okay. So like you travel the world and like you can get travel insurance And it's reasonable when you try to get insurance in the US It's outrageously expensive and you have to have it because their prices are so outrageous I can't even get health insurance from my college student because it's so it's so outrageous like it's like Unaffordable for like a healthy 19 year old like, you know, maybe I haven't figured everything out But let me just say my perspective has changed in that Having a health care system that allows decent health care for anybody that's living there even possibly visiting there I don't know. You could feel differently about different things But like and all the reasons the health care is good like I love that you have different options I love that you have a lot of specialist doctors. I love, you know, all of the things like it's not like It's just run horribly, you know, and like the insurance companies are winning in the US Like if you see their buildings, they are the nicest buildings in the entire country because they're winning And the people that need the health care is not winning. Okay number eight now I don't want a million comments about this one. Please Please just hear what I'm saying and not hear what you think I'm saying in your brain. Okay I cannot stand how politics has infiltrated all parts of life in the US like people it's like they can't even think about Normal life things education ethics You know religion whatever without infiltrating Politics into everything and it's like holy cow like that. It's political. It's not everything okay, and What I say that this has changed it's changed For me in the sense that it's awareness It's awareness of how like that's infiltrating everything and like in the country that I'm in it doesn't there's we're having an election Soon and you know, there's so there's more billboards and there's more talk about it and that makes sense Because there's an election there's not like an election in a year And like we're talking about it two years three years ahead of time And it's just infiltrating in the news and everything. It's just it's too much. It's too much. It's it's just It's it's so annoying and like and then like you can't even talk to people about it and like people are so like Holorized on each side that you can't even have a decent discussion about anything with people getting mad because they're associating it with with who they are with like morals and ethics and all of this and okay, so some of the issues, you know hit on that for sure but like It's politics. It's all it's over here. It doesn't define who you are Okay, so number nine may surprise you if you don't know I am a marketing person So if you need any help with branding marketing SEO, I'm the one for you but With that aside, I have struggled in New Zealand with like they have so many advertising roles Like something that are really good. Like you can't advertise to children. You can't advertise like pharmaceuticals You can't like say that your your you know healthcare place will you know solve any problems and they actually regulate like You can't be high pressure sales. And so at first this was like wait, what? Like I thought not sure about this but I'm gonna say that I've changed my opinion that this this this these little bit of regulation around um advertising around things that That just doesn't benefit people And I think it really comes down to The fear mongering that I really noticed in the us about everything and people just like afraid of everything And people just like worry about this and then you have like a suing culture and you have like insurance for everything and everybody's gonna take advantage of everybody else and It's a problem. It's a problem Like when when Organizations and companies are benefiting more than the society. That's a problem And you have that in a lot of areas, but like the fear mongering Making people fearful of things. That's why they need this insurance this protection this, you know, or don't do this And it's just like it's just kind of everywhere and it's and it's part of the advertising It's part of the media. It's part of, you know, how they do things and so I don't really know how I'm saying all this But really it's just like I think I have the regulations around like what's appropriate Uh, and then okay, then you got like the freedom of speech and people don't like regulation I don't know you have freedom of speech and like it's crazy in the us. Okay, so I don't know We just need to have an adult conversation About this and that we shouldn't be putting fear in people's lives elderly the children Um, because we want to sell something. I guess that's my point and number 10 The us does not have it all figured out You know, they are a world power and they have responsibilities and they have way more responsibilities than someone like New Zealand does and I understand the difference and I have been traveling around Europe, you know, I haven't been everywhere I haven't been everywhere in the world But I'm just saying that for somebody for a country that has so many resources and so much money and so much power that they're just Boy, you just don't have like some things figured out Because we're we're sitting in this world of like fear and misunderstanding and like, you know, no trust like there's no trust for leadership there and so Really affects everything and so when you go to a different culture and you see how things are done differently and whether you agree with them or not And they work it makes you like What like why are we not doing this like It's like you guys is like have this perspective like oh, we don't want to have like You know universal health care. We don't want to have you know, all or however you want to call You know, but like there's people that are able to have babies for free. I had to pay 30 000 dollars There's people that get a year off, you know maternity leave There's people that you know in a lot of countries and it's just like you guys How do you not have some of this figured out? How are you not open to different ideas new ideas? Um figuring out, you know a way to do it where everything benefits. It's just it's too much of society. That's not Laws and things created around the benefit of people the benefit of the people of the society It's just it's actually very obvious When you live and function in a different society and not that New Zealand is a perfect Australia or Europe And it's not but they have a lot of like basic needs basic things should be figured out You know like you shouldn't be paying 40 000 a year for college for university. It doesn't even translate anymore Like it doesn't like adjust adjust Okay. Well, I guess that's all I have to say about that