💭 Life

The Australian working holiday ended in just four months. After going around in a circle, I returned to the original starting point. About why I left early, the change in thinking in between, and a review of this trip.

Having worked in an Australian vegetable and fruit factory for almost two months, labor work, which is at the opposite end of the scale from brain-using software engineers, unexpectedly gave me a lot of insights. This article will share the aspects I hope to pursue in work in the future, such as identity that can be stayed, money that can be saved, easy-to-get-along partners, peace of mind, and accumulating influence, etc.

Being in a foreign land makes the idea of "home" particularly strong, but actually I don't have a "home" to return to in Taiwan either. I might still be able to stay at relatives' or friends' houses, but those won't be my home. In this article, I will share my current imagination of home through self-questioning and answering, and how I hope to pursue my "home" in the future.

I have been in Australia for a full month! I have also been working on the factory assembly line for a week. Turning from a software engineer who could work from home or sit in the office typing on the keyboard, to cutting pumpkins on the factory assembly line until my hands hurt. In this article, I will share the difficulties of finding the first job for a working holiday in Australia, Australia's treasure libraries and pumpkin cutting assembly line work, and question again why I am here.

In the first week on the Gold Coast, Australia, recording the mood after saying goodbye to friends and Taiwan, reflecting on software engineer career burnout, progress of job hunting, and miscellaneous thoughts on arriving in Australia.