Hi, my name is Daniel. I grew up in a small town in the north of Italy. I now live in Vancouver, Canada. 

I left Italy when I was 27, I quit my secure job despite everybody saying it wasn’t the right decision, and I got on a plane to New Zealand. 

I lived in New Zealand for four and a half years. I loved it. I was living my dream life—excellent mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, good friends, good beer, and excellent steaks. I left because I wanted to switch my career, and I couldn’t do that with my work permit. I also tried to push myself. I realized my life had become too comfortable. When you are in a Fight-or-flight situation, like start your life from scratch and not able to communicate (me when I got to NZ), you give your 100%. I wanted to replicate that. 

I moved to Canada on a working holiday visa again. Things went sideways at the airport in Vancouver. They only gave me six months. That’s not a lot of time to find a job and decide if you want to stay or not. I managed to find a job two months before it ran out. My amazing bosses help me with the sponsorship. The bureaucracy was crazy, the most stressful months of my life. I almost gave up. But three months later, I got my visa for two years. 

I’ve been living here for almost two years now.

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