This is why I moved to Norway

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 67

  • @jongabrielsen3868
    @jongabrielsen3868 3 года назад +4

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

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

    • @jongabrielsen3868
      @jongabrielsen3868 3 года назад

      @@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.

  • @jongabrielsen3868
    @jongabrielsen3868 3 года назад +2

    "Success is a journey, not a destination"

  • @fredneecher1746
    @fredneecher1746 3 года назад +2

    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
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

      That is amazing! What an incredible opportunity! 🤩

  • @jongabrielsen3868
    @jongabrielsen3868 3 года назад +8

    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
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

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

  • @peterantonsen3539
    @peterantonsen3539 2 года назад

    Good for you👍

  • @Redfizh
    @Redfizh 3 года назад +11

    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
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

      Yes I am very lucky 😊

    • @Henoik
      @Henoik 3 года назад +1

      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
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

      Preposterous! Say it isn't so!

    • @Redfizh
      @Redfizh 3 года назад +1

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

    • @Henoik
      @Henoik 3 года назад +1

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

  • @abirchowdhury3892
    @abirchowdhury3892 3 года назад +1

    this is inspirational

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

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

  • @ujmm
    @ujmm 3 года назад +5

    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
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

      Yet another good reason!!! 👍👍👍😁😁😁

  • @idraote
    @idraote 3 года назад +1

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

      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
    @orth0man 3 года назад +1

    Haha ser ut som jeg er den einaste Normannen her!

  • @fredneecher1746
    @fredneecher1746 3 года назад +2

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +4

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

  • @BPS4189
    @BPS4189 3 года назад

    yellow background ...

  • @agquiz1847
    @agquiz1847 3 года назад

    you moved near the same time i did lol

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

      It was definitely the right time 😬😬😬

    • @agquiz1847
      @agquiz1847 3 года назад

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

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

    • @agquiz1847
      @agquiz1847 3 года назад

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

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

  • @pieromarkuzovich7747
    @pieromarkuzovich7747 3 года назад

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +2

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

    • @TGregers
      @TGregers 3 года назад

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

      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
      @TGregers 3 года назад

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

  • @S....
    @S.... 3 года назад

    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
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад +1

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

    • @S....
      @S.... 3 года назад

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

    • @dranthonyg
      @dranthonyg  3 года назад

      😆😆😆😁😁😁