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When perseverance brings success!

16th May 2018 By Jonelle

When perseverance brings success! | Tyranny of Pink

I have been fighting what felt like a losing battle against Home Affairs for the last year! I have spent hours on the phone and thousands of Rands trying to get an error in my passport corrected. I could not understand how, through no fault of my own, this mistake could not be fixed. It…

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Filed Under: Being Successful, Being an Expat, Blog Tagged With: be unapologetically you, be who you are, choosing me, find your passion, following your dreams, life choices, make it happen, migration, moving countries, perseverance, success

Life at the moment: An update about my Home Affairs saga | Migration Tales

14th May 2018 By Jonelle

Life at the moment- An update about my Home Affairs saga | Migration Tales

Hello wonderful people I know it has been a little while since I’ve written an update about my life and the progress of my move and my drama with home affairs so here is that post. The one where I tell you that things are still so confusing! lol, yup, by now you’re used to…

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Filed Under: Being an Expat, Being Resilient, Blog Tagged With: following your dreams, home affairs, migration, moving countries, moving to New Zealand, South African home affairs

Dare I say… it’s finally happening? | Migration Tales

20th April 2018 By Jonelle

Dare I say... it's finally happening? | Migration Tales

It has been a while since I wrote about our migration. Truth be told, I’ve just not had anything new to say and I’m fairly certain you’re bored out of your damn mind reading about my struggles with Home Affairs. BUT it seems that for once, I have good news! We were supposed to go…

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Filed Under: Being an Expat, Blog Tagged With: emigration, immigration, migration, moving on, moving to New Zealand, struggles with Home Affairs

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Hello, I’m Jonelle and this is my story.

Wow! This was a moment. Turning 40 when I almost d Wow! This was a moment.
Turning 40 when I almost didn’t live past 32. 
Grateful for every day of every year since then! 
Life is so precious and life is everything you make it. 

Thankful for all the opportunities I’ve had along the way. Thankful for all the people I’ve met and the leaps I’ve taken! 

Grateful to live where we do. 
Grateful for my family and friends. 
Grateful to live comfortably and never have to worry about being without. Such privilege in a world with so much struggle. 

Thankful for my pets who drive me nuts and love me endlessly. 

I’m looking forward to the next decade. Stepping more into myself and knowing who I am and what my boundaries are. The things I will not tolerate or accept. 

Just grateful for my life. 
The end. #HBD to me!
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Saturday pre birthday party vibes… Saturday pre birthday party vibes…
Lazy Saturday mornings ❤️ Lazy Saturday mornings ❤️
Unemployment is working for me! #Relaxed Unemployment is working for me! #Relaxed
Oden ❤️ Oden ❤️
Making the most of being #funemployed 😆#welling Making the most of being #funemployed 😆#wellingtonnz
Take me back… summer sun and ocean swims #newcal Take me back… summer sun and ocean swims #newcaledonia

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