Someone has won £10,000 a month for life on the Lotto and they don't know it During writing workshops in my master’s programme, some of my classmates spent more time correcting my spelling (for example, ‘color’ to ‘colour’) than they did meaningfully critiquing my work. Off the bat, my Americanness - particularly my pronunciation of ‘tomato’ - became the playful laughing stock of new friends, acquaintances and classmates. And I was asked to pay six months’ rent upfront - nearly $10,000 USD (around £8,000) - for a £1,100 per month studio flat in East London. You often can’t get an address without a UK bank account, for example, but you can’t get a UK bank account without an existing UK address.Īnd your credit starts over the moment you move here at 33, I was treated like an 18-year-old with no financial history to my name. I learned how difficult it is to secure a flat as a foreigner, especially as a freelance writer (in my case) or anyone without a high-paying salaried position or sponsorship. My first few months here were a period of adjustment and included the kind of standard difficulties that come with moving somewhere entirely new. Life in London somehow feels more relaxed and less chaotic than my life back home. I knew I could raise children in the UK without the fear of school shootings, that I could go to the supermarket without planning my escape route in case of a gunman. I’ve watched myself chameleon my speech (Picture: Katy Severson)īut I still saw an opportunity for a better life, and a better future for the family I want and hope to build here. Mass shootings, healthcare costs, anti-abortion laws and inflation were all motivations for leaving the country and finding a higher quality of life. There is so much I love about America, but it’s becoming an increasingly difficult place to live. I grew up enamoured by British comedy shows like Mr Bean and Fawlty Towers, and as soon as I travelled here for the first time in 2017 and experienced the rolling hills of Devon and Cornwall, I made it my mission to move here someday.Ī part of me, ironically, was also looking for a way out of the US. Post-pandemic, I was looking for something new for my life and career, and the Anglophile in me chose the UK to do it. I moved to London from New York in October 2021 for a master’s programme in creative writing. I had only lived in the UK for four months by this point. This was my first time dealing with the British police, as well as my first time in a British hospital. I don’t know how long exactly, but long enough for them to run away and for a police officer to appear from pouring rain and ask if I was OK. Wipe away those tears, maybe take a minute to read through some gratitude quotes to remind yourself of all the good things you have in your life (they're there, we promise), and get ready to fall in love! Or, to seek solace in the knowledge that you are enough, read through some self-love quotes.I made it my mission to move here someday (Picture: Katy Severson)
Once you've cried it out and felt all the feels, you have to get back out there. Grab a box of tissues and get ready to nod (and sob) along as you read these sad love quotes, and maybe turn on some country breakup songs to really help you get out your emotions. My friend, you’ve come to the right place. Maybe tomorrow you’ll have the strength to fall in love again, and you'll be posting love quotes about him and how happy you are, but for now you just want to wallow in your sorrows. You’re happy for them ( really!), but maybe you're alone and still nursing a broken heart.
If everyone around you seems to have coupled up with a special someone and they're posting love quotes all over social media, the pain can be brutal.
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