a long journey has to start with the first step...

After months of thinking of opening a blog I finally managed to do so :) Before I start elaborating on the episodes of my life, what bothers me, makes me think and random thoughts I like to introduce a little bit myself.

My name is Gudrun and I am originally from Austria but at the moment living and working in Bern, Switzerland. I am 24 years old and I have a twin sister as well as younger sister. I grew up in Schwaz, which is a village in Tyrol Austria of about 12000 inhabitants. I did all my school years there and then started to study International Economics and Business in Innsbruck (capital of Tyrol). I was quite a grey mouse at the beginning of my studies and I always dreamt of getting a cool job, earning tons of money, driving a nice car and basically have my career... not so much having kids. To pre-empt, this view changed quite a lot .. ;)

In my third year of study I did my compulsory year abroad and spent one year in Dublin, Ireland which was one of the best years of my life and really opened my horizon and gave me the opportunity to discover myself more, learn to be on my own, start to think what I want and also enjoy a life with little obligations... Oh I had so much fun, road trips through Ireland, house parties, more parties and I developed myself further in so many ways! I became more self-confident, learned to accept myself more as I was and got more pro-active, curious and just more ME. I also joined AIESEC there (for people who don't know the organisation check out www.aiesec.org), it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

There were people who believed in me to put things into practice to drive things forward and back in Innsbruck I stayed with the organisation and finally became President of AIESEC in Innsbruck - another great year.
The summer there I spent in Geneva, doing an internship in the consumer goods industry working on hair color. I always dreamt of doing advertising for consumer goods... well the internship was great, I learnt tons of things but I realized that it will never give me the satisfaction I want to have from a job. Why? I don't see what I can change in the world or my community by selling more washing powder or spending money on advertising toilet paper ;)

So my perception of my future changed... I want to contribute to the society and make things happen and I am looking for a job, maybe not from the first one, where I have this opportunity - be it in the job or besides the job or that the job gives me the means to do so. I also want to be a mum, not now but also not too late ;)

I also have a boyfriend since over 2 year, we met at an international conference in Tunesia (yes nearly 30% of all AIESECers are coupled with each other..) and he is a jewel, I cannot imagine a better boyfriend...
After finishing my studies I moved to Switzerland as I took on a position on the national board of AIESEC in Switzerland and here I am... this is want I am doing since nearly 11 months... spuky isn't it... and soon it is over, as it is a one year position..

this year was just such an up and down and up and down, many frustrations, also highs and many things I learnt about myself, how I react etc.
I also took time to get rid of my quarter life crises... took time to reflect think about my life, my future and what I want to do next...

well the first things are 8 weeks off :) moving to Zurich and going to Spain on a holiday for three weeks.. travelling Andalusia and relaxing on the beach...
but then in Septembe a new episode starts... my first real job in a company... I start as a Analyst with Accenture and I am really really looking forward to it..

So that's me in a nutshell.. what is missing, well I like Jazz music, I like to go to the gym (I just need to go more often... neglected it a bit), I take Salsa classes, like to cook, Tai Bo, Chi Ball and I like water, long strolls around Zurich lake or Geneva lake or at the beach...

Soon more from me
Gudrun