6 Secrets I wish I knew sooner to live in a foreign country

Hana Kobayashi
4 min readFeb 27, 2021

I was born in Japan and came to Australia at the age of 18. I am currently 35 years old. I lived in many other countries before I decided to migrate to Australia.

English is my second language. I am a middle income earner. I am introvert, meeting new people still scares me. I still live in a rental apartment. COVID-19 financially and mentally challenged me as my hours have been cut by 30% while I was trying to get a loan. (I could not get a home loan in the end. ) I must admit there have been many what ifs during the hard…

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Hana Kobayashi

Migrated to Australia. Passionate about financial independence, psychology, career and relationship.