Moving To Australia | 6 Benefits & Downsides | “That 1 Decision That Changed My Life” | EP31

Moving To Australia | 6 Benefits & Downsides | “That 1 Decision That Changed My Life” | EP31

And what’s going on everyone in this video we’re going to talk about moving to Australia I’m going to show you my 4-year life transformation included with the benefits and the downsides of living here if you are thinking about relocating over to Australia or even travel in this country then this video

May be for you all that plus some exciting news towards the end so make sure you stick around let’s get into It [Applause] And what’s going on everyone and welcome back to another video if you are new and just joining what’s going on my name is Benjamin Harden I am a video creator and I put put up videos on all my personal experiences these are often normally contain long-term travel self-development and health and fitness

So if that is your kind of vibe consider subscribing to recap on my what’s happened since my last video I have been back to work I’ve been working at a place called the Hillary Beach Club as a duty manager which has been an absolutely amazing experience after the

New Year came in I decided to have a big reflection on 2023 everything that’s happened all of the mistakes I made all of the lessons I’ve learned and this video has actually been on my mind for a while however I never felt that confident to talk about it until now as

Of literally time recording this video in about 3 or 4 weeks it will be my 4E anniversary of living here in Australia and obviously that’s over four different states of Victoria Queensland Northern Territory and now here in wa after all this experience and personal knowledge I feel very confident to bring this new

Video to your screens one of the most upsetting feelings that you can feel is Regret regret feel sad repentant or disappointed over something that one has done or failed to do overall my 10 years of relocating and travel I’ve come to realize I’ve never never felt regret from making a travel decision it’s

Actually quite the opposite I’d often regret not going and traveling more this is why at the age of 27 I decided to leave Oxford share UK in my hometown and book a oneway flight to the other side of the world to Melbourne Victoria in Australia little little did I know how

Much of an impact this one decision would have on my future for context I’m going to share with you this life transformation that I’ve have seen in myself from this one decision across four years of living here in Australia Benny in January 2020 this is a time

Where I was feeling lost confused and very hesitant I honestly had no clue what I was doing with my life I didn’t know know where I wanted to live in the world I didn’t know where I wanted to travel to and I didn’t know where I wanted to work fulltime as well my

Physical health was actually at the best it’s ever been but my mental my emotional my spiritual and my social health was a complete mess in other words the outside of me my physique at the time looked great the muscles the Aesthetics the looks but the inside of

Me what was going on internally needed a lot of work and that was not a focus that I had back then in 2020 lacking in different types of community now when I was back home I had obviously my closest and best friends and my family and I Def

And I do love them so dearly but one thing that I was lacking in was social Connection in a strong growth mindset set community of like self-development and progression and transformation lacking in collaborations for example trying to find Innovative and aspiring people to collaborate with on similar

Interests this this I found really hard lacking in purpose I wanted to feel like I’m making a difference in the world being in my hometown was great it was good but I just felt like I was destined for something something a lot bigger lacking in creativity and long-term

Happiness when I was at home I felt like I just lacked a bit of creativity creativity because I just was glued to my routine I would wake up in the morning I’d go to the gym I’d work out I’d go to work and it would just be on a

Constant cycle I was never really I was going out with friends here or there but I was never really doing those sort of Adventure lifestyle things that I get the opportunity to do here and lastly I was lacking in travel knowledge about new places to live Australia actually

Never really entered my mind until southeast Asia when I first started putting up the videos for this Channel and honestly I’ve got to mely thank Nick kls for this back then because he really did support me in making those videos even if it was literally on an

IPhone iMovie and a go and a really old GoPro but then as I transitioned into learning about everything of like the creativity and the vision and the and the travels and just realized how much I loved it that’s why I became more intrigued to be like oh well what if I

Go do that over in Australia as a Solo Traveler and repeat the process of the videography and try that one of the biggest reasons to why I feel like I left Australia so late is because in all honesty it’s just so damn far away another thing with that is that the

Effort to make it happen and to make it come to fruition to make it reality was a lot bigger and a lot greater than other trips that I’ve booked in the past you know but I do feel that the pain points and what I was what I was feeling

At that point in time when I got back from Southeast Asia was also a lot as well and that in my opinion was greater than booking the trip for the effort of booking the trip to go to Australia okay so 4 years later Benny in January 2024 I’m feeling clearheaded a lot more

Mindful successful I finally know what I’m supposed to do on this Earth and that is building building my businesses slash my my Brands live my dream here in Australia and travel out and to fulfill all these life experiences of different locations different places and also meet

Loads of cor new people in the process and build communities my holistic health is literally the best it’s ever been and that’s all five pillars for example physically mentally emotionally spiritually and also socially surrounded by all types of community here in pfwa I’ve been to quite a few different events for example

I’ve done cold nip uh cold nips dips uh early in the morning at 5:00 a.m. we’ve gone for like coffees and had good social connection and chats I’ve done breath work with them and yoga with them I’ve also done mingle West Coast where I went to a North freem manle for like a

An event where you socialize you chat you do like few little Community games and you meet loads of new people from all all over the world and then also I’ve got my work communities for example I built that up from working when uh at the aluca down the road here and then

When I transferred to work at Hillary’s Beach Club as a manager this is another place where I got the opportunity to build on that work community and nurture those relationships those friendships those connections built and networked with over 300 plus collaborations and this is in life and in business online

And offline for example when I first started to build SE Collective a Travel and Adventure brand I wanted to message out to a lot of different people online through Instagram DM just to share their content media on our page to share their own personal experiences with our

Community I started doing that like a couple years ago now it’s built up to over 300 plus and not only that but it’s also allowed me to socialize in a way that gives the digital Creator the media that we’re using for our for our community Pages value because it’s

Getting more eyes on their content and it’s also establishing a connection from where you go from being a stranger online to being someone that can help them with value and a service or or or just help them get more eyes in their content and then that establishes more

Of a connection online feeling strong sense of purpose this is one of my favorite ones for example becoming a manager of a beach club venue that is literally so popular and in such a beautiful beautiful location here in Hillary’s in pfwa another one would be becoming a travel and self-development

Coach here on YouTube sharing all of my experience and my value out to those that are going through similar situations and use the videos to help better their life which then moves me on to the next one I’ve built two online brands that help the human population solve a specific problem one

Brand is in Travel and Adventure and the other is in self-development but they both live under the education umbrella consistently working towards my goals here in wa per wa to build my dream life here the consistency in my opinion is definitely compounded especially when I look back over these four years I have

Such a bigger vast appreciation for this not only this journey but this practice of working towards your goals and becoming better at building what you want to have in this life and for the future traveled long to term across four different states here in Oz by car by

Plane by bus by Train by taxi by Bike by foot through the unknown as a Solo Traveler in a foreign country on the other side of the world the reason I share this transformation with you is because I want to show you what is possible what you do today in your

Present life the amount of time time that you put into your health and your routines your businesses your full-time job your relationships will massively determine your happiness and the life you live on this planet Earth okay now the biggest of questions why Australia so glad you asked let’s jump into it

Benefits of living in Australia the weather is generally better across majority of the states for longer times of the year depending on which state you live in for example as we spoke about in previous videos with the seasons in the Northern Territory whether it be wet

Season or dry season but then also if you’re going further south so for example on the east coast in Victoria obviously their winter months can be like four seasons in one day so depending on where you are in Australia but normally as a rule of farm on the

West coast and the East Coast right in the middle their Winters are genely not that rainy like honestly they are as in comparison to the UK and or England or whatever like it’s pretty damn good massive country to travel with such an abundant supply of travel experiences

That you can do in a variety of different states and different locations different places here awesome business opportunities for example higher wages and Hospitality casual penalty rates at the moment of what I’m on from working from a Monday through to a Sunday You’re an x amount per the week Monday to

Thursday Friday and then on Saturdays and Sundays you get penalty rates which means your wage goes up per hour because it’s a weekend and especially if you do overtime as well then you get more money for doing that whenever I worked over in UK or Europe as a bartender during

Christmas during New Year you’d be on the same rate whereas here you get paid an X penalty rate which is like normally time and a half or even double time for bank holays and those Hol day rates with these higher wages this gives you a better ability to generate wealth and to

Put some away for a rainy day and utilize that for your present and for your future thriving communities in all cities in Australia especially P already already spoke about this but a few examples to summarize would be cold nips mingle West Coast Hillary’s Beach Club

Rise and run club and so much more a variety of desirable locations to live for example you could be on the coast in this beautiful part of wa or in Gold Coast also really gorgeous you could be Inland Countryside or you could be in a nice apartment in the city somewhere

Health benefits here are some of the best in the world I’m not going to lie like I’ve been to the docks a few times s for like injuries and for dentist appointments and whatnot and I’ve used my Medicare card majority of the time and I’ve always got a rebate on

Consultation fees and x-rays and scans and all that sort of stuff but the one thing that I flipping love here is that it doesn’t take that much time in my opinion to be seen by a doctor or a dentist and to get it booked in and to

Get the procedure done as soon as possible in the UK there’d be so many like the weit times would be huge you you take ages to get seen and when you do get seen yeah it’s good but the faster the better in my opinion and if the service is also really good and

Doesn’t cost you that much depending on what you’re doing then that’s a win in my opinion as well okay so now we move on to the downsides there’s got to be a few where you have your Pros you have your cons obviously but I have I have

Written down a few workarounds for these downsides so one of the first is being away from your closest friends and your family for long periods of time a one-way flight direct from London herro to perf wa is about 1778 hours that is a long time to travel if you’re only going

For a couple days or for a week this is why over the accumulation of the last four years I’ve gone back home twice because I’ve been able to go home stay home for like at least 6 weeks plus and then come back again and actually make

The use of the time over there form those connections with my family and friends again and make the use out of that time so the work around with this is getting a higher salary from your job whether it’s like a side hustle or your full-time job full-time gig or whatever and then using

That and putting that away to then to then you to spend that on flights to go home more often cost of living here in Australia is high especially if you’re using your wages and your money saved from countries like the UK or Asia or other places that the wages aren’t as

High a good work around with this though is that and this I saw this especially when I got to Melbourne those four years ago is that when I got here I started working as soon as I possibly could so I I got on those Aussie wages as soon as

Possible when I started earning from those Aussie wages that allowed me to increase my cost of living and my expenditure and my and my my wages to pay for and to match that cost of living cost of travel to get here your your flights your trains your buses if you

Add all these up for how long you are traveling this can add up to a substantial amount I remember when I booked my flight it cost in the GRS work around with this is that I make it a clear objective that when I do book the

Flight I do go back home for a substantial period of time where it’ be like four to six weeks so I can make the most out of it and then obviously with the higher wage that I mentioned earlier then obviously I could do more of those trips depending on flexibility and

What’s needed of me here and finally big big news to share with you all decided to dive deeper into giving value and by starting a coaching service online through all of my socials over the last year I’ve literally received so many inspiring comments and messages from you

All of your own experiences how the videos have helped you and how you want to build your dream life in a new location as well diving deeper into this I want to provide more of a direct service from me to you and that is why I built a questionnaire which allows me to

Learn more about you in this questionnaire you answer eight questions these questions tell me a lot about yourself about your situation and about what you so desire your pain points your fears your desires so then I can figure out if we’d be a great match and if I

Could help you on along this journey of making that dream location of yours reality the online form takes 2 minutes to fill out and the online consultation call is free so the only investment is your time 2024 is here what will you choose to do that brings us on to the

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In this video we talk about my experience moving to Australia, living in 4 different states, the 6 benefits, downsides, workarounds plus a lot more!

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CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO 🎬

00:00 – Intro
01:41 – Recap
02:13 – Why this video?
02:41 – Feeling of regret
03:12 – That one decision
03:37 – Life transformation
03:50 – Benny in Jan 2020
03:53 – Problem #1 – feeling lost, confused & hesitant
04:11 – Problem #2 – Holistic health was a mess
04:42 – Problem #3 – Lacking in different types of community
05:06 – Problem #4 – Lacking in collaborations
05:20 – Problem #5 – Lacking in purpose
05:35 – Problem #6 – Lacking in creativity & long term happiness
06:07 – Problem #7 – Lacking in travel knowledge
06:35 – Benny in Jan 2024
07:39 – Solution #1 – Feeling clear headed, mindful, successful
08:09 – Solution #2 – Holistic health at its best
08:25 – Solution #3 – Surrounded by all types of community
09:22 – Solution #4 – Built & collaborated with 300+ collaborations
10:29 – Solution #5 – Feeling strong sense of purpose
11:07 – Solution #6 – Built two online brands that help human population
11:27 – Solution #7 – Consistently working towards my goals here
12:04 – Solution #8 – Travelled long term across 4 states in Australia
12:20 – Why I share this
12:46 – Why Australia?
12:55 – Benefits of living in Australia
12:58 – #1 The weather
13:42 – #2 Massive country to travel
13:56 – #3 Awesome business opportunities
14:52 – #4 Thriving communities
15:08 – #5 Variety of desirable locations to live
15:26 – #6 Health benefits
16:23 – Downsides (with workarounds)
16:36 – #1 Being away from friends & family
17:36 – #2 Cost of living in Australia is high
18:22 – #3 Cost of travel to get here
18:57 – BIG NEWS!
20:22 – Outro

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