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b'Wow, it\\u2018s amazing that I have been living in Iceland for seven years! Even though I know this is a decent amount of time, it feels like it i has flown by. So much has changed since I moved here in 2016, and I\\u2018m sharing some of the major changes/transitions that have happened in my life this year.
\\n5th Year All Things Iceland Podcast Anniversary
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\\nJune is a major month in my life. I was born in this month, I moved to Iceland during this month, and I started the All Things Iceland in June of 2018. The podcast was the start of all of this. When I started it I gave myself a year to be consistent with posting. Thankfully, all of that hard work paid off and I was receiving message from people saying how much they enjoyed the episodes.
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\\nI was delighted and surprised that people were listening! There is so much more I want to do with the podcast and I would love to hear the topics that you want to hear on the show. Feel free to send me an email at jewells(at)allthingsiceland(dot)com.
\\nGetting Divorced in Iceland after 7 Years Living Here
\\nOne major shift in my life over the last year was that Gunnar and I broke up. In Iceland, getting divorced takes a while to be finalized. After filing for separation, you have to wait six months before you can file the final paperwork for the divorce to be done.
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\\nOur divorce will be finalized this month as well. Seriously, June really does seem to be a big month in my life. It was not an easy decision to choose to do that. It certainly was not one that either of us took lightly. In the end it felt like the right decision. Being single in Iceland is foreign to me and this new chapter is one that is helping me to grow in many ways.
\\nSelling the Apartment
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\\nWe had an apartment that we owned together and selling that was a major part of the breakup process. In 2021 we bought the place and had it completely renovated. Due to the renovations, we were not able to live in the apartment for six months!
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\\nI moved out of the apartment in February of 2023, which means that we only lived there for one year. I loved designing that apartment and it was a little bittersweet to let it go. However, it was best for us to sell it. Funny enough, the people who bought it are an American woman and an Icelandic man.
\\nBeing Featured on the Geography of Bliss Show
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\\nI was stunned and exhilirated when I was asked if I was interested to be featured in Geography of Bliss. It was such a pleasant surprise and I enjoyed every minute of it. Rainn Wilson was a lovely person to hang out with and the production team were awesome. I honestly couldn\\u2018t have had a better experience.
\\nLearning Icelandic
\\nMy Icelandic has definitely improved leaps and bounds over the years. It is still not at the fluency I am aiming for and the good news is that it\\u2018s getting there. Currently, I am doing Siggi\\u2018s self-study course for 3 months. It is helping me to read more regularly, build my vocabulary, and undertsand more of the language on a higher level.
\\nBuilding Resilience
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\\nAs I have been adjusting to my new life, I felt the need to work on my resilience. Part of that process has been taking Andri Iceland\\u2018s limitless month long program. It helped me to push past some limiting beliefs I had, and to think outside of the box.
\\nRandom Fact of the Episode
\\nIt\\u2018s amazing to think that I have 205 episodes of the podcast. That is 41 episodes a year when I divide it by 5. I\\u2018m proud of that and thank you to all of you that have listened over the years.
\\nIcelandic Word of the Episode
\\nSj\\xf6 \\xe1ra afm\\xe6li \\u2013 7 year anniversary
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