Courtesy of Emma Brooke
- Emma Brooke moved from Berlin to New York City in 2022 after working throughout Europe and Japan.
- UK-born, she expected a smooth transition without a language barrier but was met with challenges.
- In the US, her cost of living was much higher and she found work-life balance harder to achieve.
I've been obsessed with travel since I was young. While other kids dreamed of becoming doctors and lawyers, I wanted my career to take me places — literally.
Now, as a 35-year-old creative lead, I've traveled the world with my career. After a decade of working all over Europe and in Japan, I moved my job to New York City from Berlin in 2022.
Like many people, I thought that the actual move would be the hard part. It's not easy to haul your life across an ocean. Little did I know, the real challenge would start after the last box was unpacked.