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[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Good luck man!

As someone that left the US a decade and a half ago, here's some things to go ahead and start getting answers to so you don't have to figure it out when the time comes:

  • Figure out how to get a bank account (hopefully you've already worked this one out before arriving)
  • Where to buy toiletries and medicine. Specifically deodorant. The UK is mostly spray deodorant where as I'm a stick deodorant person. At one point I was just bringing 4 sticks of deodorant back with me after every trip home. I'm not sure which way NZ leans but it was definitely something I hadn't considered before
  • Where to buy socks and underwear you're comfortable with
  • Figure out how the health service/insurance works. Go ahead and book dentist and doctors appointments 6 months in advance if possible so you get in the habit.
  • Figure out how paying taxes works
  • If you're a US citizen, remember you're still required to file taxes with the IRS every year.
  • Learn how to make friends. I still haven't figured this one out. Let me know if you do.