Added a citizenship to my list
posted in off topic |So I’ve been busy lately and some things weren’t really related to Archiving. Yesterday I officially added US Citizenship to my list of accomplishments.
One of the main reasons for me to become a US Citizen (I get to keep the other one that I have so I have now 2 passports) is plain and simple. In the US the voting/democracy system is different. People get to vote regularly in general elections on things that directly impact them and their community. After having lived in the US for many years I got more and more frustrated that I wasn’t allowed to voice my opinion on things that matter to me and impact the future of my family and children. Therefore I made the choice myself to go through the process. The ceremony was pretty nice … had 147 people from 41 countries in the room which is a nice mix of people and it sort of reminded me of the fact that everyone in the US somehow is either a direct immigrant or a decedent of immigrants and we should be proud for having such diversity.
It makes some things easier … some things more complicated for me, but I’m glad I made the decision (plus I was actually able to register to vote in time for the November elections last night).