Okay, so I know we’re well away from a Christmas holiday, but I still wanted to share this piece with you. So, for those that celebrate, let’s picture ourselves in the Christmas spirit as we read this post! First, Appreciation Time Christmas this year (2018) was different and eventful and I was grateful. Grateful for the fact that I had a place and people to celebrate it with, even though I was half way around Read more…
10 months in. 10 months in and I was missing home (even though I kinda was just there). 10 months in and I finally had my ish together – a routine of some sort that involved three part time jobs and a once a month social life. 10 months in, and in my routine, I knew that this was not a place I’d want to live permanently, or extend my stay. It was a nice Read more…
Time. You realize that, in order for you to perfect something, what it needs is time? You need to give it, time.Feed it, time.Dedicate, time.Work at it, with time. Time gives you the opportunity to look at it from all angles, to learn about it from all perspectives. It gives you the opportunity to sit and work on it.To figure it out.To put your energy into it.And learn it like the back of your hand Read more…
It feels fake, sometimes. A country that has beauty but is also ‘developed’. It’s like, you shouldn’t be able to have both. There shouldn’t be ‘beauty and brains’, when it comes to a country. Weird thought right? But, hear me out. How did a lot of the developed countries get the way they are? They took. They took resources, materials, people from “Underdeveloped” countries to build up their own. However, even though they took a Read more…
This story was originally written on September 21st 2018, before Global Gyal was launched. One of THEE hardest things to do, is to actually DO. To some, it may come naturally. But so many others struggle internally with the actual ‘doing’. And, I’m included. One can think of all the wonderful things in the world, and talk about it even more. But, when it comes to the act, what are they doing? What am I Read more…