Tag: empowerement
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entangled with life
it was history repeating. charles de gaulle airport. february 25th. almost midnight. 4 suitcases. 80 kg weight. the driver the company hired was waiting for me. he was mad. apparently i was having too much baggage. he would be petrified if he got to see the emotional one. stoicism says that any person or situation…
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life is a lot
somebody once told me that we should work to live. and not live to work. sounds great, i thought, meanwhile i was looking for 2 identical socks getting ready to work. but in which part of the world? it’s pretty condescending. like when somebody tells you ‘money is not everything’. of course it’s not. until…
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a hinge fairytale
i wrote Z. to have some news about her life. she was excited about her second date with this new guy. kind of the perfect modern prince. tall. PhD. attractive mind. european with asian eyes. the fact that he lives in a castle just added up. how was the chateau weekend?, i asked her. ‘it…
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taking a leap of faith
a karen will always remain a karen. and i am ashamed to confess that a karen almost made me throw everything away. a karen almost made me give up. not just from work, but from the life i finally have. i decided to stay. i am building a life. making friends and having experiences that…
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get a life
i haven’t done a lot of big corporate events. Sometimes you just know that you are going through a lot. and might not be the best idea to mix it alcohol with people from work. but xmas party is the important one and you better show yourself up. i arrived one hour late. went for…
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feeling like in a big brother show
‘you are like in a big brother show’, P. told me. she is pretty right. all is new. the people. the places. the situations you live. the job. the culture. feels like somebody threw me in this gigantic island. and I have to figure it out this thing called life. it’s very intense. think about…
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giving up control
never been a control freak. and i tolerate very badly control and process driven freaks. or methodic people, like germans. but growing up, you have to be more conscious about your acts. you lose spontaneity. i guess there is also the point about what society expects about you. as a woman of 37 years old.…
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the more I grow, the less I know
I miss the times when I was having strong convictions about almost everything. love, politics, music friendships were born thanks to how much you were into something.
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moeuf taree
the last 2 weeks I made it to the office before 8. I don’t know who I am anymore. however, becoming a 5 am morning person has consequences. It was 9 am and I was asking for my long black coffee and scrambles eggs with cheese, and crossed one of the three friends I have…
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Marshmallowed chocolate
i dont do sugar. well, i say i dont do sugar. but i do sometimes. just healthy sugar, you know? fructose and this kind of stuff. the one that all the food extremists allows you to do exceptionally. i dont do dating apps. i hate them. but one of the magic things about starting a…