So I haven't done this in awhile…however, it has been at the back of my mind for some months and my soul (cringe!) has been crying out for an outpouring of creativity!
TWENTY SEVENTEEN has been a wild year to say the least. I am about to board my 24th flight of the year and visit my 10th county. If I were to count up the hours of flying and “airport waiting” I have done it would be a ridiculous task (no thanks to the delays and missed connections *rolls eyes*). Most people would look at my year and struggle to believe 1) how I am still functioning and 2) that I even have a job - turns out I finally jumped off the corporate ladder and landed smack bang in the middle of my dreams - only took a good 5 years to muster the courage and find the career I have been longing for. Which brings me to today’s destination - Tanzania!
I’ve joined an international development NGO that operates in East Africa with the primary focus of alleviating poverty through farming and sustainable resource management. They're a relatively small player in the field but having attended meetings and inductions over the past month the work is exciting, it’s dynamic, it’s changing people’s lives and it’s feeding the hungry. What brought this all into a startlingly light recently is that I stumbled upon a list I had made back in 2012 when I moved to London - it was simply titled “Dreams” and amongst Learn to Surf, Watch Wimbledon centre court final and Become a Mom were these THREE items:
1) Travel through Africa
2) Work in Africa
3) Do something to stop hunger
To say I am on the path to achieving a good few of these things would not be an exaggeration and I cannot help but consider how the choices I have made myself or even the ones others have made on my behalf have brought me to this moment where my life is starting to fall into a rhythm that feels about right! Granted I am miles off from becoming a mom, owning a house, or having an African train wedding but I am ok with that and I’ll keep adding new things to this “Dreams” list as long as I live knowing that very few of them will ever come true but that doesn't mean one shouldn't hope for the things unseen.
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZRURcb1cM
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
TWENTY SEVENTEEN has been a wild year to say the least. I am about to board my 24th flight of the year and visit my 10th county. If I were to count up the hours of flying and “airport waiting” I have done it would be a ridiculous task (no thanks to the delays and missed connections *rolls eyes*). Most people would look at my year and struggle to believe 1) how I am still functioning and 2) that I even have a job - turns out I finally jumped off the corporate ladder and landed smack bang in the middle of my dreams - only took a good 5 years to muster the courage and find the career I have been longing for. Which brings me to today’s destination - Tanzania!
I’ve joined an international development NGO that operates in East Africa with the primary focus of alleviating poverty through farming and sustainable resource management. They're a relatively small player in the field but having attended meetings and inductions over the past month the work is exciting, it’s dynamic, it’s changing people’s lives and it’s feeding the hungry. What brought this all into a startlingly light recently is that I stumbled upon a list I had made back in 2012 when I moved to London - it was simply titled “Dreams” and amongst Learn to Surf, Watch Wimbledon centre court final and Become a Mom were these THREE items:
1) Travel through Africa
2) Work in Africa
3) Do something to stop hunger
To say I am on the path to achieving a good few of these things would not be an exaggeration and I cannot help but consider how the choices I have made myself or even the ones others have made on my behalf have brought me to this moment where my life is starting to fall into a rhythm that feels about right! Granted I am miles off from becoming a mom, owning a house, or having an African train wedding but I am ok with that and I’ll keep adding new things to this “Dreams” list as long as I live knowing that very few of them will ever come true but that doesn't mean one shouldn't hope for the things unseen.
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZRURcb1cM
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
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