I’m writing those sentences in the train with watery eyes. Today marks the end of our life in Amsterdam. Today we handed in the keys of our beautiful apartment to start a new life in Australia. A few months ago, my husband and I were discussing what we would do if our Australian project didn’t [...]
Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot on my life. I feel like I’ve been caught between two worlds: the one I’m currently in, and the one where change is waiting to happen. I’ve been struggling with the feeling of “now I have to set myself up for the next 20 years.” At times, it’s felt [...]
Okay. This needs an explanation. 2.5 years ago, end of December 2022, I landed for the first time in Melbourne, Australia. Imagine, I have been working for 6 years at Ansell (an Australian company) . Where all my colleagues were painting Melbourne as THE best city, not only in Australia but also as the most [...]
I have been wanting to go to Switzerland for a long time. When my friend invited me to visit her in Zurich, I knew it was the perfect excuse to finally explore the country. Or at least, what is possible on a weekend. What followed was a weekend of good food, amazing views and the [...]
I hesitated for a long time about the type of honeymoon I wanted. For the longest time, I thought I wanted to do an amazing trip— a once-in-a-lifetime kind of trip. The first thing that came to mind was Africa. Doing a safari would have been a blast. Unfortunately, we ended up not choosing it. [...]
Happy New Year everyone! I've always loved the beginning of a new year. A way to remember where I want to go, or to take it easy after a heavy year. For my part, after a year of a lot of wedding talk (you can read about the wedding here), I'm happy to start living [...]
What a year! On May 28th 2023, Tom popped the questions during our weekend at Disney. Since then, it's been a rollercoaster of emotions and different events, making 2023-2024 one of the most challenging years. Sometimes I still feel like I can't believe 2024 is almost over and then other days I feel like I [...]
Tomorrow l start my new job and decided to finally but down those words long stuck in my mind. I left my first full-time job after 7 years. A job I honestly didn't expect to stay as long as I did but I believe I got lucky.I took a chance with that company, they could [...]
1 year is always full of highs and lows, but 2023 was particularly filled with very highs and very lows for me. Although no regrets are being felt, all the events I went through were destabilizing because they all meant change for a near future. Thank God, all positive changes or at least that's how [...]
October was the month of decision-making. The trip to New York, was definitely a last-minute decision and it was the best one. Like they say, when you are stuck, change your perspective and this trip gave me just the right change of perspective I needed to make an important decision (on that in another post [...]
Life with Brenda 