Living abroad as a millennial
New Year’s Eve has come and gone, and with its passing arrived January. All our social media news feeds have been filled with “New Year, New Me” posts, people’s New Year’s resolutions, 2024 action plans, planned milestones and goals for the past 11 days, and craze is only now slowly dying down. If you’re still looking […]
One of the most famous quotes in the 1972 classic The Godfather (besides “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”) is “It’s not personal, Sonny, it’s strictly business”, a line delivered brilliantly by Al Pacino in this very scene. Although the implications of that phrase in the movie include murder and its cover-up, […]
It is human nature to crave belonging – to want to be included and be a part of something. Even when we define ourselves, we often do so based on labels that reflect the “us vs. them” mentality, to describe who we are – and who we are not. But what does it mean to […]
We live in an age where we encounter these so-called life hacks on a daily basis. We see handy tips for using food scraps, re-designing old clothes, fixing wobbly furniture… The list goes on and on. At the same time, there seems to be a generational gap between what skills we deem necessary and excel […]
There are many big life lessons that we are constantly learning, adjusting, forgetting and re-learning. They are often regarding having sufficient self-esteem, handling healthy relationships in a healthy way, setting the right priorities, going after what we really want, … The list goes on and on. For me, some of the most important life lessons […]
Every now and then, life gets each and every one of us down. An unusually heavy workload at our jobs, a fight with a loved one, losing something or having it stolen… These are all things that, especially when they are combined, hit us and contribute to our negative state of minds. To counter these […]
While (hopefully) many of us immediately think of Bob Marley’s legendary song upon reading these words, there is a lot more to them than that sweet reggae sound. For once, I am not referring to a physically active lifestyle – the advantages of those are clear. Standing up, at least in a metaphorical sense, can […]
Living abroad as a millennial 