My first real post was going to be about the amazing Moroccan food I had the other night, but I'm going to save that for number two, because I have something far better to share. MY NEW LIFE!
As I sit in my new bed, in my new house, in my new city, in my new country, I'm feeling quite content and very much at home. If you couldn't tell by the title, I'm living with a couple of people from Spain, and also one from Vancouver. They are all really nice and I feel like I have connected with them already. They helped me get my stuff in the house and we sat and had tea for about 1.5 hours and talked about everything under the sun! The house is very nice and bigger than I expected... and very clean! I love my room, which is quite large (lots of room for guests... wink wink), and the kitchen, which has been recently renovated. Can't wait for my spices to arrive so I can fully test it out!!! I'm about a 20 min walk from my building on campus, and conveniently, there is a supermarket on the way!
As I sit here thinking about tomorrow I feel very confident. Confident that I made the right choice to come here, of the future and confident of myself. I'm excited to wake up tomorrow and walk into work and get my new life started! I can sense good things coming my way!
This is my time.
Thanks for this, it triggered some thoughts in me regarding what it mean to be re-inventing your life and setting goals... they go hand in hand. It is thought that the best strategy for goal-setting is to state your goals in the present tense. Therein lies the connection to re-inventing yourself. If your goal is to run 10 miles per week, for example, and you say "I run 10 miles per week" ... in your past surroundings, maybe people would look at you and say "you don't even run to catch the bus!" However, at this new stage in your life, maybe your colleagues or new friends would just say, "wow, that's great!" Then it would be so much easier to work on that goal if the people around you also believed it was true. Furthermore, when we are in the stage of re-inventing ourselves, such as when moving to the other side of the world, for example, it seems we have the opportunity to also come back to the most basic things in life, like nourishing ourselves, having tea w/ a few people and enjoying conversation. It's such a great time to grow and learn about ourselves! Good on you!!! I can't wait to read more!
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