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3 Most Important Life Principles

Humans are complex creatures. That means that everything about us is relative. Every rule has an exception. Our actions and behaviors are a result of many different elements. There are many principles to follow to exist and grow within society. But how can one narrow all these rules down? Three Most Important Life PrinciplesLife PrincipleContinueContinue reading “3 Most Important Life Principles”

Grief is a thing with fetters

It’s one day ahead in the calendar, but it was Wednesday last year when I had this weird feeling that I needed to hug my friend when I waved her goodbye as she got on the bus. I don’t usually hug. Not that I don’t like it, it’s just not in my habit. So, anyway,ContinueContinue reading “Grief is a thing with fetters”

8 Important Rules To Live By

Setting some ground rules8 rules to live by (Swift, 2022)Rule no.1: If it feels like a trap, you’re already in oneRule no.2: Get out your map, pick somewhere, and just run!Rule no.3: Burn all the files, desert all your past lives!Rule no.4: Never take advice from someone who’s falling apartRule no.5: Bend when you can,ContinueContinue reading “8 Important Rules To Live By”

Happy International Women’s Day 2023!

Women’s Day Today is an important day, and so, in honor of International Women’s Day, I want to dedicate this post to all the women in my life, all the women whose names were never written on the family tree, all the women that came before me, and I never got to meet. All theContinueContinue reading “Happy International Women’s Day 2023!”

And with that, the 2022 season comes to an end.

2022 season comes to an end. Today I stood in front of the ”Holly Door” (Puerta Santa or Puerta del Perdón) on the Plaza de Quintana in Santiago, waiting for them to close and remain so until 2027. A little context: A Yubilee Year is celebrated in Santiago de Compostela whenever July 25, the dayContinueContinue reading “And with that, the 2022 season comes to an end.”

Let me tell you something

This past week I felt more energy than I had in a while. I don’t know if that’s high before the low or if it’s a Christmas enthusiasm that starts too early and never makes it to Christmas Day. Still, some thoughts have been piling up, so I wanted to share something about them. WheneverContinueContinue reading “Let me tell you something”

World Mental Health Day in my world

Mental health In lights of the World Mental Health Day – that I’m… not late to, because the conversation shouldn’t start and stop on that day – I wanted to share… let’s call it a diary entry, that I wrote in June of this year. I think I’m at that point again, in a way.ContinueContinue reading “World Mental Health Day in my world”

On language

Language – this is a thought I wrote down one day after coming back from my classes. I keep thinking about it more and more. I’m just here, drinking my coffee when all of the sudden my eyes are teary and I have to put my glasses down. And what caused that? Ever since IContinueContinue reading “On language”

The early a.m. thoughts

Some thoughts I’ve been having lately Here’s a somewhat different update on my life and thoughts doing Erasmus and living in a completely different country. It’s not like I haven’t lived alone before or anything, and there’s no real language barrier, but I do feel strange. I’m actually missing the excitement. I feel like I’mContinueContinue reading “The early a.m. thoughts”