Category «Life»

My Realizations of 2019

I didn’t mean for this to be a New Year’s Eve post, but things pop up, and it lined up this way. Now, I have a chance not only to complete this piece but also to reflect on the year as a whole. I also don’t mean to make all my blog posts about my …

My Own Rebirth

As I sit at the gate of my first flight with a European destination since 2016 and my first flight to London ever, I feel the need to write. I did the same thing when I first took a leap of faith in October of 2016. I bought a ticket to Barcelona, not really knowing …

Que Pasa Con Venezuela

If you’ve taken the time to learn about me, first, thank you, and second, you may know I’m Venezuelan. I came to the States when I was only two years old, so I don’t really remember living there. I started grade school in Miami, Florida and finished my education by graduating from the best university …

Lessons Learned #3 -An Unexpected Night Out in Paris

If you know me, you know I love planning. Birthdays, nights out, nights in, trips, gifts…you name it, I’ve probably planned it. And it’s not because I’m a rigid person who needs things to go perfectly and well-timed.  It’s more because I like being the one to get a group together for some fun- be …

Lessons Learned: My Adventures With Two Sour Patch Kids

As you might’ve read already, my first experience as a workaway was no fairy tale thanks to two young boys. But they weren’t always bad, which is why when my family and friends asked how I was doing with them, I began to refer to them as sour patch kids-sour one minute, sweet the next. …