My trip to Bolivia is not just about gaining experience working in another country or about gathering data for my thesis. Some of you know that I have been going through a period of personal and professional changes in my life, and for me this trip has some significance, both personally and professionally/academically, for the new direction life is taking me. As I have struggled through some challenging months, I have also found new opportunities and possibilities opening up - or perhaps it is that I am finally able to open up to the possibilities out there - that make me excited about what comes next.
I think two personal goals have come out of these past few months. The first is to live life for myself, to pursue my own goals and adventures, and not to be held back by anything or anyone else. The second is to take whatever life throws at me, to go forward from where I am now without blaming myself for past mistakes (which I am trying to call "learning experiences"), to look forward, not back.
The two stories this week threw at me are good illustrations of these two goals: the first an adventure that the old me may have been afraid of, and the second an opportunity to practice being a little more Zen about what life throws at me.
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Girl, you are inspiring! You just put my own thoughts into poetic words. Can't wait to read these two stories!
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