JUST DO IT
My life is made up of reminders and to-do-lists. I write down a lot of things for two reasons – so that I don’t forget, and so that I actually do them – the latter being the inspiration for this article seeing as I’ve had this draft and light bulb moment for about a month now. Being…
01 June, 2017
An ‘aha’ moment inspired by the beñe lady on the railroad tracks in Tivaouane.
(In the midst of complementing her on the perfection of her beñes I forgot to ask for her name so bear with me for this anonymity) We all want to be successful in some way or something, and we all define success in different ways. Someone once said to me that that’s why the word…
07 April, 2017
“On this episode of a Thousand ways to die…”
It has been over two months, but it still seems like it was just yesterday, when this young toubab* almost met her end. It started off like a usual Saturday in Pambal*, but little did she know that today will be far from usual. At 8 o’clock she was awaken by her alarm clock, but…
22 March, 2017
Adventures
A wise individual more than once said to me “This bridge year is as much for your community as it is for you, with a little more emphasis on the for you bit” In country orientation had a lot of emphasis on the community aspect for me. With the language classes on most days, educational…
17 January, 2017
Not included in your Travel guide.
Have you ever been to a place and wondered why it was not listed in the travel guide as one of the ‘Top 10 places to visit’ ? Well I have and I came up with a couple of answers. It could be that the author of that travel guide hasn’t been there yet. It…
08 November, 2016
20 seconds
I once wrote in a letter to a dear friend, ‘spontaneity is life’s best friend and my greatest influence’. At that point I just liked the quote because I came up with it and it sounded so cool. Luckily it was also relevant to the point I was trying to make. But the 20 seconds…
29 August, 2016
