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21 Lessons I Learned In 2021
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21 lessons I learned in 2021

At the end of every year, I sit down to reflect on what I learned, what I did well, and my goals and plans for the next year. The past few years have been in my journal where there is a section to do a post-mortem of your year, but

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3 Steps to Manifest Your Dreams
Mindset Hacks

3 Steps to Manifest Your Dreams

The concept of manifestation sounds extremely woohoo. If you mentioned this to me in 2010, I would’ve thought you were crazy. Now, I sincerely apologize!! Being a lover of science growing up, and always curious about how things worked, it took me a while to grasp all these concepts.  In

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If I didn’t quit my job…

There are some people who are okay with living a conventional life which is 100% okay. There are some people who were born with innate curiosity and the urge to ask questions. I grew up reading biographies of powerful women, fantasy novels with female heroines, historical fiction, and was influenced

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endless enthusiasm
Motivation

Endless Enthusiasm

I came across this amazing blog post last night and it is just SO on point. Last year, every time I went on a bike ride, I proclaimed it was the best one ever… well because all my bike rides were simply the best. AND this year, all my rides

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My Journey

Southern France Living

On my quest to keep my life as fulfilled as possible, I’ve been away from [my second] “home” for 3 weeks now as I traverse Europe. Along with along with my two craziest friends, we partied for two weeks straight in London, Lagos, Lisbon and Barcelona— think jumping from city to city,

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My Journey

New Lands, New Beginnings

I came to LA with winter legs, a fresh import from Vancouver, a city that has been drenched from a winter of El Nino tainted weather. Even though I have been riding year round, I have been doing nothing but easy commutes to and from work during the winter, wanting

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My Journey

I had an Epiphany…

epiphany : a moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way While riding my bike to work one cold, albeit sunny October morning in 2015, I suddenly had an epiphany and decided I had to quit my job that day. The idea

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My Journey

When Your Paradigm Shatters…

paradigm shift : a fundamental change from one way of thinking to another, a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis In the last couple of years, my life went through dramatic changes and I experienced my paradigm shattering. It was an uncomfortable, yet welcoming feeling… a feeling I have been unknowingly desiring for

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I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
My Journey

The #1 Pillar in Life: Spirituality

I am not religious.I do not believe in god.Well I do… but I believe we are each our own God. Life is what YOU make of it. I do not depend on a deity to make my day good.Nor do I blame it when something goes wrong.I don’t pray to will

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Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first or the last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
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28 Lessons I’ve Learned in Life

2015 has been a magical year as I paraded through a new chapter in my life and although I’m sad that it’s coming to an end, I am so excited about the future! When you welcome life with open arms, you become happier, less judgmental and your views of the world expands when

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all good things are wild and free
Motivation

Never Stop Dreaming

How would you feel if you: Took risks without promises of success? Pack up all your things and leave your life behind? Did what you wanted to do instead of what your parents wanted to do? Quit a good paying job without another one lined up? Start a new career from

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