Prevailing Perceptions

     Since there’s only a month left until I return home from studying abroad, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’ll take away from this experience. As I start to write this, I realize that is the quite a heavy prompt to think about, let alone write into a blog post. It’s difficult because there’s so much that has happened in the past couple of months that I know has helped me evolve as a person. And as cliché as that sounds, I’m thankful for those change that I’ve made because those changes are what I’ll take home with me (and a lot of key-chains). I’ve learned is to embrace spontaneity. Things pop up and it helps to make the best of them. I went on a weekend trip to Amsterdam and, Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium that I only planned on doing about 5 days in advance. I almost didn’t go because I thought that it was too last minute, and something would go wrong. But, I had such an amazing trip that taught me something about myself.  I admit that I’m a cont...

     We all have something small that takes us back to another time or place. Whether it's the smell of Pine trees that bring you right to Christmas, or  the taste of your favorite childhood foods; our attachment and nostalgia to something so minute has always fascinated me. For me, music always triggers this feeling.      I'm always listening to music, and rarely leave the house without headphones. Songs become auditory chapters of my life. And now that I'm away from home, I've started to value my  playlists a lot more because they are the perfect cure for homesickness; mostly because the music I listen to is attached to a certain time in my life. In this post, I'll dive into some of my favorite playlists I've made so far (Warning: some playlist include explicit songs).       As someone who is always listening to music, I'm constantly editing playlists of my current favorites or my mood. Since I've had the self- love anthem ...

     You know those moments where you pause and think "wait, where am   I   going with my life?" Well, I asked myself that question seriously within a week of being abroad in Ireland. And like any rational person would react to this crisis, I impulsively bought a psychic reading online.     In my search for a reading, I found  https://twitter.com/ANCIENTWlSDOM . After reading some really profound posts, I decided that this would be the person to do my reading because it seemed that her readings offered a lot of insight on many aspects, including: business, the present, and future. I wanted someone to give me a little direction in the middle of me questioning a lot of aspects within my life. I then messaged them my birthday and the time that I was born and received my very detailed reading. Here's three things I learned from this reading: 1. "Your views may change and evolve over time but your ability to reconcile old ways with new puts yo...