February 2022 Hi there, February had many firsts for me. If you had asked me last year which middle east country I’d like to visit, Saudi Arabia wouldn’t have been the first option on my list. Well, I visited Saudi Arabia in February and it was enlightening. For the the more or less challenge, which […]
January 2022 January has been good. My main overarching mindset this year is to pace myself in terms of how much I get done because this year is a marathon, not a sprint. I don’t want to be super exhausted close to the end of the year. I believe I’ve started out well. Then I’m […]
About a year ago I made a career change from Accounting to Journalism. As I like to say, I moved from obsessing over numbers to obsessing over narratives. Why? Among many reasons, it was an opportunity to learn about an aspect of life I wasn’t too familiar with: storytelling. Coming tops in the Global Peter […]
2021 was the year we were supposed to recover from the pandemic-ridden 2020, and I think the world generally did that. To my greatest delight people used the word ‘unprecedented’ less and for me, it was my first full year working as a Journalist–I spoke about that here. As I have done in the past […]
December 2021 2021 was an incredible year for me. My first full year as a Journalist and it’s been rewarding. I got to travel a little (not as much asI wanted to), spend time alone and with my friends. I’m still learning German (or now just keeping 560+ days alive) and living healthier (I’m more […]