65 days of incredibly hard, but satisfying work at Singita has come to an end and I have spent the last 4 days in Zanzibar for a little R&R but also for a few meetings with prospective clients and my lawyer of course!
It has also been few days for reflecting on my first full year of trying to work and somehow live in Tanzania…
Am I living the life I never knew that I always needed and wanted? Hell yeah! The joy, reward and excitement I get from educating, training, guiding and supporting young people here in Tanzania so that they have the best opportunity to succeed in their lives, is the stuff dreams are made of. And I am proud and happy that I made the decision to change my life.
But it doesn’t come without sacrifices… being away from close friends and family for so many months of the year is tough, not having a real home or base is also really difficult and there seems to a distinct issue with finding love when not spending more than a few weeks or months in the place at a time. Haha. I often get asked… ‘have you met someone?’ And the answer is always ‘no’. And I say that I don’t mind right now, but I have found that I am starting to mind more and more.
I guess my life is not really conducive to finding that special someone right now, that doesn’t mean that I don’t miss having someone to share my life with, though… but we can’t have it all, right?! And I have decided that doing work that I absolutely love is the priority for me right now.
And how can I not love experiences like these; my first ever cheetah in the wild, a giraffe coming to say hi and a wonderful end of 2019 programme celebration.
But later today I will be Europe-bound. A quick stop in London to re-pack before spending Christmas with family in Denmark. Quite looking forward to some cooler weather, but do remind me of that when I start complaining about it in a week or so!
Hope to see a lot of you over the next few weeks. 👋🏼
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