From my heart to everyne who struggles
Not such a long time ago, I thought it would be the top of my career to have a job that is not stuck in one place but actually would include working internationally. And do not get me wrong - if you are like me, working, living and communicating on a worldwide basis, it does probably mean your job happens to be one of those more thrilling ones.
However, let me tell you, that it does have its dark sides. There are jetlags to overcome. Boxes to be packed and unpacked, organization that has nothing to do with your actual work that does need to be done. And if you did decide to have a family, it means one of you is always going to be the one who follows around and that is certainly putting some strain on both of you.
In the last three years, I moved my belongings (and eventually belongings of my husband too) from one country (and continent) to another seven times and I am not quite done. Currently, I am working as a research post-doc, previously I was a very lucky PhD student who got to work on one of the most significant waste management projects of the western hemisphere.
Rationally, I think I was lucky and things happen to go my way. Currently, I am renting a 1950s villa in northern Italy, where I am staying for the entire year, learning something from the laid-back positive society that is around. Emotionally, I did not hit thirty yet, however I do not have a real place to call my own, I am taking random gigs instead of building my own projects and I miss stability. I guess I want to reach out to anyone who feels pretty much confused and stuck between "having it quite right" and "feeling out of place" at the same time.
Another reason why I am starting this blog is... well do not get me wrong but it seems like social media has either populations of the stay-at-home mums or the single salary women. I do think both categories are doing great stuff and living to their fullest, but where exactly would you fit a woman who happens to have 9-5(+) job and who has a household at the very same time?
So, I wish this could give courage to anyone who does not want to do "this" or "that". It is doable. It is maybe difficult time to time but you never have to give up on your dreams and aspirations just because somebody else was not able to do it. Or worse. Never actually even felt the desire and yet they happen to preach about it.
However, let me tell you, that it does have its dark sides. There are jetlags to overcome. Boxes to be packed and unpacked, organization that has nothing to do with your actual work that does need to be done. And if you did decide to have a family, it means one of you is always going to be the one who follows around and that is certainly putting some strain on both of you.
In the last three years, I moved my belongings (and eventually belongings of my husband too) from one country (and continent) to another seven times and I am not quite done. Currently, I am working as a research post-doc, previously I was a very lucky PhD student who got to work on one of the most significant waste management projects of the western hemisphere.
Rationally, I think I was lucky and things happen to go my way. Currently, I am renting a 1950s villa in northern Italy, where I am staying for the entire year, learning something from the laid-back positive society that is around. Emotionally, I did not hit thirty yet, however I do not have a real place to call my own, I am taking random gigs instead of building my own projects and I miss stability. I guess I want to reach out to anyone who feels pretty much confused and stuck between "having it quite right" and "feeling out of place" at the same time.
Another reason why I am starting this blog is... well do not get me wrong but it seems like social media has either populations of the stay-at-home mums or the single salary women. I do think both categories are doing great stuff and living to their fullest, but where exactly would you fit a woman who happens to have 9-5(+) job and who has a household at the very same time?
So, I wish this could give courage to anyone who does not want to do "this" or "that". It is doable. It is maybe difficult time to time but you never have to give up on your dreams and aspirations just because somebody else was not able to do it. Or worse. Never actually even felt the desire and yet they happen to preach about it.
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