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The Journey Was Well Planned. But I Wasn’t.
A Journey to Nepal That Changed How I See the World and Taught Me About Gratitude, Faith and Courage. In 2009, I had been working in Dubai for about a year. Like many companies in the Middle East, we were given 30 days of annual leave. Some people went home to visit family. Others travelled to Europe or Southeast Asia. I wanted something different. Not because I was trying to prove anything. I simply wanted an adventure. One thing I knew for certain—I didn’t want to go somewhere that required a visa interview. Even today, I have what I jokingly call “visa application phobia.” The paperwork, the appointments, the uncertainty……
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Growing Older Means Checking In
Sometimes, the greatest act of self-care isn’t a spa day or a holiday. It’s making the appointment we’ve been postponing. I kept postponing my health check-up. Every time someone reminded me to see a doctor, I had the same answer. “I’ll be fine.” “I’m just tired.” “I’ll go next month.” The truth was, I always found a reason not to go. Work was busy. Life was busy. There was always something more urgent than taking care of myself. If I’m honest, there was another reason too. I was afraid. Afraid of hearing something I didn’t want to hear. Afraid that a routine check-up might uncover a health problem that would…
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3 Eggs Later: Corned Beef Omelette
After a long day at work, I wasn’t in the mood to cook anything complicated. I opened the fridge to see what I had left. A tray full of eggs. A small portion of leftover corned beef. Two containers of rice that I had cooked the day before. Dinner was already halfway there. One habit I’ve developed over the years is cooking rice in batches. I know my portions well enough to know that one cup of uncooked rice makes far more rice than I can eat in a single meal. Instead, I cook two cups at a time and divide the cooked rice into three equal portions. They go…
