Beauty empowers intelligence – a controversial motto I live by. How often have I been shamed for wearing high heels to class, or too much make-up when studying. Being told “you are superficial”, “you are wasting your time on unimportant girly sh*t”, and “I thought you were smart, but you do not look like it” by both men and women, has unfortunately not been uncommon for me.
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I am writing again. This simple statement feels like a huge accomplishment. Finding the time to pick up a pen and paper seems like one of the lesser difficulties in life. Most people would argue that other things, such as finding yourself, finding keys in your overflowing hand bag when running late, or finding the right way to that governmental building to file an overwhelming amount of bureaucratic documents in order to stay in a country you actually like are harder things in life to find. However, based on my personal experience, finding the time to write is something I found very difficult as well.
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About one year ago I visited the city that never sleeps for the first time. I fell in love with its beautiful architecture, the views that made me feel like me and my problems were just one out of millions – actually an extremely calming experience – and its never-ending energy. The first time I was here, I was still dreaming of moving to the US. But how could I, just a little girl with big hopes, ever live here? Was it possible I could completely change my life around and leave the Netherlands behind? The possibility of saying goodbye to my home country for good seemed scary yet so exciting. I had no clue how to actually pursue this dream – I only knew that I wanted it. Little did I know that I would actually made this dream into reality.
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It’s been 5 months since I left my loft apartment in Groningen and moved to the United States to start a new life there. 5 freaking months. If I look back at these 5 months, I feel like they have flown by. However, a lot has happened in this period of time, so I guess it makes sense that so much time has already passed. Although I have been sharing my life in Washington DC almost every week on Youtube in my DC Diaries, I haven’t really written any blogpost about it. What’s it like, packing up all your things and moving to a different continent without knowing anyone? Now that I have done it, I can honestly say that it is completely different than I had expected…
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Santorini is one of those places everyone wants to visit at least once in their lifetime. It is by far one of the most beautiful islands of Greece, due to its stunning nature and breathtaking sunsets. I have been fortunate enough to have been to this island twice, but the previous time is already years ago. I did not even had a blog back then, haha! In today’s blogpost I wanted to share my Santorini Travel Diary with you, and hopefully inspire you and give you some tips if you are considering going to Santorini yourself as well!
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