A Toast To The Decade of Transcendence

Is it just me or does this general time of year tend to come around quicker and quicker? Regardless, the fact is that it is that time of again friends! That’s right folks, the onset of a brand new year is upon us, only this time it’s especially monumental as it’s the dawn of a brand spanking new decade!

I’d firstly like to say a massive congratulations to you, dear reader, because if you’re reading this, it means you’ve made it through what some would refer to as a globally tumultuous decade, though in some ways a simultaneous decade of enlightened awareness comprised of a more collective accountability of the impact we as a human race have on the world.

On a more personal level, I’m sure many of us have been confronted with life events we never thought we would be, overcome hardships that we never in a million years thought that we could and experienced sometimes painful (spiritual) growth and learnt things about ourselves that we may have attempted to overlook or were simply and honestly oblivious to.

Whatever your circumstance, I’d just like to start this here blog by celebrating you and your achievements, irrespective of how big or small and to make ‘A Toast To The Decade of Transcendence’.

Ten years ago I turned twenty. I was entering the fourth year of what would turn out to be a nine year relationship, I had decided to try out this new app called Instagram and was one year into my History Degree and definitely caring far less about it than I should have done.

I had little sense of direction about where my life and all it’s facets were headed in general, but I was somewhat aware of the fact that (at the time) a degree, preferably from an established university, would increase my chances of getting what I perceived to be a “decent job”…despite having little to no clue about what I actually wanted to do.😬

By the end of my BA degree in 2012, I was definitely wiser, so far as American and European history were concerned, but still not so much when it came to the potential bounty I could unlock for my life . In hindsight I do wish I’d kept up with those damn social media posts and videos, because I was amassing my own little following!

I went on my first girls holiday around that time and upon returning home, I knew I wanted to work and live in another country. I distinctly recall discussing with friends and family, with a lack of conviction, faith or belief that it…