“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for. “ — Robert Kiyosaki — Good-for-you habits such as exercising regularly, eating healthy, and living below your means are key components of leading a healthy life. However, they are very difficult to implement. Why? Because in the short-term, they don’t feel good at all, at least not to me. …

Let’s get right to business: studying abroad is more than just the cool thing you get to do in your late teens or twenties, it’s also a way for you to differentiate yourself in today’s highly competitive talent marketplace. However, for many of us, studying abroad is a luxury. The…

On November 2nd 2021, I published an article on my blog titled 3 values I was reminded of by 41 orphans. Among other things, that article was really about how I was adjusting to losing my only living parent, my mother. Simply put, I wasn’t adjusting at all and in…

In 2018, I was burnt out. I had 12–14 hour work days most of the year, was never home due to back-to-back business trips, and my to-do list governed my day to day. My life felt like a race with no finish line and I was always exhausted to the…

When I was younger, I was such a birthday girl. I used to stay awake on my birthday eve and come midnight, I would start to awkwardly dance around. …

In 2008, I spent my holidays at the Tumaini Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I was visiting my mentor, a 52-year-old patient with a brain tumor. …

I fell in love with mountains at the age of 16, which is when I moved to Switzerland. Anyone who knows a thing or two about Switzerland knows that the country is about 60% Alps. With such conditions, you have to try really hard not to become a mountain lover. …

2021 was a year of incredible highs and devastating lows. I have never had a more challenging or more rewarding year and I’m somehow convinced that I’m not the only one who feels this way. My instagram and LinkedIn feeds are filled with similar captions and as a species, I…

I officially crossed the ‘five years as a professional’ milestone on 7th March 2021. When I started my full-time job at the ION Group back in March of 2016, I didn’t think I was going to make it to five years for two main reasons. First, at the time of…