U.S. Expats & Filing Taxes Every Year Here's something funny: During my first year of living in Vienna, my mom asks me one day over Skype did you do your (US) taxes yet?’’ Whattttt. No. Am I suppose

I live in Vienna, Austria where all the grocery stores (except a select few) are closed on Sundays. So typically, I have to make sure we have enough food for the weekend. Otherwise, it can be an inconvenience

One evening I was eating frozen yogurt with sprinkles and nuts, and noticed something interesting. I had unconsciously pushed the toppings to the side and allowed them to sit there, as if I held them off

I'm in the process of redefining my professional projects online and learning how to be more authentically me. Like: No bull$h!t or wanting to impress / prove anything to anyone. I find it refreshing not

Some time ago I receieved an email from a woman who did not support a project I'm involved in. I took her words personally as an attack to what I was working on and felt like I had to "retaliate"

Who am I without my project accomplishments? Without my business achievements? My school or work successes? What if they melted away. Who would I be? I would be left standing as a person, like any other.

I'm venturing into a new project with some people, and I'll be honest with you - I'm nervous about it because it's new and something like this has never been created in Vienna, Austria and I have no clue

I only recently started to make pancakes. The first time I made them it started a bit disasterous in that I would either be too early in flopping them and batter would get everywhere or I'd be too late

Here sharing a photo of me and @nebi from January, the moment we got on the airport bus - after he picked me up from a month-long trip to see my family back in the states. I am clearly exhausted in the

I created a women’s group some time ago with the intent of creating a safe space for women to share themselves, their questions, and gain support. What I did not know at the time was my idea of a ‘’safe

My Gift from Paris I remember the first time I got a ‘’gift’’ from Paris. It was a box of fresh macarons, sent over by a company coming to establish themselves in the city I’m living in. I say ‘’gift’’

Some time ago I created and hid behind a fake profile name on Facebook. This happened during a really low, insecure time in my life. Someone — somehow — found out about my fake profile and revealed it

Yesterday I spoke with a woman who has been building a project for some years now and expressed her frusteration about a million-dollar company stealing her ideas. I could relate to her and thought how

Introduction I watched a video today from Self & Living, where @sunettespies talks about her relationship with things being unsettled. She briefly mentioned friendships and severing ties, and how to

Introduction February went by really fast for me, but I was able to discover a lot of new things - both within my internal (self) world and external world. This is the start of a new project I'll be doing

Introduction Facebook has these fun quizzes you can take such as What Word Will Describe Your Year of 2018? and What is Your Secret Dark Side? While I don't take the results literally, I do enjoy seeing

Spoiler Alert! I share my perspectives on the Marvel movie Black Panther. There are lot of spoilers in this post, so READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! Nakia I found it really cool how considerate and aware Nakia

My Story The first time I attended a cycling class I almost fainted. It was during open house day at a new yoga studio near my parents home in the USA. Me and my friend just finished a hot yoga class,

Spoiler Alert! Read at your own risk :) A Man Called Ove (Original title in Swedish: En man som heter Ove) is a movie about a grumpy old man and the funny yet strange occurrences that happens to him as

At Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo: It was like for a moment I had the zoo all to myself - I got there at 12:45 and only a few families were around. It was heavily snowing, the grounds were unplowed and so -