Delayed gratification is a thing of the past. Gone are the days when you actually have to wait for something. If you want something people just go and get it.
The fast and packaged food industry does this to the extreme. The internet & online shopping world brings things closer than ever before. The pace of modern life is fast, and what are you if your not busy? Like are you even doing anything?
Time.
Six years ago I was on addicted to drugs.
FIve years ago I was studying post grad psychology.
Four years ago I was confused, unemployed but in love.
For years, in fact for most of my life you have been the villain.
Something to avoid, something to keep far from my plate, something down right awful.
Low fat ruled.
It was the dietary dogma of my generation.
And to many a degree it still is.
Low low low Fat
We as a society have moved so far past using food for the reasons it was intended, for the reasons our ancestors ate - fuel, satiation and to sustain life. We eat for any and all number of reasons now. We eat for happiness, we eat out of sadness, we eat out of boredom, we eat out of misguided cravings, we out of sheer plentfiulness. I think it’s time to really start thinking about why we are eating as much as what we are eating.
Read MoreMy health journey is more than just the physical, for me it has been a psychological one too, and is a journey that will continue for I believe that we should always be growing, changing and learning. Lately someone told me I have changed, and while my initial instinct was to be slightly offended, I mean changed from what? Changed how? But then I realised I was proud that I had. I do not want to be the same as I was ten, five or even 2 years ago. We don't build our dream by not changing.
Read MoreOne day in Seoul and tomorrow morning I am embarking on a 3-day water fast. Seriously, you what? I can hear you say already. It might sound drastic but it’s not. Here is the why, and the how.
To say I am excited to be here is an understatement, for I am definitely that and more.
Sometimes you can feel so out of balance you may as well be a fish out of water. What defines us, what we each want, and more importantly what we all need is completely individual. But the essence is the same, feeling unbalanced is disjointing and disruptive to a harmonious and productive lifestyle, in whatever context one’s harmony exists within.
Read MoreMorocco is undoubtedly a special place, unlike anywhere I have been before and although I cannot be certain, unlike anywhere else I will visit. It is an assault on the senses, some delightful, some surprising, and some definitely more difficult to adjust to. This is my well overdue (I have been enjoying Berlin too much!) recount of my experiences as a digital nomad in Morocco.
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