Strutting into forty-Two

Walking to, Climbing up, Leaning into Strutting into Forty Two

Yes, strutting is right because Living My Life Like It’s Golden is still my theme song! One day I was 41 and the next 42. I have to say I don’t feel much different, and I often have to count to remember how old I am.

Celebration Time

I love reading and I love to travel, so my favorite holidays combine those two. This does not mean a holiday by the beach or by a pool. Rather, it means making time for both sightseeing and reading. My perfect trip involves some sightseeing, a break for tea/food and some reading, more sightseeing, more reading.

Sardinia lived up to every expectation. I had about 3 days for fun, and this is a summary what I did:

• Sat on the balcony and enjoyed the sunshine.
• Ate a 7 course omakase seafood Sardinian and Japanese meal.
• Sat in an AC room reading On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (heartbreaking memoir) and Sofia Khan is Not Obliged (light fun).
• Ate incredible gelato.
• Took the bus (reading time) for sightseeing nuraghes in Barumini.
• Ate some Sardinian specialties.
• Walked along Poetto beach.
• Visited the Molentargius natural park to see the flamingos.

I posted all about the trip here.

Eating Holiday

Many of my favorite holidays include a variety of eating experiences. Sardinia was no different. =I loved the potato and mint dumplings, the fried fish/seafood, the pork belly, the pistachio gelato, etc.

Reflection Time

At the wonderful age of 42, it’s time to reflect on the turning points of my life:

1. Moving to Canada at the age of 12. I didn’t want to leave my grandmother but Canada was a better pace for me than St. Lucia.
2. Being kicked out of home at the age of 23. If not, I might have remained comfortable rather than …
3. … moving to India. I didn’t know that you could work and travel. I needed a full time job to move out and pay my student loans but there were no full time teaching jobs in Ontario so I accepted a teaching job at a Canadian school in India
4. Leaving India. It would have been so easy to stay there for several years and then move back to Canada. Instead, I choose to chase the unknown.
5. Leaving teaching and deciding to stay in Prague.
6. Starting a remote, online job and starting a podcast.
7. … TBC …

I could tease out some more milestones but those are the BIG crossroads so far. Here’s to another year