It’s been one year since I left the security of a generously paid and comfortable job. The reason for leaving was simple: I didn’t want to turn 30, 40 or reach retirement age doing a job that I “fell into” or that was “okay” and not great. I am 25 and my husband and I don’t have children or a mortgage to pay – yet. Yet being the key word because I know that one day we want to have kids and possibly buy a home, maybe even a vacation home…
Month: April 2016
BFW: A Fashion Week that Should Not Be Ignored
When the editors of fashionmag42 (which by the way are also the designers behind Sisters Code by SBC ) asked if I wanted to join them at Belgrade Fashion Week I was really excited. I had never been to Belgrade and I didn’t even know they had a fashion week. After doing some research I discovered that it has been around since 1996 and is also known as the “The First Fashion Week in Eastern Europe.” So how about that! The learning never ends. I asked my fashion-loving friend Ilze to join…
What I Learned From 7 Years In a Teen Marriage
If someone had told me I would become a teenage bride I would not have believed it. But it happened. I met Tobi 15 days after I turned 18 and he turned 20. That’s right! We have the same birthday. Talk about being birth-day soulmates. Tobi, originally from Switzerland, went to play basketball in the United States. He ended up playing for the same college where I was attending my first year of studies. We fell in love in 3 months and decided to get married 6 months after meeting…