Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO
This post contains the story for the insight: "J hunchha ramro ko lagi hunchha"/"All that will be will be for good," titled, "The End/The Beginning."
Reading time: 8 minutes
We have come full circle, my friend.
After 2 beautiful years, I am back in my home country, the United States of America.
Reading time: 2 minutes
Have you ever had an "a-ha" moment when you realized, "Yes, this is why I do what I do!"? I recently had that feeling in my journey as an artist, and I want to share it with you. Read on to learn my newly discovered purpose as an artist and how you are essential to it.
Reading time: 8 minutes
Waiting... and waiting... and waiting. It became far too close for comfort. Frequent breakdowns into tears, waking up shaking with anxiety, trying to cope with the deep discomfort that is the unknown.
Read on to learn why I almost left Nepal - and how I ultimately got to stay.
Reading time: 6 minutes
Back in January, I took the plunge into one of the most extreme "rights of passage" in the meditation world: a Goenka Vipassana course. 10 days of waking up at 4 am, meditating 11 hours per day, living in complete silence, not allowed to do anything except meditate, eat, and sleep. No phones. No books. No writing/drawing. No communication, even eye contact. No distractions. Just ten days with your mind.
It was by far one of the most difficult things I have ever done.
Read on to see what it was like to do a meditation bootcamp in the depths of winter in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Reading time: 12 minutes
