Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny and stormy. I have caught up on the back entries from my journal; now I am all up to date. I have just arrived home from a workout at the end of Leme; I’m now drinking green tea, ready to have a shower and begin classes. The morning workout was brutal. Lately, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot, sunny and overcast. I am excited to write today. I do not know why. Is it because I am enjoying this new journaling exercise in my life? Or is it because this morning was quite unique? I woke up at 4:30 a.m., fully aware that I had to be back home by 6 […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27 °C, hot and overcast. I was up early yesterday and again today, at 5:30 a.m. on a Sunday. I am arriving at the end of Leme for a workout, and I am astonished! What I forgot to mention yesterday was that there was an enormous temporary stage for Carnival, with speakers, steel partitions/railings, diesel generators, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot, sunny, and a little unstable. IT IS THE JOURNEY, NOT THE DESTINATION!!! The journey is more important than the destination. Sometimes the destination changes, but the journey remains the same. It is what we have. Without it, we have nothing. When we overly focus on reaching the destination, we overlook the journey, where […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny and a little unstable. It is Friday, marking the end of the workweek for some people. I usually have fewer classes today, but completing them can be more challenging. Even though I will finish earlier than usual, the day and classes often seem to drag on. It is a psychosomatic response to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot, sunny, and a little cloudy. Yasmin is currently with me. She went to bed in a bad mood last night and, unfortunately, seems to have woken up in a similar mood for school today. At times, maintaining patience and dealing with constant negativity can be challenging. I wish she could focus more on […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny and unstable. It’s Wednesday morning, and I have a 7 a.m. class, so I am doing a home workout that includes push-ups. Before class, I have to drop Yasmin off at the Metro station for school. I live in Brazil, and my mother lives in England. As I recently changed my phone […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny and unstable. I woke up early today and headed to Leme for a rigorous workout. After that, I quickly returned home to shower, change, and give classes. Walking by the beach in the morning made me appreciate the beauty of Rio de Janeiro even more. It’s fantastic to have such stunning surroundings […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 32 °C, very hot and sunny. The morning was typical, with exercise and classes. In the afternoon, I had to pick up some money from a student and pay Dona Vera at Belli Occhi Otica, an optician’s where I have been buying glasses for years. The shop is in the same gallery where I used to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 35 °C, very hot and sunny. It is Sunday, and it is boiling! Usually, on Sunday mornings, I like to do a light workout at the end of Leme, but this time, it turned out to be more demanding and even heavier than usual; I don’t know why. Yasmin woke up around 10:30 a.m. and expressed […]