“In transition: life is a journey“

05 Mar

Posted at 13:23h in POST IT by

Twenties, the years to dream big, to have aspirations, to travel, to commit to life and for some who actually believe it, to live unapologetically, freely. It’s becoming almost redundant how often we hear these days, statements like “just be yourself”, “don’t let anybody stop you”, “you can do anything you want”, “these are your best years” and yet most of the time I find so hard to even engage with life. Every-day is a race against time, to do more, to be more alive, as we live in an increasingly fragmented society where the aspiration to achieve perfection has led to identity crises. Who am I? what is my purpose? What am I supposed to do with life? We expect our education system, social media, strangers to answer these questions for us, and we turn against them when they fail to answer.

01 Mar

Posted at 16:16h in POST IT by

Having a pilot can determine the course of your life, having the right can make or break it. A pilot is a person qualified and authorized to drive a vehicle: a plain, a car, a train and everything in the between. Now, if we think of ourselves as a vehicle, metaphorically, guided by a driver, who can change depending on the specific time and phase of our lives, we realize how crucial it is for us to have a capable driver, that will bring us from place A to place B.

28 Feb

Posted at 23:07h in POST IT by

I'll start this reflection with the basics, meaning what we mean when we use the term "social media." According to Kaplan and Haenlein's definition, "social media are a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0 and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content". With this definition, I want to focus on the internet and user-generated content because the combination of these two elements has created a world dominated by social media, allowing us to think we can do and say whatever we want.

26 Feb

Posted at 22:25h in POST IT by

I want to reflect on the concept of generational, individual, and family journey, which is linked to terms like success, widely associated with money, growth, work, and sacrifice. I believe we have several "destinations," places to reach at specific moments in our lives, because as human beings we are on a journey, in transition, constantly moving, as life is never static. It's like taking a train from point A to point B; both places represent a specific season or moment in our lives, and in those places we can learn something about ourselves, grow, meet people, and even outgrow them. Each stop on this journey symbolizes a phase of our lives, and we carry with us the impact of each place and the people we meet along the way.