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5 Things that make me happy.

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1.- Spending time with friends.

It gives me energy, aligns my chakras, gives me life, takes away my stress, relaxes me, makes me feel that I am not alone.
Being almost 20 thousand kilometers away from my family is not easy, it has become easier over the years, however, it is still difficult, and being with my friends makes me feel that I have a wonderful family, that I have chosen.

They are my friends for a thousand reasons, for their kindness, for their understanding, for their affection, their ambition, their way of seeing the world, for how they face situations. But, mostly because, they also see those qualities in me.

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2.- Teaching.

I have already been teaching languages for more than 15 years, and 6 of those have been teaching in Asia.
Every day, every class, my students surprise me, over and over again, in the most funny, eloquent and even surprising ways.

Every student is a new challenge, whether a 6-year-old girl or a 40-year-old adult, every student is a story, it's a book, it's a treasure map that I must read carefully, and let myself be surprised.

My passion for teaching is becoming more and more every day, I am always looking for new ideas, new books, new techniques. There are no words to describe when a student's progress is visible, when all the progress from class number one to the most recent is remarkable. I think moving away from teaching would be a very difficult thing to do.

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3.- Enjoy alone time

Something that comes linked with moving out of your country, and deciding to start an adventure, having to face loneliness in every sense of the word is part of that decision.

Your family is not a few minutes away, childhood friends are not there either, and at first the “loneliness" is annoying, it is a ghost that haunts you, but as time passes, you get to know her and learn to live with her, so much so that she becomes your company, and she is with you.

Enjoying alone time helps you to get to know yourself, to understand yourself, to know who you are better, and even helps you to love yourself, because you start doing the things that only make you happy, those that motivate you, those that make you better.

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4.- Read and Write

It has become my therapy, my passion, what I do, to leave tension behind, to escape from reality, to explore what I feel, what I want, what I like.

Reading this year has been the source of great adventure, I have lived many lives, I have explored emotions I did not know, I have fallen in love with fascinating people and I have cried when they have cried.

Writing has been the biggest and best exercise I've ever done this year, my mind, and my letters have been divided into millions of pieces, and I've explored styles that I would have never dared to explore.

Writing in everything nowadays, is part of my job, it's part of me, without my words, I'm incomplete.

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5.- Having a partner.

I know this can be a point of controversy, and some people will disagree with me, but this year I discovered that being in a relationship, makes me happy.

Being with someone who loves me, who desires me, being loved on another level is important to me.
Being with a man, with whom I can let down my walls and be feminine, be me, be vulnerable, let myself be loved, let myself be cared for, is meaningful.

In the same way, I have realized that I also want to take care of someone, to be their home, their center, their shelter.

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So, there you have it, the 5 things that make me happy!

Thanks for reading me. 😘❤️

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