Choose your battles

I have been having a little bit of a struggle.

The thing is, I have a lot of passion that I was never able to channel into one single outlet. I have channeled it into school, AIESEC (youth empowerment), self awareness, self improvement.... but then I look at the world. 

Kids are dying. Poor people are dying. Hell, everyone is dying! There are unfair wages by companies in underdeveloped countries. Human rights being violated, human trafficking under our noses and environmental problems all around. There is hunger and war and so many things that I want to change about the world that I get.... overwhelmed. 

Yes, seems like a first world problem, that I am complaining about wanting to change too many things about the world. But it was truly overwhelming me, which led me to look for a solution. And that is when I ran into the following quote:

"Choose your battles." 

Now, this is what keeps me sane (most of the time) and focused on the cause that I care about the most. I still wish I could do something about everything, but I know that I can't. And just because I can't do everything, doesn't mean I shouldn't do anything. So I will keep choosing my battles. 

Beijos! 

100 positive things

I ran into an interesting challenge the other day, that I decided to take on.

The idea was: write a list of 100 positive things about myself. 

Took me about 2 weeks to finish the 100 items. It was quite interesting to see that #1 took a while. I was staring at the paper, not knowing what to write. I wrote down #1 (I smile a lot). I stared at it for a while, laughed a little, and kept going. Number 7, 8 , 9.... the list was growing and the positive things were flying in my head and into the paper. But, as I approached #30.... Things started getting harder. The higher the number, the more I wanted to write some random BS that wasn't really positive. But I am proud to say that I didn't.

I have just finished my list. 

What did I learn? Well, It felt really good to write 100 positive things about myself. I started to appreciate myself more and more, instead of being ashamed of saying "yes, I am good at this". There is a big difference between being conceded and appreciating what I am good at. 

I am very happy that I completed this list, and I would definitely encourage everyone to try it as well.

Beijos! 

The power of creativity

I have this thing. It's a great thing, called ideaphoria. I know it sounds like a fancy word, but all it means is that I have ideas. A lot of ideas, constantly, about everything you can possibly imagine. 

It seemed to me that my best ideas decide to show up during the shower. Those 10 minutes under the water seem to be a perfect space for genius, incredible ideas that completely vanish my head once I turn off the water.  

As this has been a recurring problem, I decided I needed a solution.
I found this really cool paper and pencil that were made exactly for this! Fantastic right? But..... it cost $7 dollars. So, creativity at its finest moments led me to this:

Aluminum foil, a string, and 2 sharpies. Now, even the not-so-great ideas can last for longer than 10 minutes. Oh, the power of creativity! 

Beijos! 

Hello there,

I have no clue who you are. You might be a friend, a stranger or, most likely, my mother. But regardless, I want you to know who I am.

I am Annah. I travel the world and by doing so, I discover my own world. I am friendly, loud, and quite funny actually - but that depends on who you ask. I left home (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) when I was 17, and I have only returned a few times, occasionally. Since then, I turned 18 years old in Finland, 19 in Brazil, 20 in the US, 21 in Mexico and 22 in Czech Republic. And here I am, 22, living in Houston, and writing about..... well, about whatever I feel like writing :)

Enjoy!