I live a pretty simple life, I enjoy simple healthy meals, and I find great joy in doing simple things, in simple ways. Still, it was not a simple process for me to simply be content with living a simple life.
I've been through several transformations throughout the years, I'm constantly reinventing myself and creating new possibilities for sustaining a simple lifestyle.
"The most notable change I made to become a better version of myself was letting go of living in the past, and constantly worrying about the future."
Living in the present is enlightenment. I started to see opportunities and seize them, and I became more comfortable with taking risks and ownership of any failure. I accepted and moved on from unrealised dreams, that were not meant to be. I acknowledged growth despite the challenges and obstacles that were inevitable, and I gained new aspirations and applied different goal-setting strategies.
I then had a heart-to-heart talk with myself and realised that the simple life I was living, was one that I wished for, and my new focus was making the most of my current circumstances wherever I was situated.
I've always had a fascination with maps, globes, atlases, geography and history. I would sit on my bed as a little girl, read the names of places on the globe, and figure out the proximity of my home in a small village in Jamaica. I often wondered what typical days, people, foods, customs and traditions were in many of those countries.
I wanted to see the world.
I wanted to learn about different cultures.
I was fascinated by different people.
I've always worked in an international setting, in small and large organisations with international standards, and multi-culturalism, and I developed an international mindset along the way.
I was in training and slowly gathering the assets and fixtures for a small coffee shop, to be called Cinnamon Cup Coffee. I had dreams of having activities and workshops, with locals and tourists popping in. I was a lot younger with the zest to face all the challenges I knew would be involved in the marketing, setting up and running the shop daily. Instead, I left the island to go and study, and followed my dreams to explore and experience the world; The best way in which I grow.
More than a decade later, here I am living a minimalist lifestyle and running my virtual coffee shop.
I'm grinning at the idea. At life. In my present reality.
Globalisation and living in a virtual world are positive to me, especially with the inclusion of coffee.
Instead of having to source the best coffee in the world, stock fresh supplies of pastries, and meals, decorate and upkeeping the coffee shop, find baristas and floor staff for operation, general maintenance of appliances, and a neverending list of things to accomplish, to be able to pay rent and salary. Here I am, thanks to Web 3, Hive.
Subscribers and active community members, and everyone who helps to keep this community alive, I appreciate you. It's my greatest joy to refresh my screen to see all the beautiful delights and wonderful stories. To live vicariously through you, enjoying coffee and coffee shop experiences from across the world, while learning about your lives through your stories.
I still dream. I have aspirations to do other things as well, and I'm continuously working and improving myself. However, I take solace in enjoying the simple things that I have at my disposal, and as I have my afternoon coffee, I feel grateful for having an audience, the community, and all of you.
Thank you and cheers to many more pleasures.☕️
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