Hi linkedIn friends and past colleagues,
I had made a promise to myself that I would post on Linkedin once I get over my fear of being seen. And if you know me from Instagram, you would know that i have done some good work in that department.
So… here we take the first step towards owning my voice in this corner of the internet:
In July 2023, I left Canada and the tech world, had my life turned upside down and decided to take a leap into the unknown. Being a first generation immigrant who moved to Canada in 2016, in the quest of knowledge and to escape the conflict back home ( kashmir ), my teens and 20s were spent in trying to become someone. someone who would feel safe in her surroundings, safe in her finances, safe in her physical health, and safe in career growth. Those decades of hardwork and persistance to reach my goals and dreams were essential.
This entire time though, while working what was seemingly my dream job and living a life that was supposedly my dream life, something was missing. I would wake up with a hollow feeling in my chest that something isn’t right. But I couldn’t pinpoint what it was. Ultimately you could say it was a mix of burnout, existential crisis, lack of purpose or simply being lost.
And the moment I turned 30, I realized the main priority for this decade is to feel safe in my body first, and then in my surroundings and finances.
So Sept 2023, I took a leap of faith and decided to let the winds direct where I flow. I started traveling solo, challenging my comfort zone booking one-way tickets, saying yes to the unfamiliar, and allowing life to unfold without a five-year plan. I entered what I now call a liminal space ( the transitory period ) that has reshaped me in ways I’m still discovering.
The initial few months were spend hopping around in India and Europe but the play of fate would ultimately land me in Colombia, last year in May. And thus, would begin a love story between me and Latin America.
So here’s what I have been upto, besides failing miserably in improving my espanol: