Home Away From Home

I read this article today, and i was going to share it on my facebook I realised ot had the limitation of being in Portuguese.  So I just thought I would bring some pieces here! I am sharing it not because i feel it myself, I actually feel very blessed B is so supportive and actually pushes me to ask for more. And I can't help my thing of my favourite Indian girlfriend.  "The generation of women that was created to be everything a man DOES NOT want' Sometimes I catch myself imagining an hypotetical man that describes the woman of his dreams "she has to study and work a lot and have a permanently full email inbox. Her feet should have blisters because she continuously walks back and forward in her high heels. She should be independent and do what she pleases with her own salary: buy an expensive purse, donate to a social project, make a trip though Europe on her own. She needs to drove well and understand about taxes. Cooking? She does not have to. There is a certain c...

No, not me, just life in general. It can never br smooth, it can never be easy, it can never be peaceful. There is one single say that I am able to say all went as planned, even if I dom't plan everythimg, even if I cancel all my trips. It is exhausting, desperating even, trying to keep calm at all times, in the face of any superficial difficulties. But they are sometimes too many to be superficial at some point. When I went to the lecture 'how to balance or blend your life' I did not get to ask my question. Little did I know how much I was going to need that answer 48 hours later. How do you stay focused and happy when despite all the effort to blend and integrate everything, any glimpse of equilibrium keeps being put down by all the things that go wrong. I don't want to give up, i don't want to stay at home yet (especially as I may be even busier at home). But sometimes I do wonder if ot would be easier.

A weekend to remember - returning to Boston 5 years after getting my diploma. I had been to Bostom a few times after, but this time, everyone was back. It beat my expectations.  I was afraid of the somewhat superficial conversation that arises with people you have not seen in 5 years. But even though many of the people you don't meet because you don't, others it is really because you live in different cities and continents, or even if in the same city, life takes the better of you and multi tasking takes a toll on your social life. It was great to hear what people are doing, how many have changed to go pursue new dreams, how many found happiness in their first job and settlement coty after business school.  Being back at Harvard surrou ded with type A over achieving personalities can be tough. I was afraid my already beaten up brain might not react well in light of my constant feeling of failing at something, no matter how big or small. That was a great concern I had with this...