The Blissfool

Today I read a question on that asked "would the 8 year old you be proud of who you have become?"... At first I felt a bit sad thinking that she wouldn't but then I remembered the 8 year old me. she would have been really really proud of me. Eight year old me is the one that left her home to go to America, but she did not do it quietly. She put up a fight first, she ran away to her grandmas in order to get out of having to leave. She dreamt of marrying a farmer and moving to the country side to live with her 24 kids in a hut. And well anyone who knows me knows that I'm not married to a farmer and have 24 kids but I did get something right by her. Ever since she left Ethiopia all she kept talking about was how she was going to return one day and live in her birth country. How she was going to do all that she can to rebuild the childhood she felt like she missed out on. And more importantly she wanted to stop feeling like she was meant to be somewhere else, th...

As most of what I blog about is my own personal experiences, this is more of an observation as well as experience. When hiring for a job most companies look for someone that studied that specific field. There are many problems with this in my opinion one being people do not get to choose their field of study another being the material studied may not fit for the businesses standard. And even if that student did indeed understand the in’s and out’s of their field, they will still need to be introduced to the way the company operates. When you push a newbie into the deep end your brand sinks. And by now we should understand the importance of brand, I mean look at Nike, Coka-Cola, Apple, Google and so on. They did not get to where they are just by giving someone a work load on their first day and expecting them to complete it without the proper resources and training on those resources. Which is why proper HR hiring books and training should be a requirement for every company! I'm...

🌼 I want to start off this post by wishing all Ethiopians celebrating the New Year, A very very very happy new year! 🌼 Dear future me,  You have worked really hard to get to this point in your life. I hope that you look back and find that all of your life experiences were worthwhile, that you gained a lesson out of all your mistakes and that you came out stronger than you were before. I hope you have learned to say no more and that you find your yeses a lot more meaningful and not out of "yulenta."  When making a decision make sure to think and double think about how it will affect your future and not make emotional ones. Continue to love and hold on to your values, especially that on family. Blood can be thicker than water sometimes. Choice wisely on who you allow to be your friend as most people in your life are there for a season and not permanently. If anyone in your life wants to leave let them go. Be okay with being alone as you are your own bes...

Forth of July in Ethiopia. I have to probably be the only one that did anything. What can I say I am Ethiopian-American after all. No fireworks :( So As you can tell with the above picture I got highlights but this was my favorite picture of the color. And of course mom did it. If you’re ever in the Fairfax, Virginia area check her out.  10560 Main Street #407 Fairfax, Virginia Feeling glamours during a photo shoot I had with the amazing and unrealistically talented Tedos Teffera. Images from the shoot to be posted soon.   It’s so wonderful to be an auntie!!! Got to finally meet my brother’s kids. Image of nephew will be posted soon. Their relationship is amazing with him which made me very happy!!! That said I’m soooooo happy I’m in Abu Dhabi!!!!! My very first country I was not born or raised in.  

Moment of honesty...  I think I stopped blogging partly because I don't have time anymore. But mainly because my life wasn't fun anymore.  And although a little bit of seriousness is needed in order to live an adult life, I think I've lost myself in the process. I'm back to being a floating object. Not sure what the next goal is.  I miss the days of us being in grade school where we knew what was next, pass the test move on to the next grade keep doing that until college. Then you choose your "path" graduate. Than float.  When I grow up I want to be happy, but I also want a family and live a proactive and productive life. Chasing money doesn't make me happy, that's one thing I've learned so far. But I also don't want to let my future me down.  She deserves to live a life full of everything she wants and needs.  I'm at another turning point in my life not sure which way to go. I'm not sure if back to the Sta...

NO REALLY! It's raining. So it's been a long long time since I've updated. I have posts written out, just not posted. I feel like I'm keeping a diary with them still in my tab. For one I need to collect a few pictures which I haven't had time for but the other I will be sharing ASAP. There are those days when you think of something and you go damn that was a really great thought process, like if I write that out it would sound poetic and ish. So long story short my status on Facebook today was one of those moment. As I was walking into work and I think I was feeling myself a little more than I should, more confident than cocky I promise. But any who here was the status happy day beautiful people! " Two men who were having a serious conversation in front of me turned around (still talking) when they heard me coming, the moment they saw me they went silent... It was just one of those days, I'm feeling myself and they were too. Heyyyyyy lol Good morning ...

The creative world can be hard!

When a child is born we don’t expect it to start walked right away. We tend and care for the child until it’s old enough to move on to the next stage of their life. We patiently wait for the next major stage before crawling, their first words and walking. Before that they start eating solid food. This is the point in a child’s life when they taste all the options and figure out what they like. This is a messy process and can mean that food is all over their face and clothes. They continue growing and now can get their hand there with majority of the food. Before long they’re crawling. They hold on to something and prop themselves up and walk with assistance. Somewhere in there they say their first word and you melt at the sound. Not before long they will take their first unassisted steps. They will fall. They will get up. Try again, quick phase of walking then they’re off running. What they call the terrible twos will make you start wondering what’s going on, when the answer to eve...