about everything in (my) life
When I was 9 years old a teacher told me I should have become a journalist, after she read an analysis of a newspaper article I drafted for an assignment. This memory stuck. I didn’t become a journalist, I didn’t even really tried to, even if I did publish an article here and there. Writing […]
MoreToday I participated in a very interesting training at work about public speaking. One of the reasons we organised such a training in the first place is that some of us, or most probably all of us at different degrees, are affected by the imposter syndrome. I discovered this concept quite recently, and what I […]
MoreWhen I cross path with my neighbours, who are young(er) professionals, I can’t help but wonder if they see me as a peer or as the old lady next door. Is it enough that I wear the same sneakers that they wear to be on the same level? The message I sent them one night […]
More2024 has been an intense year for a few reasons I am not going to talk about here. I want to talk about the fact that it’s the year I turned forty. It still feels weird to see it written, the 3 lines of the 4 and the circle of the 0. Although they say […]
MoreLess than two months into 2023 two high level female politicians quit their position; New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Both have mentioned being tired; “I am a human being as well as a politician”, “giving absolutely everything of yourself to this job it’s the only way to do […]
MoreI grew up in Italy with two foreign parents, torn between three cultures. I was proud of it, although sometimes it meant that I had to choose between different positions. And I was often “the only one that…”; the only one who was not baptised, the only one with a foreign last name,… As an […]
MoreIt’s not the first time I write about social media. A few months ago I wrote about how I reconnected with Italy after many years abroad thanks to social media. In general I see social media and the Internet in general as something positive, offering opportunities for connection, visibility and self-learning. I am a millennial […]
MoreI am extremely fascinated by the idea that languages shape the way we think. I speak seven languages, among which 5 almost on a daily basis, but I still struggle to fully understand this concept. Maybe because the languages I speak are too close to each other. I am aware of the fact that some […]
MoreI left my country of birth, Italy, in 2005, when I was 21 years old. I left it for many reasons; I felt the need to find myself far from my family, I was curious about living abroad, like my parents and sisters did before me. For various years I avoided all contact with Italians […]
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Blabbering of a millennial 