a girl in the world

finding beauty, pleasure and grace on the road less traveled

i’m cuddled up on my couch under warm covers, the dim lamps on, and music shuffling on my ipod.  i just finished having some takeaway chinese food.  i am so content.  exhausted, but content.

the sales conference in rhodes was amazing.  it’s always so great to see so many people in one place.  it reminds me just how amazing it is to work at G.  we worked all day and danced all night.  just the way it should be.

i’ve decided that i’m going to stay in london for a while.  the london bug has bitten and i can’t shrug it off.  there is something magical about this place, something that i can’t quite put my finger on.  it’s cold and rainy and polluted and so so expensive.  but there is so much possibility in this city.  so much room to grow and meet new people.  so much time and freedom and space for me to figure out exactly what i want.  there is travel and friendship and risk.  i’m choosing risk, i’m choosing the path of possibility, the road less traveled.  and i am putting faith in the universe and the amazing possibilities in store.

tonight is such a gorgeous night.  it’s chilly and wet and dark.  my flat is the perfect little sanctuary today.  lighting makes the biggest difference and the light in here is just dim enough to feel romantic and warm.  i’m happy.  so so happy.  everything feels right.  i’m thankful for this peace that i’ve found.

Last night, I went to a yoga class for the first time in years!  I found this cute little yoga center two blocks from my apartment in Notting Hill.  Wood floors, a loft area, natural light, all quiet and relaxation.  It was so great.  I find yoga poses so beautiful.  Warrior I, the tree pose and child pose are my favourites.  I felt so great afterwards – a little taller, more limber, so relaxed.  I also think that yoga helps my right ankle a lot.  AND I am so happy that I don't get dizzy when I'm in downward dog! 

I am just relishing all of this time that I have for myself!  It is just amazing!  I am doing dance, yoga, fitting in all sorts of travel and getting so much work done!  I have all this time to read and write during the evenings and still manage to make time to meet new friends.  Where was all of this time before?  I have no idea how I filled my hours.  It's just amazing! 

Tonight, Ashtanga yoga for an hour! 

There is something romantic about trains.  I am on the National Express from London King’s Cross to Glasgow Central.  We are passing the gorgeous, eerie, melancholy English coastline and I am taken aback with the romance and beauty of it all.  This used to be the only real way to travel across countries and somehow I feel like I’m on the Orient Express exploring a whole new continent that I’ve never seen before.  I love it.  I love watching the world whiz by, I love the real-time sensation of going places, traveling far away from where I first came, watching cities and countries come and go.

This is why I love Europe.  I love that every weekend I can be in a new country.  I love the sheer excitement of doing something new, seeing someplace different.  The possibilities are wide open and endless.  I could meet the love of my life tomorrow, or I could find a lifelong friend.  As lonely as travel can be, it is also incredibly freeing.  It makes me feel weightless, blessed, like I am flying.  It is the ultimate in living “in the present moment”. There is so much of the world to see, so many people to learn from, so much dancing and drinking and merriment to be had.  Life is about sleepless nights, exhaustion and laughter.  It’s about arts festivals in Edinburgh and the gorgeous train rides that you take to get there.

Hi, I'm Denise. I'm a writer, artist and photographer. This is where I share what I'm seeing, learning and making.


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