• Ce-am invatat in carantina

    … sa mi fac manichiura si pedichiura singura, lent, frumos si ingrijit. se adevereste ca doar de timp si calm e nevoie ca sa ai o manichiura frumoasa! … sa fac gestionarea casei, a celor 3 mincari pe zi. … sa petrec timp cu baietii afara la plimbare si sa-i observ vorbind, tipind, intrecindu-se, vorbind…

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  • Minunea si icoana

    Minunea si icoana

    Undeva 6 ani in urma, eram insarcinata cu Alexey, al doilea baiat al meu. Eram rotunda si nelinistita. Sarcina schimba o femeie foarte mult, moral si fizic. Eu nu ma simteam schimbata, eu ma simteam pe alta planeta. Aveam gust de harbuz, carne si filme. Straniu e un cuvint moale pentru cum ma simteam si…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 4

    My seven months at Pardeux is a time I could probably write a book about. Closer to home, the company was everything I wanted, and it was heaven when I was hired. But soon I saw that the time came for me to have a nasty boss, again. 🙂 A person can be dark and…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 3

    So In 2017, I started looking for work – again. I built a portfolio (a great friend helped me), had 2 interviews and the second interview gave me a full-time job as an Instructional Designer with Novaconcept, an elearning company in Montreal. I was ecstatic. G., the president and senior ID, is an emphatic, competent…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 2

    So early 2010, I lost my job as a project manager in translation. The boss there had made me feel incompetent and dumb. I thought that translation was not for me, project management even less so, so I ran back to where I had been happy before: language classes, teaching, education, and people! For the…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 1

    I started working when I was 21, freshly graduating from college in summer 2000. I quickly found a job as an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) instructor in a vocational school in Chisinau, Moldova. After three months though, I left to teach EFL in a big private school. I was delighted: full-time work, good…

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  • I work, therefore … I am?

    I work, therefore … I am?

    Glorifying busy-ness is a statement. You tell Life that you are worth something because you work a lot. Every time I speak to someone who says: “Oh, I thrive on stress,” a little light bulb lights up in my head: watch out, a perfectionist is coming your way. Let’s speak about perfectionism, what it is,…

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  • Despre oameni… sau scoala vietii

    Exista oameni-pauza. Eu asa yi numesc pe cei in compania carora simti cum toate celulele corpului tau se relaxeaza, zimbesc si zic: cu aceasta persoana nu trebuie sa conving, sa ma protejez sau sa invat nimic. Acum e pauza mea. Acesti oameni stiu deja totul, sint la acelasi nivel cu mine, au o traire usoara…

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  • la 40, viata incepe sa se deschida, ca o carte interesanta

    cine e prietenul tau? ce inseamna prietenia? cum iti faci lista de prioritati in viata? cum incepi sa-ti asculti vocea interioara si nu pe cei din jur? de ce acea voce e mai importanta decit orice alta opinie pe care o vei auzi in viata ta? cum faci fata confuziei interioare? ce inseamna ea, de…

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  • let. go.

    let. go.

    este asa un verb in engleza: let go, care n-are, din pacate, o traducere omeneasca in franceza sau romana sau in rusa. adica francezii au un lacher prise, da tare e incovoiat el, nu reda claritatea si simplitatea lui let go deloc. let go e o mina inclestata, incordata care incetisor isi desface degetele si…

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