How My Knee Taught Me That I’m Always Right. Yep, ALWAYS.
As much as I’d like to claim that I’m right about everything, all the time, I can’t do it. But, there is one thing that I’m ALWAYS right about. I’m ALWAYS right about what’s best for me. But how often do we go against what we know is right for us? I do it all the time. A few days ago, I decided it would be a brilliant idea to do a Yoga demonstration for our One Girl Sierra Leone team. We were discussing our favourite activities (outside of work). Whilst rushing through my demonstration, I moved quickly into a low lunge, lost my balance, twisted awkwardly and heard an disturbing *pop* erupt from my left knee. At first I thought it was my knee’s way of expressing how pleased it was with me. “Chantelle, I was so...
27 Things I Never Told You (Holy Crap, It’s Good To Be Back)
I know I’ve been quiet on the blogging front for the last few months. Truth be told, 2012 has been pretty rough. There’s been lots of ‘stuff’ going on, but I’ve had zero motivation to share it. I’m in Sierra Leone at the moment, and I want to share about what’s going here, but I felt bad about launching into travel stories when I’ve been so quiet for so long. Yesterday, that changed. I read an article by Dave Ursillo (a brilliant writer and great friend of mine) called 26 Confessions I’ve Never Told You. He challenged his readers to express themselves more fully. To open up. To really share. So that’s what I’m doing. I’m tearing the Gaffa tape off my mouth. No more hiding away from the...