Hoy vengo a hablar del cansancio. *Suspiro* Desde que llegamos a este país hace poco más de siete años, he tenido dos sensaciones constantes: por un lado el tener que sobre-demostrar que soy capaz y por el otro, el tener que aprender todo en friega porque podría parecer que “estoy en desventaja o retrasada”. Y eso, por un lado, cansa. En nuestro proceso de asentamiento … Continue reading ¿Qué tanto esfuerzo es tantito nomás?
Before moving to Canada, the term community held little meaning for me. I associated it mostly with school student or alumni groups, or with social movements, neither of which felt personally relevant. But seven years ago, when Adrian and I left Mexico, my perspective on almost everything shifted, including what community means. Today, in the multicultural city where we live, this term is often used … Continue reading The key element that keeps us going
Taking time off is something common, right? Well, that’s something I recently relearned. Moving to another country completely changed my perception of what free time is and how necessary it is to take a vacation every once in a while. I knew that settling down would require an enormous amount of effort, possibly delaying a vacation indefinitely. And here we are—in the blink of an … Continue reading The first break since the big move
A quien estudia periodismo se le enseñan las características que hacen que un suceso sea noticia para determinada audiencia. Una de ellas es “la proximidad física” y ésa es la que últimamente me ha tenido piense que piense. Respecto a ella, la teoría dice que para que un hecho sea relevante para una sociedad, entre otras cosas, tiene que suceder cerca de ellos. Tiene sentido … Continue reading Lejos pero no desconectados
I still remember the day I said: “I want to live in Canada and work in my field”. I was confident my English would improve soon enough to get a job in this industry that is about being a TOTAL PRO in the writing and speaking departments. The interesting part is that dreaming is as frequent as having to deal with the impostor syndrome. For … Continue reading My brain says: on it!
We’re about to celebrate our fourth anniversary in Canada. Little by little, we are getting used to running all kinds of errands, which I believe is key to strengthening this sense of belonging to the place we live in. However, stopping by the dry cleaner is still quite special to me. Before the pandemic, I noticed that some of our jackets needed cleaning that couldn’t … Continue reading The dry cleaner
Hoy en la mañana me acordé que tengo algo pendiente de recoger en la tintorería. Algo casual, común y aburrido, como todo lo relacionado con lavar la ropa. Sin embargo, últimamente esto ha sido un tanto particular para mí. Estamos a unos días de cumplir cuatro años en Canadá, y aunque la mitad se ha ido en pandemia, esto de establecerse aquí ha sido una … Continue reading La tintorería
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