Hi, I’m Sandia.
Less than a year ago I didn’t own a phone. Hadn’t had one since I quit my corporate job over 5 years ago to be a full time mama. At the time I didn’t think I needed one. We were living in an idyllic beach town in New Zealand, running a restaurant 5 minutes away from home. There’s nothing quite like opening your front door to the beach every day. Our lives revolved mostly around a 5km radius, and we came to fully embrace the simple life.
Then early 2017 we made the big move back home, to Malaysia. Straight to the fast-paced life of the concrete jungle.
This mama now has two choices – to resume my corporate career or to carve out a new path for myself. To leave the upbringing of my two boys in the hands of a caretaker or to care for them myself. To join the throngs of masses in the 9 to 5 rat race or to work for myself when and where I want to.
Hands down I choose the latter.
I choose to embrace slow living in the city.
I choose...
This year I got myself a phone. Not because I succumbed to the pressures of social media, but rather to push myself out of my comfort zone and challenge myself to do things I have not done before. Like writing. About an ideal place in my vision which I'd like to call an ethical world of mine. About a realm of complete connectedness between ourselves and our planet, where we eat good food and consume mindfully.
Why? Well, there is so much that we have been conditioned to do without thinking twice as if on autopilot, driven by a mass consumerist culture that seems to be taking over the world, causing unbelievable and possibly irreversible damage to our planet and people. Most of all because we need to find alternatives to the things quite often seen as predictable and ‘normal’, which in reality are causing more harm than good. Little changes do add up and there is no better time to start making these changes than right now.
For now I am simply grateful to have been introduced to Steemit, seems like a great platform for sharing and collaborating with other free-rangers and non-mainstreamers. I’m super stoked to be part of this community and I wish you all a great start to 2018!
And finally, the customary selfie....
You got SNEKKED!
I love your post!
You got snekked is my project for Jan 2018!
I look for good content (one post) and 2 new members who I will give a 100% upvote and mention in my daily post about this project! I will share your link in that post hoping it will bring you even more eyes!
Welcome to the Steemit platform!
I hope you will have a marvelous, slithering time here on the platform!
Have a look at @minnowsupport ! This is a community for newer members on the platform. You can also find them on Discord chat!
link: https://discord.gg/UDwKuUN
I really enjoyed reading your intro and I gave you a follow! I am very interested to see how you will live slow in the city! Something I am dreaming about doing myself as well!
Best wishes
Snekky
Thanks a million @poeticsnake! I am humbled...
ahhhh... she got snekked!!
This is an awesome project!
Hey Sandia! Welcome to Steemit! Nice to have you here!
Thank you @alketcecaj!
Hi Sandia, Welcome to #Steemit and Happy New Year Looking forward to your inspiring posts, subscribe please do reciprocate. PS Steemians are awesome!
Thanks @rawdoctor...will do for sure!
Great, I'm following you back now. I am humbled by and proud of every single person on this platform. Check out my latest publication on macroeconomics, and also the publication that's mentioned in that post about money. I have a feeling it is something you're going to find very interesting.
Welcome to steemit ! Nice paost ! I hope you enjoy here ! will give the vote to you, Please upvote & follow me
Thank you @arvindkumar!
I followed you so I'm not missing your next posts!
cheers!
Welcome to Steemit!
thank you!
Welcome Sandia
thank you!
Hello Sandia, welcome to steemit, nice introduction post, wish you the best in the future, steem on, I think you will do it great on this platform :)
thank you @karja!
Hi @ethicalworld, welcome to Steemit!
Just wow! I read it couple of times, and I agree with you on so many levels. Most of the time, we don't even take time to think before we act. We don't have time - We don't have to question anything anymore. Really enjoyed reading your post, and definitely following for more original content. I'm new as well, so good luck as a steemian :)
Welcome to Steemit! New here myself, compelling story,look forwRd to more!
Sorry you aren't still in New Zealand.... is that position still available? Maybe I can talk my husband to moving to New Zealand. He does like beaches!!!!
Sounds like you are doing your best in the city! The best to you!
Happen to come across this post before day 7. so, just thought I'll say
Welcome to the community...
from neighboring Singapore
thanks @a1-jonesblogger