27/01/2025 - People are beautiful here.

Hello readers,

It is 7:35pm, I am sat with my sister and her boyfriend in a restaurant in Kuta, Lombok. While I'm writing on my laptop drinking my Kombucha, I witness their love. They think I'm busy, and cannot see how openly their hearts beat for each other. I'm happy for her, to experience someone who chooses to admire the incredible woman she is. He's a great man, really.

Lombok is a different feeling than Bali in general, not as developed. But it has a few components that I absolutely adore. There's the sea with cool surfing spots, which attracts a specific crowd (chill vibes, laid back, great style), great places in town for seriously amazing food, various structures around for my fav activities such as yoga, reformers pilate, gym... I'm impressed!

My friend, Johana, visited Kuta a few months ago, and recommended it to me. I trusted her blindly because we traveled for three months in Mexico together, and I knew we shared the same taste in quality places. But I would even go to the extent of saying that if, or more so when, I have some money to invest, I'd buy a land near the sea here. There's too much potential for growth as an investment, and personal enjoyment in the future.

Talking about the crowd that it attracts, it's a big factor of my decisions regarding the places I choose to settle, or travel in general. People are beautiful here, I'm saying gorgeous lol. Women and men. It's like in Verbier, the first time I visited, I felt I was meant to stay there because of the people. They reflected a part of me that made me want to belong. Beauty, outdoorsy, creme de la creme type of beat.

And I believe there are a few more spots around the world that will match my vibe. And will attract the people I seek to meet too. Let's see if Amsterdam is only a transition or if I can see myself living there for more than a year, at least. Because I'm still hooked on the idea, it wasn't a phase ahah. I was talking about it with my father this morning, about how excited of all the new opportunities waiting for me there.

I realize that I crave to learn (gemini rising), and expand my fields and skills. Constantly. And as Verbier allowed me to do so in a physical way, skiing, biking, climbing, skating, hiking... I seek now to be stimulated mentally and creatively. I want to go back to school but create my own schedule. And by this I mean to choose and pick the courses I desire to learn, such as:

• Theater and Improvisation class; I've done it and had so much fun, to push myself out of my comfort zone, act and be spontaneous. And it's the best public exposure lol.

• Paper/Digital Drawing class; Always wanted to learn the basics, what a cool ability to be able to take a pen and paper to translate my imagination. And digitally for professional purposes.

• Graphic design/Video editing class; Just seems like the next step for what I desire to achieve in the content creation field. I need the full set of skills to translate my ideas into reality.

• Singing/Dancing class; I absolutely love singing, and I dance almost everyday for my own pleasure. I want to tap in my feminine energy and embrace it even more.

Who knows what other courses will I come across, and add onto my schedule. I'm just really excited for the opportunity of being in a place where I have access to all of it. And I know I will meet people in each of those spaces. 2025 will be a great year, I can feel it. I mean, they've all been until now. Because they led me to being me writing this.

I just can't help ending my articles on a good note apparently. I thought about it, does it seem cliché? Or too fake and bubbly? But I am like this. I love stories, books, movies with a happy ending. If I have the choice, why wouldn't I write my own story this way too? I have too many blessings in life to complain about futilities. So wishing you a happy end of your day too.

With love, Loune.