If I hadnโt left Brazil 21 years ago, I wouldnโt be where I am todayโฆ.
Living and experiencing 5 countriesโฆ
Learning and speaking 4 languagesโฆ.
Meeting my soul mate 17 years agoโ a husband that I love and adore to this dateโฆ.
2 beautiful kids that have the perfect balance of Brazilian and English natureโฆ
My own business where I get to help people transform their lives every single dayโฆ.
I am 42 by the wayโฆ
Just to put things into context, when I left Brazil there were no smart phones, face times, skypeโฆ
There were phone boxes that you had to physically go to in order to phone someone on the other side of the worldโฆ
This is what I did every weekโฆ
To hear my mumโs voiceโฆ
And I cried for a whole year every time I heard her voice as I missed her so muchโฆ
I could have gone back to Brazil after that first year as I hadnโt built much of a life reallyโฆ
But I chose to move to Belgium to follow my first boyfriendโฆ
๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎโฆ.
I couldnโt speak the language but in that time I studied French and Dutch at the same time while I worked during the dayโฆ.
3 years later after I had build a beautiful life with friends and what the society would call a โgood stable jobโI met my husband in a hostel in Budapestโฆ.
And before I knew I packed everything up to start my life again in Englandโฆ
๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎโฆ.
But my life without him became pointless in Belgium so I needed to follow my heartโฆ
4 years laterโฆ
Nick and I decided to leave our house that we had just renovated beautifullyโฆ
Leave all our friendsโฆ
And his beautiful familyโฆ
To travel Central and South Americaโฆ
Without any plans or desire to go backโฆ
๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎโฆ.
But we did it anywayโฆ.
Had an amazing yearโฆ.
Got engaged in Guatemala, married in Argentinaโฆ.
It was one of the best decisions of my lifeโฆ
We ended up in New Zealandโฆ
Arriving with 250 pounds each in our pocketsโฆ
6 years later, a house, jobs and a beautiful lifeโฆ
I decided to move to Australia to cure my daughter from asthmaโฆ.
๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎโฆ.
As there were no guarantees she was going to be cured…
We moved to Brisbane and she was completely curedโฆ.
One year later I got diagnosed with Stage 3 Bowel Cancerโฆ
I spent a year with myselfโฆ.
Changing everything I did, believed and thoughtโฆ.
Reconstructing myself againโฆ
That was risky because I had no guarantees that whatever I was doing was going to help me butI wouldn’t be feeling the healthiest and happiest I have ever been if I hadnโt done thatโฆ
Which again it was one of the best decision of my lifeโฆ.
In 2020, I left the last part of me who was what I called โthe old AngelicaโI left my corporate career to start my businessโฆ
๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎโฆ.
But I did it anywayโฆ
Because I realised that risking not living the life you want every day is a way bigger than risking whatever you got to chase what you wantโฆ.
We all have choicesโฆ
๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐:
๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉโฆ