If you want to design your life, where you live also matters

On your life stage priorities, rejecting the algorithm, and embracing my multipassionate self

Hi new friends and subscribers,

I'm writing this while I'm on a train from Madrid to Barcelona, where my hubby and I will fly back home to Toronto.

I honestly can't even put into words how amazing the past three weeks were, exploring Spain and Portugal.

As I've said in my previous newsletter, living in Spain has been a dream of mine. But instead of packing up and leaving everything, my hubby and I decided to visit the two countries as a vacation.

In fact, I met up with a fellow creator, Daniel Canosa, and his girlfriend to ask about what it’s like to live in Madrid. And during our dinner, one of his questions struck me.

He asked, “after living in Canada for 11 years, you don’t feel like it’s your home?” 

I hadn’t thought about why Canada doesn’t feel like home. So I started thinking,

 "why does it matter so much where I live?"

After reflecting on it, here's the answer I came up with:

It matters when it affects the way you feel about yourself.

It matters when you have a different idea or view of…