Hi. My name is Belinda, and I’m from the sunny island that is Singapore (just a little red dot below Malaysia)!

I am 23 this year, and have just graduated from university with a degree majoring in Chinese Language. While many of my peers have started paving their way to a great career and up the corporate ladder, all while preparing to enter the next phase of life – probably settling down and have a family – I’m taking a year off to explore myself (spiritually) and the world, and finding my place in this universe.

The year has been exciting thus far – going to Cambodia, graduating, shaving my head, going to Nepal – and will get more exciting (!!!). Will be going back to Cambodia in October and heading to Vietnam from there, then to Taiwan in December, then a solo trip to Taiwan (an unexplored part), and then a few months in Cambodia after Chinese New Year next year. Am truly, truly excited and also grateful to be blessed with such opportunities – forever thankful to my family and also to God.

While I’m not quite sure what I want to do in my life yet, I do have a plan for the next few years – which is for more practical reasons like exposing myself to working world, growing my professional capabilities and well (ahem), paying off my student loan. My year-long spiritual journey will end before July next year and I will start my job (if God be willing, or if not, job search). I’m certain this year will cement my priorities and values in life, and also set me on the right state of mind for the rest of my life.

Now, more about myself…

I have a million interests, which is the reason why I always find difficulty in focusing on any particular thing for long enough to get decently good at it… I love to read, to write, to draw, to take pictures, to cook, to bake, to listen to music, to sing, to make music, to dance, to travel, to connect with people, to learn new languages, to learn about other cultures, to share my love for learning, to talk about my hopes and dreams and thoughts and feelings, to share my inspirations and fears – and the list goes on!

(that is truly a lot, after listing them all down I’m getting a bit out of breath even though I’m not actually reading aloud, gosh)

So… this blog, or eventually website (i hope!) is the first step towards my dream of creating (and documenting) my own life, a life that is not bound by any limitations, conformity or social norms.

I’ll be mostly sharing about my life as a millennial who is seeking to create a meaningful life through exploring different things. I believe in all beings being equally deserving of love, and I believe true happiness/joy comes from within, so we truly don’t need much to be happy. I will be writing about life and its meaning, spirituality, being vegan, minimalism, and also, zero waste (or low impact living).

All this is mostly for myself, but also in hopes my sharing could help others in their journey too! Would also absolutely love to hear about anyone else’s stories because we can learn so much and see so much of the world through another lens!

Much love,
Belinda / @zenwithbeoz