1. Travel the world. Top 10: Amsterdam, Brussels, Bruges, Copenhagen, Berlin, Budapest, St. Petersburg, Venice, Florence, and Prague.
2. Stay focused on the positive. Life is beautiful. Point blank. Soak up these last six months in Paris.
3. Surrender to the sometimes agonizing reality of instability and lacking control of the future. What's meant to be will be and it may be painful while its not understandable but eventually one sees that the relationships and memories we gather are a result of twists of fate and unforeseen circumstances. Never forget to think of how nothing would be the same if you hadn't decided to take that flight, make that move, or go to that event. Take risks and have faith.
4. This. "Be kind, work hard, smile often, stay loyal, keep honest, travel when possible, never stop learning, be thankful always, and love."
5. Wake up early. At least a few times a week. Do not surrender to the fact that an au pair workday does not usually commence until 4pm. Breathe in the city before anyone else is awake, before the sun has risen, and linger over a coffee and a pain au chocolat. There is a beautiful simplicity in the day before it has yet to happen.
6. Stay inspired. Write, draw, be creative. http://www.pinterest.com/coralmay/inspire/
Never forget how lucky you are to be alive, to live where you do, to have the friends and family you have, and to have the dreams and ambitions that make life worth living. Stay inspired always.
Love always and bonne chance,
Coral
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