• 31-year-old reader of society, English teacher and writer
• Food enthusiast, coffee snob and wine drinker
• Green-space seeker
• Avid Googler and life-long learner
• Pilot’s wife and cat mom
• Searcher of self

Hi! I’m Daniella, and trying to write this “About Me” section is harder than I expected. It felt a little like writing an online dating profile, but then I realised that most people who have found their way here already know me quite well and much of this information ends up being superfluous. So, I am focusing a little more here on the “why” rather than “who”.

This is my space for processing. In the next few months we are making the life-changing, life-disrupting move to the UK. This will be – as it has already been – a difficult, yet exciting adjustment. I often use writing as a tool to make sense of my emotions and circumstances, and so that’s what I will be doing here. And maybe in the next few months and years, whenever I have the time I always say I will one day have, I will share more of the journey that got us here: the technical parts and the emotional marathons.

This is my space for building community. Every few years I do a challenge called the #100happydays, when I post the moments that brought me joy for 100 consecutive days. One of the most significant things to come out of this challenge every time, is the connections with people – some familiar, some distant. I want to keep family and friends up to date with what is going on in my life, but also create a space where I can find new connections with people who may be sharing similar experiences.

This my space for planning and remembering: the dreams and echoes of life. Here I want to also honour what has come before – a nostalgic bubble, perhaps. A space to celebrate the past. But at the same time, to look forward to what is to come: joy, family, chickens in the back yard, walks in nature, new traditions. And in between these all I hope to find home.

That’s it for now.