by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 13, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Journaling
When I look in the mirror I can’t tell if I am old. I don’t look old. Anyone would tell you that I look very young for my age. Some days I feel like I am in my 20’s. But most nights when I go to bed I think “only 30 more years to get through...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 13, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Journaling
The standard pace is for chumps I have huge challenges ahead of me which will make my life interesting for sure. But I have no expression of ambition in my life and it’s crippling me. Beyond kindness and generosity there are only a few people in this world...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog, Personal Journaling
26,000 km’s through a Canadian winter, through Covid-19 across Canada, down the USA and across Mexico still during Covid-19 and I am still me. I figured if I bike toured through a Canadian winter a different me would come out on the other side. Little did I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | My Blog, Personal Journaling
I was bullied almost everyday of my life from grade 1 to grade 12. I was even bullied when I was 37 years old (but that’s another story). I am not entirely sure if there is a connection between trust and being bullied but I had virtually no friends throughout...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | My Blog, Personal Journaling
And I suspect that writing is my outlet and my perspective. This statement of being alone is not an emotional statement about loneliness but more of a statement of fact. Since arriving in Belize I have done very little writing or had any ambition for writing. Part...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 11, 2022 | My Blog, Personal Journaling
My aunt tried calling me a few days before my birthday but I was unable to take the call at that moment. I know one of her first questions would be how is it going. For most people I interact with a “fine, thank you” answer is my go-to response as it is for most...
