From the office to the world

by maria paola jaramillo (Colombia)

A leap into the unknown Colombia

Four years ago. The alarm rings at 3.50am everyday. I change quickly to go to work. Jumped into the van, get some more sleep. 5.30am I arrive to the office and I start asking for discount to the suppliers, that´s my job. Favorite part of the day, lunch. I get to talk for an hour and a half with my job partners, we laugh, we talked about anything, we gossip, it´s fun, i love them. 4.30pm I´m happy to turn of the computer and leave to my house. 6.00pm I start cooking for my boyfriend and I. 9.00pm I´m so tired that I dont even have time to process that I do not like my job, but at the time I wake up, I´m already at an after party LOL. That was my life for one year. Until february 2016 that I make the decision to quit, to give back the apartment, broke up with my boyfriend and tell my parents that was going to do whatever it takes to live the life I wanted and a life I want to feel proud of. So, I took my saving and I started travelling around my beautiful country, Colombia I started posting everything on Instagram @buscandoajacinta and three year later, here I am, making this new invented job, as my mom says, a way of living. I would not change it for anything, I feel confident, Happy, powerful. It´s amazing. Because, it actually makes me think that you can do anything possible. Thanks Maria