Monday Musings 13 May: This one’s for the birds…
The south-easter wind blows strongly in the Western Cape. When it does, I know the seagulls will take full advantage, flying as if for the first time, while other birds seem to take a break. I can only imagine this flight was what inspired Richard Bach when he wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I, like many, […]
Monday Musings 6 May: Are you a secret Gen Zer at heart?
How many of you have found yourself picking up hobbies traditionally associated with retirees? If you’re nodding, you’re not alone, and you’ve got competition from Gen Z! According to Emma Beddington in The Guardian, Gen Z is “coming for our hobbies, and they’re much better at them”. It seems the Gen Zers (born between 1997 […]
Monday Musings 29 April: A global heart awakening, rooted in South Africa’s story
There is a heart awakening stirring across the globe – a growing recognition of love’s transformative power to heal our world. It’s a resounding call to action to unite in creating a future grounded in heart-centred consciousness. And there is no place more fitting for this movement to take flight than South Africa, a nation […]
Monday Musings 22 April: All I need is 8 minutes… and a pineapple
Today marks 207 weeks of writing the Monday Musings. That’s 1449 days of navigating the glorious chaos that life has been since the pandemic. How did it all start? As the Big Ambitions team, we wanted to inject some clarity, empathy, and humour in an upside-down world. (We even had a Monday Musing called: “Have […]
Monday Musings 15 April: Lessons for life from Africa’s best travel conference
The BA team is fresh back from the craziest week of our lives – WTM Africa’s Africa Travel Week 2024. If the energy of a packed conference hall could be bottled, ATW would have struck liquid gold. This annual gathering of tourism pros was buzzing with enough deals, partnerships, and new business opportunities to make […]
Monday Musings 8 April: Manyana… tomorrow is another day!
As I sit writing down my thoughts for this week’s Monday Musings, the gale force winds and rain are increasing in ferocity, making for a very windy, wild, and adventurous welcome to all the Africa Travel Week delegates. Likely, there’ll be more drama to report by the time this lands, which ties in with my […]
Tuesday Takeaway 2 April: Beat the ‘brain drain’
We’re all back from the Easter break and hoping to hold onto that blissful, well-rested feeling, right? But we know how it goes. One day back in our routines and it’s all gone. Well, I’ve got the goods on beating the brain drain! Fact: you can actually trick your brain into feeling less tired by […]
Monday Musings 25 March: When Did I Become ‘Cheugy’?
I often gush over my dog Lucy’s cuteness and her ‘scrunchy puppy face’. The way her skin wrinkles a little by her muzzle is adorable. But, while applying makeup the other day, I realised that I, too, am developing a scrunchy puppy face. Putting on eyeliner was akin to dragging a crayon over tissue paper, […]
Monday Musings 18 March: Mind-bending musings
My new obsession? Podcasts – the video versions. It’s like going back to varsity but this time around, being in a global online lecture hall where your profs are delivering information on steroids! My mind has been opened to topics as diverse as near-death experiences, childhood trauma (looking at you, Dr Maté ) and AI […]
Monday Musings 11 March: In the pursuit of JOY…
After a little reassessment at the close of last year and feeling like I had a lack of it, I decided to choose the word JOY for my word of the year. So, how is it going so far? Really well. Historically, I have often chosen a word that was more action based, but choosing […]
