Dear reader,
I’ve been thinking lately, what a wonderful little life I’ve managed to create for myself.
As yet another year passes me by and my wrinkles of wisdom seem to get deeper, ploughed by the charming farmer widely known amongst humankind as stress, who by this point seems to have laid a siege on my face and claimed it as his own land, I’m beginning to see just how many goals that I’ve had are slowly, but surely shapping up to materialize themselves in some shape of form.
I remember the last three months of 2024. The picture of it is so clearly and vividly etched in my mind like a permanent tattoo I could never get rid of. I was running on low fumes, because everywhere I looked, there was a closed door, and me just standing there in the middle of a haunted, crumbling house that threatened to fall any second and take me down with it.
Keyless. Breathless.
I remember thinking, this is it.
This is the point in time when I have to admit to myself that I was running in circles here, stuck, and so the very life that used to excite me before, began feeling like a prison with four walls that kept narrowing down on me.
The uncertainty got the best of me, and I was ready to give it all up. I was slowly getting used to the idea of starting to pursue a more conventional life. One where I would get a paycheck and not worry about the ‘how’ part. Predictability, stability and financial security at that point looked so appealing.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
But as December rolled in, the house no longer felt frightening. There were cracks of light appearing here and there, and for the first time in a really long time, I felt the warmth. It seemed like, although technically winter, spring started to show its head from underneath all that coldness that surrounded me.
It all started with the news that we got funding. FINALLY.
And then I received yet another extraordinary piece of news. I’ll never forget the day that I opened that email, it said:
"On behalf of The Global Good Fund, we are thrilled to let you know that you have been selected as one of our Fellows for the 2025 Global Good Fund Fellowship, Congratulations!
This year, we received close to 2,400 applications from around the world and you and your social enterprise exceeded our expectations and stood out among many impressive candidates.
We feel tremendously proud and excited to welcome you to the GGF Family."
Want to know what happens next? Keep reading Dani's letter over on her Substack.
