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Brian Wiesner's avatar

Great decision Jen, awesome you made it back, and didn't give up after hitting so many roadblocks. Will let you know if I make it over and we can go for a bike ride together!

Jen Vermet's avatar

Yes Brian I would still love to go biking together!! And yes persistence beats resistance any day, some learnings for life for me.

Nathalie Cohen's avatar

Your mindset really inspires me, Jen! You did it!! I am happy you're taking this moment to celebrate! Love the pieces of Singer's wisdom, and also not so secretly ;) a bit jealous that you got to see him in real life!! Looking forward to see you back in Amsterdam.

Jen Vermet's avatar

Thank you so much Nathalie! It's a little bit unfamiliar to celebrate with mindsets like ours that tend to look for the next challenge. Singer's wisdom I find it blossoming just as much from his books as was meeting him. I'm also looking forward to meeting up as well! :)

Brandon Dang's avatar

Hope you love Amsterdam!

I also read Surrender Experiment this year and considered making a pilgrimage to the Temple of the Universe. Would be cool to hear more about that!

Jen Vermet's avatar

It's a great read right? The most spiritual memoir-esque guide to living I've ever consumed. I definitley still recommend the pilgrimage, it's such a unique slice of life over there and I wish I could've stayed longer. I'm sure these learnings will come up again as I reflect this year on decisions I make— my intention is to surrender more

Michelle Varghese's avatar

Congrats Jen!! I know this is going to be another exciting chapter and I really appreciated this self reflection and appreciation for the moment. It’s so easy to forget when we feel we have to plan the next thing.

Jen Vermet's avatar

Thank you Michelle! Isn't life just such an exciting time? Just trying to soak in this one wild and precious life that we live 😊

Linda Abar's avatar

Something about your energy in this post is another level of great! It’s so well presented… like a movie script! I think you could also do that when you’re feeling the calling! ❤️💕Congratulations on this dream come true!😘

Jen Vermet's avatar

Aw thank you! As a cinephile, I'll take this as a high compliment! Perhaps I can dabble in movie scripts in the future. Could be a fun project with christa to produce one someday, she's got great dramatic effects. And thank you! It feels, somedays, too good to be true that my dream is coming to fruition. <3

Chao Lam's avatar

I had such a fun week in Amsterdam, I can see how keep going back! My wife likes to say Toodles too!

Jen Vermet's avatar

I'm glad you're fond of the city Chao! When you come back, I'd love to meetup, toodles for now :-)

James Q's avatar

Enjoy Amsterdam!!

Jen Vermet's avatar

Thank you James! The original NYC was New Amsterdam ;) Similar cities some might say, definitely diversity of different walks of life

Gerlando Piro's avatar

Congrats on your move! How long are you planning to stay this time?

Jen Vermet's avatar

Thank you Gerlando! cool you live here too! The tentative plan is to see how a year goes. It’s all about planning rather than stagnant plans thoguh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Charlotte Jackson's avatar

This is so inspiring!!! Reading this was the best start to my week. Thank you for sharing!

Jen Vermet's avatar

Aww yay thank you for reading Charlotte! You can do so many things in this big beautiful world 🌎 💖

Meaghan Steeves (she/her)'s avatar

This made me smile. Congrats on this next move, Jen!!

Jen Vermet's avatar

Aww yay Meaghan thank you for the smiles, sending one back to ya :-D