This photo was taken in Ria Lagartos, Mexico a few weeks ago... I did a private tour to see the Flamingoes! ... I did see Flamingoes I swear...

Hola Gorgeous!

I’m day 2 into a 3-day juice cleanse as I sit here and type to you...

I’d like to say I’m a total goddess who can sit around and still look and feel amazing while drinking pond-scum for 3 days… but I’m not. Not even close. And I actually like the stuff!

But, being in New York has made me half-insomniac, and a social butterfly. That means a few too many evenings with “just one glass of wine,” hence, l am almost in struggle-town.

But It’s all good!

You know why? Cos’ it’s a first world problem…

I have to warn you… even I was a little shocked when I re-watched this video… It’s literally a virtual bitch-slapping. And a forewarning: I dropped the f-bomb too.***

When I left Cuba, I felt like a selfish brat. I had just spent a week in a country where people really do feel stuck, because they really are… I explain it more in the video.

I want you to know that all of this is said with love, and its a video I will be re-watching as a letter to myself any time I get all ‘first-world’ and ‘entitled’ and, quite frankly lazy.

This is what traveling does to me sometimes… It wakes me up to the opportunities I have laid out in front of me on a daily basis, and gives my ego a shake and stir, kicking me back into being grateful and taking action.

Think of what it would be like not to have the internet…. if you have food on your table, your health, a roof over your head and the internet you have everything you need to do what you want.

Don’t wait for the universe to slap you on the face, with some misfortune to realize what you have. Don’t wait for permission to start. Get of your butt and get going.

I hope you enjoy, and it does the same for you too...

When you’re done watching, leave me a comment below and tell me what you’re waiting for… Lets declare the end of first-world-privileged laziness and waiting for permission from nobody!

Happy Hump Day!

Stay Curious, Stay open. The life you crave is so much closer than you think

With Love from New York,

Hayley XX

***sorry mum!