by Brigitte van Tuijl | Jun 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been reading these blogs for a while, you may know that there’s one thing I struggled with for a long time: money.If I didn’t have enough, I worried where the next money would come from.If I had enough, I worried when it would run out. (Not if.)I worked...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Jun 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
You know that Sunday morning feeling, when there’s nothing pressing on your schedule, and the whole day stretches out in front of you like a French lavender field at the height of its bloom?You’re in the shower, the water’s exactly warm enough, your eyes are closed,...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | May 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Here’s what I felt for a big part of my life:Like I was an alien, accidentally dropped on the wrong planet. I should have been delivered to ZongBong3, right in the middle of fellow ZongBongers, but ended up among humans.For the longest time, I felt so out of...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Apr 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
I went to sleep with a rock in my stomach. Woke up with it, too.That kind of sums up my twenties. I was lost in not-knowing what to do with my life and an iffy relationship. But he was just as lost. And somehow, that felt safe.I started and stopped two...