More About Babeesh

So my about me page wasn’t enough?

Fine. I’m a Michigander ( What’s that? It means that I’m American and come from the lovely state of Michigan), from metro Detroit to be exact. I lived in the same house with the same [orange] childhood bedroom for my entire life until I went to college in New York City.

I cried when I moved to New York because it was so far away from Michigan, but at the very least living in New York was my first big push outside of my comfort zone.

Then, a few years later, I cried when I moved to Norway because Norway was so far away from the USA. I also was miserable because I couldn’t manage my chronic pain caused by sciatica.

Visiting Svalbard — Svalbard! Don’t let my smile fool you…sciatica sucks and I was in a lot of pain that day!

I learned to adjust and adapt. I tried to complain less about my sciatica and forge my own identity instead of letting that pain become my identity. Becoming a complete travel maniac helped me with that process. I’m not a crybaby anymore, and I’ll try not to whine too much on this blog.

I have never been the quit your job and travel for years and years kind of person, but if you consider my life abroad as an ex-pat to be a form of travel then you could say that I have indeed been exploring and learning while being abroad for over six years.

I work as a professional musician. It’s a career path that won’t make me rich, but it allows me to be flexible and have enough time (and barely enough money!) to travel on a shoestring budget. Music has opened the world to me, and I am forever grateful for the opportunity to teach and tour all around the world. But, most importantly, music has taught me how to listen!

I know, it’s not a typical career path. I can’t try to package this lifestyle up and sell it to you. Well, I could, but it would consist of me giving you a musical instrument and yelling at you to practice for 10 years. And then, with all of that, you just need to get extremely lucky. I have had a big dose of luck in my life and I am just stunned day after day and so, so grateful.

Here I am at my house in France…ha ha just kidding!

Thanks for taking the time to read this! Feel free to contact me with questions, comments, or whatever!