I’ve been seriously lacking when it comes to updating this website. For the most part this is because there isn’t really any new information. I’m waiting on my staging packet to arrive any day now so that I know at least in what city I will be spending my last 2 stateside days. I do have exciting quasi-PC related news however. I just submitted my TEDAfrica Fellow application after nerve-wrenching technical difficulties. Just the idea of going to TED makes me 1,000,000 times more motivated for training and the months leading up to it. Then after TED I’ll just be abuzz with enthusiasm and inspiration. I also think TED embodies what I want to do with my life. I’m not saying that I want to have a career working for TED but from what I hear it’s not a bad gig. I just mean that it’s surrounding myself with the world’s most interesting, interested, and motivated people. That’s somewhere worth being. TED embodies the good in the world by virtue of the fact that it’s tons of ambitious people who WANT to make the world a better place and see no obstacle to doing so. That’s truly amazing.
If I get in then I would go as a TED Fellow which would mean I’m selected as someone who is making an important contribution to Africa as deemed by TED. That in itself is a huge honor to me and I hope to be worthy of that. So here’s hoping…