my journey in hawaii
July 2016
October 2016
October 2017
May 2018
August 2018
July 2019
August 2019
November 2019
January 2020
May 2020
left nyc and cashed in my all of my frequent flyer points to fly from nyc to hawaii for a yoga teacher training on the big island until august; and decided to stay on island to volunteer at a retreat center
found a ground level rental studio across with a private bathroom across from kehena beach to swim, meditate and take time for myself; it didn't have a kitchen so i learned how to cook off of a portable electric burner and washed dishes in the bathroom sink
bought an acre of land
lava started to flow and i needed to evacuate my studio apt; share a 3 bedroom oceanfront house with 2 other couples - in the meantime I was designing my house and submitting building plans to the county
after receiving my building permit, I decided to follow my astrocartography around the world to learn some life lessons and figure out my next steps and decided to go Mexico, NYC, Italy, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hong Kong
finished teaching yoga at a permaculture retreat center in the mountains (4hrs north of Ubud) and realized that hawaii is home and I was ready to plant roots (literally and figuratively)
as soon as I got home to hawaii, I moved into the cabin on my property, hooked up a 200ft hose to my neighbors well, installed 2 solar panels and then i got a bad case of shingles; i still decided to go through the building process because the best concrete guy on the island had a slot available and I took it
still recovering from shingles, I decided to teach special education at a public school to help cover building costs; so while I was teaching kids at school, I used my lunch breaks to call builders, buy materials and organize inspections for the house; by November the framing of the house and the roof was complete
first round of electric and plumbing, drywall, insulation were done; there were a few hiccups with the plumbing however it got fixed
the pandemic hit and I decided to keep going with the building program so I got the tile done, floors stained, kitchen ordered and second round of electric and plumbing were complete
September 2020
January 2021
September 2021
January 2022
April 2022
CURRENTLY
the house passed final inspection and I moved out of the cabin and into the house; started making dumplings due to pandemic anxiety
left the school system and decided to invest in the acre now that the house was built; it was overgrown with weeds so I bought plants
hosted my first set of farm to table hipcampers
finished the outdoor picnic area and built the outdoor kitchen; earned myself the Star Host badge on hip camp
hosted my first cooking class in hawaii, followed by collaboration events with local arts
raising money to build a tiny home + lanai to either use as a yoga deck, event space, or potentially a homesteading preschool