Grown up mindset

Hey’all

I think as we grow up, our talk and direction of our thoughts should change to reflect our goals and aspirations.

Lately, a good part of my conversation with my female friends is about buying land or building houses (that’s where I am getting my inspiration from). A friend has been sharing with me pictures of a house she’s building and I am uber jealous (in a non malicious way). I feel like we are motivating each other. Women motivating women. One of my goals for 2019-2020 is to buy a couple of surveyed plots while the prices are still manageable, but not necessarily in Dar.

Anywho, I have been falling in admiration of houses with appealing exteriors and amazing interior decor and designs, it’s making me want to start building my house like asap (yes, I have a plot but I do not have the cash to begin construction work.

My sister and I are looking for interior designers to come take a look at our apartment (sister’s idea) and give us a few sketches on what the apartment could look like. We are looking into getting new appliances and repainting the place. I came across a shop that sells home appliances but I can’t tell if their prices are fair or a total rip off, but I like where the idea is headed. I think from doing this project, I will start having ideas on how I want my house to look like when I am ready to build one.

I like this type of mentality honestly, the grown up mentality (at least I think it is). Investing in land and immovable properties for the future.

Exploring Zimbabwe - Architecture

Zimbabwe architecture is just amazing. I love their buildings, and it’s sometimes hard to tell if they are old buildings that have been well maintained or if they are new. I like how a good number of the buildings are built with bricks. The western influence in the architecture is a pleasing sight to see. While walking towards the National Art Museum from EastGate, we walked through a garden that was clean and well kept. Some of the water fountains were not functioning, but the overall sight was calming.

A lot of people were at the park, I can’t assume what they were doing, but we saw a few people that were doing photography business, some were taking their meals.  The trees at the park were interesting as well. Of course not all parts of Zim were breathtaking, some parts were like most African countries are, a bit run down and deserted. Going to a somewhat rural place like Masvingo and the architecture still being pleasing to see was mind blowing to me. Unfortunately, I had not seen a single shop selling construction materials, I am guessing maybe they have specific locations for such businesses.

I have been to some other parts of Africa before but I never felt like It’s a place I would want to live for a long time, however in Zimbabwe, I would not mind living here for a while. The weather is so good, it reminds me of Arusha. The houses, oh man, they are huge. They have so much land and the houses are just huge. We got to stay with two couch surfers and both their houses were amazing. One was medium size and very cosy. The other was large, spacious, has a pool, a large garden, a big parking garage. The calmness of this place is what we all need. If I had funds, I would get into real estate in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The African dream, African safari.