Rotterdam à la 2024 - Stronger, Better, Faster
Back in Rotterdam and Wow, what a change has taken place in me !?!
Stronger, Better, Faster
Remember this slogan from the Million Dollar Man in the ‘90s?
It certainly applies to the version of myself after 18 years of personal development.
When I left Rotterdam in 2007, I was miserable, lost, and plagued by bad relationships. I didn't dare stand up for myself, didn't know myself, and hadn't had any role models.
How do you become a mature woman as a highly sensitive person with gifted characteristics?
From the 70s to the 90s, there was no role model for that.
Now we see them: young people who know how to act from a conscious perspective and move forward with confidence and gentleness.
We were the pioneers of the '90s as highly sensitive people, and through our development, they were able to move forward. As a Digital Nomad, I now travel because it suits me to innovate and not get stuck.
Now 2024:
Now, in January 2024, from my temporary nomad home in Rotterdam North, I see the 'Nationale Nederlanden’ tower, the familiar landmark amongst others in the city, which has survived everything. And I enjoy the richness of this city.
The city that suddenly became incredibly positive in 2008, because the RET (Retrail) train had retrained its conductors from aggressively checking tickets to helping out with stamping tickets, lifting strollers, and more.
I was incredibly surprised when I returned from Australia and New Zealand in 2008 to see that this city had transformed from an aggressive Rotterdam. Just like that, because it's possible!
After 9/11, even more positive changes followed, such as the round-table discussions that followed, a mayor who considered his people as one, and more of that kind of positive development.
This tormented, bombed city, which saw its beautiful Coolsingel transformed into a shopping mall with 24-hour shopping, seven days a week, is better, stronger, and faster. The tall high-rises are countless, but the beautiful classical buildings are still standing.
The Uni Hostpital, with its old name ‘Dijkzigt', where I studied medicine, has been demolished (you can watch it in one minute at (https://vimeo.com/776551622), and the doctors there are no longer those 80-hour, sole-ruling men.
No, now there are women alongside them who will eventually replace them. And make healthcare more empathic, balanced and humane.
Discovering Rotterdam in the 21st century... that will be a fun adventure.
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