By the time I am typing this paragraph a lot of time has already passed. My time in Ghana was very shaping for me - one way or the other. It is very important to me to come out here and state that today I would not write this blog like I did back then. Not only was I lacking some English skills, I also fell victim to the illusion of knowing enough. Which, in all honesty, I did not. I did not know enough about Ghana and its culture when I flew there. Also I did not know enough about "development work" when I decided to work with organizations that are build on exactly that. Nowadays I am reflecting a lot about the role I took on within this system that I did not understand and I am not content with myself. I did not have a finished education and during the projects I had to admit to my lack of skill and professionality. Still I am grateful to this opportunity that was given to me and taught me a lot about the world outside the little city in Germany I was born and raised in. But still I wish I had acted differently. This blog - and this is the reason why I am typing this - should have resembled the one thing I was actually good at: writing in an entertaining way. Despite this idea, I found myself using it rather as a tool to regulate my emotions in a situation where I felt overwhelmed. This did neither do its topic justice, nor granted it the appropriate respect and left my tried humourus approach to be inappropriate. Therefore I plan on treating this blog to its long-overdue rework. This way I want to improve not only the language, but I also want to take my time to correct the remarks I made out of blatant ignorance, for I know there are probably too many. I want to sincerely apologize that I did not do a good job working on this blog the first time.
Thank you very much, if you read this far. I appreciate it.