{"id":71743,"date":"2020-10-13T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dressmorewithless.com\/who-i-am\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:56:28","slug":"who-i-am","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dressmorewithless.com\/en\/who-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Who I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This is me, Federica Balestrieri<\/a>, in Jaipur, India, with my friend Rakesh, who with his brothers has set up a small family-run tailor shop, carrying on the work that was their father’s, and it is he who makes wonderful clothes by shaping the doodles I do in my notebook.<\/span>
In my second life I have dedicated myself to volunteering and RESCATS (www.ri-scatti.it<\/span><\/span><\/a>) a small non-profit organization that I founded with a group of friends a few years ago. <\/span> <\/p>\n

And then I travel around the world, looking for small artisans and craftswomen who produce textiles, embroidery, trimmings, semi-precious stones, especially women’s social cooperatives-I listen to their stories, admire their art, and then unleash my imagination by creating accessories and garments, only one-of-a-kind pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Not that in my first life I was bored, mind you…
I am a journalist, I worked at RAI (Italian radio television), for 25 years.<\/p>\n

Special correspondent first, at Raisport, around the world following Formula 1, then anchorwoman for 7 years of Pole Position the Rai uno program dedicated to Grand Prix and finally 7 years at TG1, in the Society newsroom first and then at Specials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A cool, exciting job that I had chosen and loved.<\/p>\n

But at some point I realized that I had already done everything. My first life had run out, with success and satisfaction. I could have stayed in my comfort zone and gone on repeating the same things over and over again, or I could have taken my courage in both hands and made a change.<\/p>\n

And I had no doubt<\/p>\n

On December 31, 2016, I resigned, giving up yet another 19 years of my prestigious permanent position, career, and the job I loved.
My first life, at age 47, had come to an end. With much satisfaction and zero regrets<\/p>\n

A new existence was waiting for me. <\/p>\n

It was time to go to her.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“There is no favorable wind for the sailor who does not know where to go.”<\/em><\/h4>\n

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