For many people, the month of May is pretty nice. For much of the world May begins with a public holiday, and if you happen to be living in France (and other parts of Europe), there’s a whole lot of other public holidays coming your way in May. For the Northern Hemisphere it’s also such a beautiful […]
Recreating yourself when you move abroad
There’s something really amazing that happens when you move abroad, that not many people talk about. When you leave behind your family and friends and everyone that has ever known you, you get the opportunity to start afresh and create any life of your choosing. There is complete FREEDOM in anonymity And the best part about […]
Did you have a shitty day?
In the online world we hear so much about the good days. The days when everything is going great. The days when we’re hanging out with friends, catching the sunrise, eating at the latest restaurant, swimming in the ocean and generally having a good ol’ time. Myself included. I’m usually writing and posting about how much […]
The link between death and living abroad
I want to talk about death. It’s something we don’t talk about often enough. Sure it’s spoken about on a grand scale, as in the mass amount of death and destruction in the world, but on a very personal level, on the level that it affects each and every one of us, we’re not talking […]
How to get out of the post-abroad blues
You’re back in your home town. You chose this. You were looking forward to this. But now you’re in a bit of a rut and you’re not sure how to get out of it. And to make things worse, you don’t feel like you can complain. What right do you have to complain about not feeling […]
What you’re REALLY missing about your life abroad
You know that feeling. It’s a longing for a world that once was. An ache in your heart. Try as you might to be happy being home, there’s a very real part of you that misses your life abroad and the country and people that you left behind. And that’s completely okay. In fact, it’s more […]
15 travel memories from 2015
Lately I’ve been thinking about all the places that I’m going to travel to and explore in 2016 and it feels super exciting. But before I move on to new travel dreams for 2016, I want to take time to reflect on the trips, large and small, of 2015. In chronological order, here’s how it looked […]
Christmas abroad – what to do when it doesn’t feel like Christmas
In the lead up to Christmas, there was one phrase that I kept hearing over and over again. Despite the decorations, the tinsel, the lights, and the impromptu Christmas carol karaoke sessions that my roommates and I broke into, there was an undeniable consensus that “this doesn’t feel like Christmas”. And this isn’t the first […]
Feeling indecisive? 3 questions to help you make a decision
I was chatting to a friend the other day and asking him about his travel plans. Where is he heading to next after Thailand? What seemed like a simple question to me actually made my friend anxious as he tried to explain why he didn’t know what his next move would be. There were too […]
What self-sabotage could really be about
Have you ever found yourself in self-sabotage mode? Those moments in your life where you know what you need to do, and yet you blatantly do the opposite and then beat yourself up for not sticking to your guns. It’s soooo frustrating isn’t it? And as if the frustration weren’t punishment enough, then the mental chatter kicks […]