25 books to read in 2025
A bit of a different blog post today! Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a bit of a bookworm. I always have a book (or two) on the go and although I’m quite a slow reader it’s something I really like to prioritise in my life. If you’re anything like me — or if…
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My 25 in 2025 list
Last year my sister told me about this idea. I’m not sure if she made it up or if she saw it somewhere else, but the idea was to make a list of 24 things to do in 2024. Now, I’m a list maker. Always have been, always will be. I love a to-do list.…
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Life as digital nomads in Bangkok
After a wonderful few weeks of travelling around Singapore and Malaysia, we were ready to get back to work and start planning the next lot of adventures around Southeast Asia. I don’t remember ever coming to a decision on Thailand, but Joe and I have both been before (separately) and it just seemed the right…
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Our Travel Goal: 50 Before 30
It feels appropriate to write about our big travel goal at the beginning of a new year. 2023 is set to be a pretty epic year of travel and we’re already trying to work out ways of doing as much as possible while balancing our workload, meeting friends and family, and saving for the future.…
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WE’RE MOVING ABROAD!
The not-so-secret secret is out! After one failed attempt at emigrating in January 2020 and 2.5 years of living in our first little flat together, Joe and I are finally making the move to ASIA in 6 weeks’ time!! Whilst holidaying with the family in France in July we decided it was now or never.…
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30 before 30
I’ve heard of this concept for years and never really gave it any thought. I have a bucket list with many many (probably unrealistic) things I want to achieve throughout my life scrawled in various journals (I’ve linked my favourite one here) and ingrained in my mind. But this week I was just scrolling on…
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How to set Realistic Goals for the New Year
Hey 2021! ***Disclaimer: This post is a little late, as I wasn’t sure that putting pressure on people to set goals for 2021 would be insensitive – after all, many of us have had few successes in 2020 and feel a little sad and anxious about setting ourselves up for more disappointment. However, I personally…
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Reflecting on 2020
Did I really live in China? Like, did that actually happen or did I dream it all up? I think about this on a regular basis, more so the past few days as I realised it has now been 11 months since I first arrived in Guangzhou to start my teacher training. To kickstart a…
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24 REASONS TO TAKE A GAP YEAR
August has been a bit of a turbulent month for many people. Covid continues to be a threat to everyday life, jobs are uncertain, and young people are now facing the long-term effects of the poor management of the A-level results system. A* grade students were knocked down to D grades. Thousands didn’t get into…
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2020
With all this free time at the moment, I’ve been reading more than I have done in years. At the beginning of the year, one of my goals for 2020 was to read at least 1 book a month, which I thought might be a push given that I was set to move abroad and…
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7 TV SHOWS TO BINGE-WATCH IN LOCKDOWN
I don’t know about you, but lockdown has got me reading a lot more… and binge-watching Netflix even more. The UK government may be relaxing lockdown but it’s still important to stay safe and stay home, so here’s 7 TV shows I have loved and recommend getting stuck into over the next few weeks! OUTLANDER…
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THE MOST DELICIOUS COOKIES EVER
This one’s a little different to my usual travel content, but given the circumstances at the moment I thought I’d branch out a little on the blog! If you know me at all, then you’ll know that aside from my love of travel, I have a huge passion for FOOD! I’ve been attempting to bake…
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IT’S OKAY TO BE UNPRODUCTIVE SOMETIMES
I feel like this whole Covid-19 disaster is having a whirlwind of effects on people. It’s scary, humbling, stressful, heartbreaking, physically and mentally challenging, and so much more. It is history in the making. It’s been great over the past few weeks to see people encouraging each other online to stay positive and adapt to…
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WHAT TO DO DURING LOCKDOWN
After the Prime Minister’s announcement last night that the UK is going into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, I had this horrible sinking feeling in my gut. Social media is filled with despair and negativity and I don’t know about anyone else, but this really isn’t helping my mindset and I can’t help but…
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UPDATE ON LIFE IN CHINA
Hi everyone, I’ve been receiving quite a lot of messages recently about life in China during the coronavirus epidemic, so I thought I’d post a little update now that it’s March (!!) and around 6 weeks since the whole situation blew up. For those who don’t know, I moved to China at the beginning of…
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CORONAVIRUS: LIVING IN CHINA DURING AN EPIDEMIC
As most people know I arrived in China at the beginning of January, ready to spend a year teaching English, travelling, eating lots of noodles and soaking up Chinese culture. Cut to one month later and it isn’t exactly going as planned. What was supposed to be a week’s joyous holiday for Chinese New Year…
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MOVING INTO MY APARTMENT IN CHINA!
Moving abroad is crazy and scary and stressful and exciting all at once. Huge respect to anyone who has ever done it and not cried at least once a day over how difficult it is. Nothing was going to prepare me for this move to China, no matter how many blogs I read or how…
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I’M MOVING TO CHINA?!
Huge life update: I’m moving to China. If it’s any consolation, I’m as shocked as you are. After a personal crisis and realisation that I need to spend some time on my own self improvement and future goals, I decided to apply for a few jobs abroad. Unfortunately my application to be one of Santa’s…
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VOLUNTEERING WITH GREENPEACE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL
Hello! Festival season is coming to an end and while I’ve spent the summer scrolling through Instagram and seeing people partying it up in glitter and wellies at Leeds, Reading, Glastonbury and Burning Man, I thought I’d reflect on my first (and only) festival I attended last year: Leeds Festival! First things first, festivals have…
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The Importance of Sustainable Travel
What is ‘sustainable travel’? Sustainable travel is a way of travelling the world without negatively affecting the natural and cultural environments, and ultimately being able to maintain tourism in the long run. “development [which] meets the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing opportunity for the future” World Tourism Organisation why…
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