I still remember a conversation I had with my mum when I was about 14. She asked me why whenever anyone asked ‘how are you’ I answered with ‘I’m tired’. Then a few years later that answer was replaced with ‘I’m stressed’. It was the simplest answers I could come up with for the […]
Read More1. I am safe 2. I am happy 3. I know how to get home from wherever I am (I managed to get there in the first place after all) 4. Even when my Big Sis goes home at the end of the year I will still be safe and happy 5. I eat well most […]
Read MoreI know it has been a while since my last Happiness Project update, mostly because it has been working so damn well. Those little projects with short term goals have turned my life around and made me a happy camper. It has made me think of happiness as a fluctuating emotion rather than a magical […]
Read MoreI won’t go as far to say London is a Marmite city, after all some people can visit for a week and leave with nothing more than sore feet and some clichéd photos. But for the rest of us, London either makes you want to run away or just hooks you and reels you in*. […]
Read MoreI know what you are thinking, what about that Spain trip last year or New York a few weeks ago. So let me clarify, this post is about why I haven’t been able to do any non-parent sponsored travel since I started living in London. I love travel. It is fun, it busts open your […]
Read MoreEveryone is scared by something. Scared may be a big word for it, but everyone has those situations that they avoid, or just never felt possible for them. When confronted by one of these situations your insides all of a sudden try and move one foot to the left and your brain feels like it […]
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