Thankfully work is starting to ease up. Not the volume of stuff that needs to be done. But the difficulty level is easing. This old gal finally has her brain in check and shit is sinking in.Read More
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Category: Daily
Everything me and my life.
Birthday eve
Tomorrow marks my 34th (eeek!) birthday. I seriously have no clue when I got so old. But I do feel older, I’ll admit. On this eve, I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on the highs and lows of the past 12 months. Read More
Lost within the pages
I‘ve decided Finance and Investment Banking are not things I’ll be doing long term. I have said to friends before that I’d love to own a café and experience a more relaxed way of life. However, in reality a café would not be relaxing at all – it would be 5am wake-ups and annoying customers. So instead, my growing interest in books and reading has lead me to think I’d like to own a bookshop. I would love the satisfaction of finding someone a book they adored once they told me of their interests or what style of book really tickles their fancy (travel, food, erotic fiction, historical – or maybe they’re just my favourites).Read More
Adulthood is like looking both ways to cross the road and then getting hit by an aeroplane.
One day you’re winning, excited about setting up a new life in a new place and then the next you have a fungus* on your face and it’s raining EVERY DAY in the land where it’s not supposed to rain. I’m talking about Australia. WTF ‘straya?Read More
A black stool. Not to be sat on.
So it turns out, that ones poo can turn a deep, dark black when one a) takes iron supplements, or b) is suffering from internal bleeding.Read More
Sydney at a glance. What do we think?
As we kick off week five in Sydney, if I’m honest I don’t think we know what we think. Sure the city is beautiful and my work is going really well (I’m learning a lot in the role and the people are lovely) and now Phil has a job so he’s happy to be earning and meeting people, but will this be our forever city?Read More
Squatters with a salary
It’s week four and we are currently camping in our new apartment in Sydney. Sleeping on airbeds, eating a picnic dinner on the floor and watching our brand new washing machine complete it’s cycle – this is our life now.Read More
A love letter to London
Dear London,
I loved you from the day I first set foot in you. I knew I’d love you before I even arrived. But the time has come to move my life back south of the equator to Sydney, Australia.Read More
Life all wrapped up in boxes
It’s hard to believe our little flat in Balham will soon be empty and that we literally have 3.5 days left in London. At the moment it’s chaotic with the moving team coming on Thursday to pack every wine glass, picture frame and London memory. Read More
We’re moving south. Super south.
So remember how I wrote that post about our holiday plans for 2018? Well, scratch that. WE’RE MOVING TO SYDNEY. Read More
mind + body + soul – my 2018 progress: week seven
At the start of the year I set myself the goal for 2018 to be the year of the cleanse, encompassing mind, body and soul. As part of my progress I think it’s important to check in periodically to see that I’m on track.Read More
2018 holiday plans
We’re supposed to be saving for the future ~ for little fingers and toes. But instead, we’re planning our travel and holiday plans for 2018. I think we both know it could be our last “escape” year so we want to make sure we tick a few boxes. Read More