Minimalism, Musings

The One Simple Lifestyle Change That Will Transform Your Life

Everybody wants more. Everybody wants to have the bigger house, the faster car, the nicer suit. When the new phone comes out, we want it. We need it. When we get to six figures, we want seven, and if we’re lucky enough to get to seven, we want eight. Everybody always wants more. But what would happen …

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Musings

A Place Called Home

I’m home. Interestingly, it’s become almost a place of in-betweens for me. A place of mixed thoughts and mixed feelings, and ones I still don’t even really understand. At first, it’s relief. It’s that feeling of finally stepping off the plane for the last time, stretching my legs, and seeing the familiar Maori carvings as …

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Musings

The Joy Of Learning Something New

Do you ever feel like life is just….boring? I feel like that all the time. Some days I just wake up, and I don’t feel like doing anything. Everything I’ve got planned for the day just makes me go…bleh. Isn’t that crazy? The world is so exciting and vibrant, with so much to do that …

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Musings

Am I Suffering From Peter Pan Syndrome?

“So, are you going to look for work when you get home?” she asked. The semester was winding down, and it was only a few weeks before exams wrapped up and we were all released from our year of studying Chinese in Shanghai. “No, I think I’m going to travel around Asia a bit and …

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Musings, Travel Tips

The 7 Women You Will Meet On The Road

Earlier this year, my friend Trisha wrote a hilarious article titled The 7 Men You Will Meet On The Road. Of course I could never let the boys endure this slanderous exposé (okay fine, most of it was true) without a response. So ladies, here is what it looks like from the other side…I got you, …

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Musings

This Blog Is For Me, Too

They say there can be too much of a good thing. Too much fun. Too much money. Too much travel. Too much travel? Really? Yes, really. As I sit here in my hostel in Quito, typing away on a rainy afternoon, I realise what a tired and jaded traveller I’ve become. I’m in one of …

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Musings

Why Everyone Should Work A 9-5 Before Travelling

Yep, that’s it. See that photo up there? ^ That’s my old cubicle. I didn’t like it very much.  You probably already know that; I trash having a 9-5 pretty regularly on this blog. Well today, things will be a little different. I’m going to soften my 9-5 hating, and here’s why. Often I get emails …

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Musings

The Dark Side Of Travelling

It’s an exciting life, being a traveller. Every day you witness new things, you meet interesting people, you discover new ways of living and you eat food you never knew existed. You find yourself inspired by things you never thought you’d care about, and a new version of you is moulded with every new experience. …

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