Today marks one year since I moved to London. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a whole year. A year of saying words like “jumper” and “trainers”, of referring to the people I live with as “my flatmates”, of changing the pronunciation of words like “basil” and “vitamins”, of unintentionally adjusting my speech inflections, … More One Year of Living the Dream
At the beginning of 2019, I took an online quiz called “What should your travel resolution for 2019 be?” The quiz told me to keep a travel journal. It’s not secret on this blog that I think new year’s resolutions are stupid, but I did it anyway. And in fact, I did it so well … More Weekend in Bath
I have been unemployed more times than I would care to admit since I earned my bachelor’s degree almost five years ago. Sometimes it has been by choice, but just as often it hasn’t. Each time I’ve left a job it has resulted in a gap of months appearing on my résumé. Employers, and people … More Stories From My Latest Job Search
It’s been just over four weeks since I got back from a 15-day trip in India. I’m still trying my best to hold onto that vacation feeling, especially as the weather turns nasty in Germany. Sadly, my tan is fading, my henna tattoo has only the tiniest visible spots, and I hardly get any more … More Fighting the Travel Bug
Back in 2016 I was going through a really rough period in my life. What’s more, it wasn’t the first such period – on several occasions since my university graduation I’ve found myself wondering what I should be doing in life, especially when no one seemed very keen on employing me. My confidence at an … More I’m Hiking for a Good Cause!
For my birthday last summer, my aunt bought me Tom’s Daily Plan, the first cookbook by English diver Tom Daley. Upon flipping through the pages there were already so many recipes I wanted to try. I spent a few weeks following the included workout plan and cooked up some amazing dishes. One of my biggest … More I Ate Nothing but Tom Daley Recipes for a Week and I Feel Great
In November I started practicing Spanish on Duolingo, so I’d be able to say more than just “cerveza” or “agua por favor” on my next trip to Spain (which most certainly will be happening again). It’s gotten me thinking about the other languages I’ve learned, or at least tried to learn, in my adult life. … More Learning Danish vs. Learning Swedish
At the beginning of this year I wrote a long post which included a rant about how much I hate New Year’s as a holiday and that I think resolutions are stupid. Well, all that is still true. But the reason I had written the post in the first place was to look back on … More Another Year Over
Don’t worry: though the title of this post may suggest it, I’m not about to type up the entire sixteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for you (that’s also a lot of work). But I thought it was appropriate for a post about one of the things I was looking most forward … More A Very Frosty Christmas
I was lucky with my travel opportunities in November: in addition to my trip to Malaga, I also had a long-awaited visit to London to look forward to at the end of the month. My BFF Sheila and her boyfriend Curtis were visiting Europe for the first time and graciously invited me to join them … More Hopping On and Off in London
