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Even if You Go Solo, You are Not Alone
“Here was something I already knew to be true about myself: Just as there are some wives who will occasionally need a break from their husbands in order to visit a spa for the weekend with their girlf… more →
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Put It In Reverse
wrote 3 days ago: Now that the default retirement age has been ‘phased out‘ technically we could be workin … more →
How to decide whether to leave your job to travel
wrote 6 days ago: Now this is a big decision, no question. It is easy to know you want to travel, but a lot harder to … more →
Guate Has My Heart
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wrote 1 week ago: People always ask why I chose Guatemala as my starting point. When I started planning my backpacking … more →
Is having fun on your to-do list?
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wrote 1 week ago: Has having fun disappeared off your to-do list? My friend recently quit her stressful full-time job … more →
The Email I've Been Waiting For
wrote 1 week ago: My last day of teaching was really hard. I remember blinking back tears as I took my last payslip f … more →
Four Truths About Success - Unlearned
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wrote 1 week ago: I used to think that I knew the keys to success fairly well. After all, my family and I have come a … more →
Leaving the battery cage
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wrote 1 week ago: My first ever blog post. I started a 12 month career break on 1 April 2013. A friend likened me to a … more →
Am I a fundraiser?
wrote 1 week ago: I have a confession to make. It’s weird because the thing that I’m confessing really was … more →
This Green and Pleasant Land
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Date: 13th April – 29th April 2013 Where: Dover/Folkestone – Hastings – Brighton – Fareham – Winches … more →
Challenge!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: My first weekend in Guatemala was filled with excitement, eye opening experiences, new friends and s … more →
A Map for Saturday - sneak preview of the backpackers' life
wrote 2 weeks ago: If you have no idea what I was talking about…THIS IS IT! 0.000000 0.000000 … more →
Travel post-volunteer
wrote 3 weeks ago: South Africa is known as a truly varied and colorful holiday destination. It appeals as a vacation s … more →
How does it really feel?
wrote 3 weeks ago: I could lie and say that walking out of the building on my last day of work felt liberating but I wo … more →
Income Tracker: April
wrote 3 weeks ago: Each month I’d like to keep track of my income and compare it to what I had coming in whilst working … more →
The election hype and other stories
wrote 3 weeks ago: This month I learned how infected surgical wound can look like and how messy it is to clean them day … more →
Explaining My "Career Break" at Networking Events
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wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the first challenges I came across after deciding to take a time out from Corporate America w … more →
Pre-Trip Anxiety
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wrote 3 weeks ago: No one said this would be easy… T-3 Days and my anxiety is on steroids! If anyone follows me o … more →
It's About To Go Down
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wrote 1 month ago: It’s official, by this time next week I will be spending my first night in Guatemala City. My … more →
I’m getting a little hobby hoarse, as it were
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wrote 1 month ago: Gymnastics (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Way back, having witnessed many parents spiral into a froth of … more →
