Visualise this: a tiny coastal town 500km north of the closest city. A single general store with a handful of salt-worn beach shacks and a couple of fishing boats lining the horizon. Not exactly the place you picture spending your mid-twenties. But alas, this is where I lived with my rescue cat, and a constant supply of gin to blur the loneliness I refused to acknowledge.  But now picture London: a city bursting at the seams, where noise is constant and everything is always i

There’s a quote I heard a while back that I’ve never forgotten: The person who doesn’t read lives only one life, but the person who reads lives a thousand.  They say a picture says a thousand words, but a book lets you experience the words. The following is a compilation of books that kept me up at night, and not just because I couldn't stop reading them. Everyone has different tastes and experiences when it comes to reading, and we all have those stories that linger long aft

This weekend, I planned  to write a blog about my top European destinations so far. But when my fingers hit the keyboard and I began describing the sunny beaches of Korčula Island (while watching the London rain scatter down the window) I couldn’t help but feel the weight of post-holiday blues. Suddenly, the Sunday Scaries  felt a whole lot scarier. I hadn’t even heard the term “Sunday Scaries”  until a few months ago, but when I did, I related deeply. Essentially, it means y

This is for anyone standing on the edge of change — the “should I?”  phase of moving abroad. It’s not doubt you’re feeling, it’s a...

For a long time, I chased the wrong things. I believed that if I just ticked the right boxes: money, plans, approval, love… then I’d...

Some books entertain you. Some books break your heart. And then there are the rare few that completely shift the way you see the world....

This is something we all struggle with from time to time. It’s completely human. Life ebbs and flows like the tide, and there are moments...

“What’s a queen without her king? Well, historically speaking, more powerful”— Unknown I’m a huge believer that your single years are...

This morning, I’m sat in my favourite spot. The spot is nothing special. In fact, most would probably call it average. It’s a cafe just a...