I had it all. Ok, maybe I didn’t have it all but I was doing pretty well by my generations standards. I had a degree, a career, a good salary, my own apartment and a very, very good set of secure future prospects… and I gave them all away. The metaphorical white picket fence was just over the horizon, yet the closer…
Sadly, we are rapidly creeping towards the end of the summer, and before we know it, winter will be here. While it would be great to have guaranteed sunshine and warm weather all year round, Rome in winter is actually an experience all of its own and I can give testimony to it’s beauty having visited twice in December myself.…
Standing in the checkout queue and Sainsbury’s I couldn’t help but notice the trolley behind us piled with pillows, a duvet and an assortment of kitchen equipment, a girl and her mother stood beside it, a tentative look of excitement on their faces. “Ahh they’re shopping for uni supplies” I whispered to my mum, before my suspicions were confirmed by…
One of the reasons I have been so absent from my blog is my new addiction to bouldering. My addiction began in January as one of my personal new years resolutions was to get out more and to meet some new people and so I enrolled in an Introduction to Bouldering session at Boulder Brighton. Bouldering is essentially rock climbing…
Sometimes it’s easy to focus on the negative aspects of our lives, to dwell on what we perceive as lacking rather than all we have gained. I know I often focus too much on where I want to be and don’t take enough time to look at the amazing journey I have been on so far. If we focus too…
