“Never get so busy in life that you forget the simple things such as the beauty of a sunset.” In life, we often get caught up in things, such as our jobs, social life, family, school, diets etc. We tend to forget to do the things that make us happy;…
Another year has come and gone. The end was full of joy and laughter, but yet again so much loss for myself once more. It is often so hard to stay positive and motivated when so many things are beyond your control. I guess this is why most people put…
A lot of my friends and people I know don’t think I actually have a job here in Hong Kong. They think that I am just faffing about (hehe, another British word I like) traveling the world. Yes, I am traveling when I get the chance, but I also am…
I have now lived abroad, away from my home of Illinois, for three years. I spent almost a year in France and a little over two in Hong Kong. I think American accents are the most influenced and malleable of all English accents, and the Midwest accent especially. When I was…
When I was younger, I always wanted to be like my Aunt Julie. She was living abroad in Italy, and had been there most of my childhood. I remember one time, when she visited me, I printed off 100 of Italian phrases I translated on Google Translate (you thought Google Translate…
As I sit down to eat another meal at 10:30 p.m. (click here for more on that.) I am beginning to realize how much of a workaholic I am. A workaholic is defined as a person who compulsively works hard and long hours. That is me to a tee. Of…
I just got home from work and have now sat down to enjoy some food and Netflix and I look at the clock – 10:35pm. What? My first thought? I think I am becoming a local. Coming from the U.S.A. my family and most people I knew would eat dinner…
It’s a coincidence, not ironic, that the day after my quarter-life crisis post that someone, Robin Williams, who most of us have all grown up with succumbed to his own crisis, depression. For as long as I can remember, I grew up watching many of his movies, from Aladdin to…
I am just a girl wandering the world, wondering with each step... lived abroad for over four years and still trying to take on the world one place at a time.[instagram-feed]
