A One Way Ticket to Australia
Big week for moi. I packed up my life in Edinburgh and boarded a one way flight to Brisbane. It was fairly spur of the moment. I had the idea, thought over it a little...
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12 Things To Do Instead of Settling
Next time you find yourself thinking about settling for something less than you deserve, here are twelve other things you could do instead: If you enjoyed this article, make sure you subscribe to the newsletter...
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Ending a Toxic Friendship
Toxic friends. You know the ones. We’ve all had ‘em. Those friends that you dread having to see, the ones you walk on eggshells around, the ones that drain you, the ones that are downright,...
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5 Reasons it’s Great to Take a Gap Year at 30
Traditionally, gap years were just reserved for those graduating from high school or university. Fortunately, that is changing and it’s now more common than ever for people of any age to pop their lives on...
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The #1 Sign You’re Settling in Your Relationship
If you Google “Signs I’m Settling in my Relationship” you’ll be inundated with a sea of articles with titles like: “12 Signs You’re Settling” “67 Ways to Tell if You’re Settling in your Relationship” “1493...
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Sober Date Ideas: 10 First Date Ideas You’ll Love
Luckily, being sober is fun, dating is fun, and therefore sober dating is fun. Just me? My last serious relationship was the result of a sober first date, actually. Most of the sober date ideas...
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Single at 31? Here’s why it’s OK!
#PEPTALK When I went through a breakup at age 29 I was worried that I was too old to be newly single. Well, I’m now 31 and newly single again, but I’m no longer worried...
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Torschlusspanik: The Fear of Running Out of Time
I love learning words from other languages that perfectly describe a feeling for which English has no equivalent word. Last week I came across a new one and it slapped me right across the face....
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Changing Friendships in Your 30s
The most unexpected part of navigating life in my early 30s has been the changing friendships, and the social scene in general. I definitely wasn’t given adequate warning about this aspect of growing up. Or...
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Is 30 too old to take a gap year?
Spoiler alert: 30 is NOT too old to take a gap year. Far from it. Society suggests that by 30 we should have got all our frivolity, travelling, and living, out of the way and...
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