Leaving Melbourne – back to life and back to blogging | Australia
Today marks the start of a brand new adventure. Yesterday, I sat in my apartment attempting to squeeze my life into my backpack and felt like I was standing on the edge of a precipice about to jump. Oh god how
Travel | Life above the clouds – working as a flight attendant
Something a bit different for you today, one of the best things about my travelling lifestyle is the people I meet along the way. People doing all kinds of jobs and living completely differently to keep their life as nomadic
Australia | It’s tax back time and I’m celebrating!
I write a lot about budget travel - about how to make every dollar and very pound stretch that little bit further and how to make the most of what you have. Because that's what we backpackers do, we make
Relationships | Why it can be great to start a New Year single
Christmas and New Year are definitely some of those times when people really start to think about their relationship status - a bit like the post-Christmas bloat, it's something that hangs over every festive party and moment under the mistletoe.
Careers | 10 jobs everyone should do in their lifetime
I've had a lot of jobs in my time - from dominating hospitality in bars, shops, restaurants, pubs and box offices, to working as a journalist, editor and freelance writer. I've supported students in primary school, helped provide learning materials
From the darkest days to the happiest new year
As New Year approaches, I wanted to take the time to write a post about how thankful I am to be ending the year on such a high. It hasn't been the easiest year for me, and it had a
10 day countdown to being unemployed
It's finally starting to sink in. As you're reading this I have just 10 days left at work
The Eternal Battle: Qualifications vs. Experience
This is a subject that comes up time and time again, and after receiving an email from friend a few weeks ago asking for some advice on how to get into journalism - I thought it might be about time
The art of shameless self-promotion
It's appraisal (sorry, "self-development meeting") time at work and after all the conversations at work about filling out forms listing our good qualities, goals and achievements, it's got me thinking about the people out there who go unnoticed. I don't
How to get the most out of a work experience placement
I spotted a great post by Kettlemag.com the other day about how to get the best work experience in journalism - fantastic advice from Sian Elvin for up-and-coming journalists who don't know where to begin. It made me think about work