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The Pros and Cons of Quitting Your Job to Travel
There are so many preachy articles out there that tout quitting your job to travel as the only way to live. Like I’ve stated many times before, it’s certainly not the right choice for everyone. This post is part of the ‘quit your job to travel’ series, which...
How to Start Freelancing: What You Need To Know Before You Begin
Freelancing. It’s a bit of an elusive word really, isn’t it? I know before I started freelancing I had no idea what it involved, how the heck people made money from it, or how it would ever be a viable option as a career. These are the things you learn along the...
Live the Dream: How You Can Get Paid to Travel
It’s a lot of people’s dream, right? To travel the world, explore new places, meet new people, and get paid to do so. Sure, it’s not for everyone, but if it’s something you’re aspiring towards then hopefully this selection of do-able and definitely-not-out-of-reach...
How and When to Quit Your Job to Travel
This post is part of the ‘quit your job to travel’ series which walks you through the steps you’ll need to take to make this life-changing decision. As I mentioned before, quitting your job to travel may not be for you – it’s certainly not for everyone – but if it...
Writing Wishlist: 7 Creative Cafes in Europe Perfect for Writing Inspiration
It’s the stereotypical image of a writer isn’t it – setting up fort in a coffee shop and hunkering down for the day, laptop on hand, notebook nearby, and a steaming cup of joe on the hour every hour. Amirite? I personally love stumbling across quirky cafes whilst...
Life in Spain: Things I’ve Learnt From a Small Spanish Town So Far
So, I’ve been in Spain for five months now and I’m still at an embarrassingly low level of Spanish. But it’s not just the language that I’ve been getting to grips with. Moving to a new country also means getting used to a new culture, a new lifestyle, and...
Quit Your Job to Travel: Is It The Right Thing For You?
I’ve lost count of the amount of travel blogs out there urging anyone and everyone to quit their jobs and up sticks to far-flung places around the world. All well and good, but there’s the tiny, insignificant fact that not everyone is the same. Yes, some people...
How to Find What You Love: Mastering the Art of Juggling Work, Life, and Travel
It's Valentine's Day this weekend so I thought I'd touch on a little lurrrve. Not your usual lurrrve in terms of relationships and stuff, but more about how you can love what you do. Whilst working my 9-5 job I was convinced that going freelance would be the...
How to Find and Pitch For Freelance Travel Writing Jobs: My Experience
You’re a writer, right? Or maybe you want to be one and are looking for ways to crack into the world of freelance? Either way, I think we can safely say that finding work in the current climate is not the easiest of tasks. There seems to...
11 Things I Love About Living Abroad
I’ve been living in Spain for a few months now and I still have to pinch myself every morning – this is not a dream, this is reality! For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to spend some time living abroad, immersing myself in new cultures and having somewhere...
Writing a Novel: Things I Learnt From Writing the First Draft
I was going to show you guys my apartment today, but it’s too messy and I can’t (be bothered to) get it to a level of presentable that I’d feel comfortable sharing with you. I took the photos and everything. Then I looked at them, scrunched up my nose, and thought...
Life as a Freelance Writer: Successes & Struggles After 4 Months in Spain
It’s been a little over four months since I quit my job, went freelance and came over to Spain and, as it’s a new year, I thought I’d update you guys on how it’s going. You can read about my progress after one month here. This isn’t a post about “How You Can Become...