From learning more about my life, to teaching you some of the things I’ve learned in my time as a blogger, and plans for my future, find out more about my personal life right here.
A natural progression and ticking off a few dreams…
It’s been a little while since I wrote a personal update on this blog, but I know a few people like knowing what goes on behind the scenes! I definitely do with my blog pals.
In January next year I’ll be celebrating five years of travel blogging. FIVE YEARS! Something which began as a little passion project has developed into my life, my career and my first business (unless you count my entrepreneurial skills as a teenager when I used to wash cars!)
From choosing the right case for your trip, to entertainment for long journeys and genius tips that will change the way you pack forever, don’t leave home before reading my top tips for stress free travel.
There’s no denying it, travelling can be stressful. It doesn’t matter whether you’re planning a big adventure half way across the world, or a weekend break close to home, there’s a lot to think about.
It’s easy to let the worries surrounding packing and logistics get the better of you, BUT… holidays are supposed to be fun; if you start off at anxiety level 100, you won’t feel the full benefit of being away!
I’ve teamed up with Premier Inn to bring you my top 10 tips for stress free travel, so that you can have a relaxing, enjoyable holiday this summer. Recently, I checked into Premier Inn King’s Cross for a quick one night stay; from exploring the local neighbourhood to putting my travel tips into action, I had such a great time.
Time for a little personal update as errrr… something pretty massive happened recently!
As you may remember, at the end of March I was getting VERY excited for our holiday to Thailand. We’d spent months planning it and had created our dream trip. Well it turns out Macca was excited to go to Thailand too, but for completely different reasons to me.
The day we left turned into one of those never-ending travel days. We spent 20+ hours travelling from London to Bangkok, then down to the island of Koh Lanta. We went from bus to tube to plane to plane to minibus.
Some exciting highlights, a few lows, and a quick look ahead to 2019. This is my blogging appraisal of 2018.
Last year around this time I wrote my first ever blogging appraisal. It’s always a reflective time of year, yet as I am self-employed, I don’t get to work through my career progression, talk about the highs and lows, the things I’ve achieved and the things that need to be improved. So, as I enjoyed writing one last year, and you guys chose to read it (thank you!!) I thought we could do it again. Let’s grab a coffee, no make mine a glass of wine, and see how it goes?
Enjoying the tapas bars in Barcelona
2018 has been another busy year. Last year I said I was planning to slow down a bit, and while I’d say I did… I still kept up a pretty speedy pace at times!
In numbers 2018 looks like this: 15 different countries visited including three brand new ones (Singapore, Malaysia and Japan) and 42 flights. To put that into perspective, that works out as one flight every eight days. Don’t worry I’m still committed to planting trees in our aptly named Blogger Grove.
85+ blogs written and published, thousands of photos snapped, edited and uploaded. This one was one of my fave from the year.
It was the year of semi-settling as my boyfriend and I moved into a lovely little flat in West London, and celebrated our three year anniversary. Read more about a few of this year’s biggest decisions here: The Future And Buying Pot Plants
The year of returning to a country that holds some super special memories from the start of this blog, and the year of finally travelling to a destination that has been at the top of my bucket list for a very long time!
And the year of continuing to do what I love… well most of the time anyway!
