What my gut knows
The best smoothie I ever had also happens to be the most thought-provoking. Smoothies and indecision In a…
Nomad no more
Australians boast the inglorious irony of being the best off people in this pandemic and yet we’re potentially…
How to edit your life
It’s one thing to love writing; it’s quite another to love editing. Editing is a passion I only…
NYE lessons from Ecuador
Australian New Year’s Eve traditions mostly involve drinking hard, watching fireworks and calling it a party. This is…
Do what gives you life
Do what gives you life. That’s what some of my expat friends used to say, with tongue in…
On recovering Anglicans, vegetarians and nomads
I like to say my boyfriend is a recovering Anglican. He's actually not even Anglican, he just happens to go to an Anglican church and I just happen to enjoy having a go at Sydney Anglicans. What I really mean when I say he's recovering is that he is no longer doctrinal about his faith and how he practises it - in fact, he's ardently against legalism.
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The seed to lead: reflections of a beta girl
I've always thought of myself as a beta kinda gal. Even as a child, it was mostly my younger sister who spearheaded our games and playing.
I was 26 the first time anybody told me I had demonstrated leadership.
Getting down and thirty
For one glorious year, I was almost-no-longer-twentysomething – but 29 is still twentysomething. Alas, those days are behind…
10 Tips For More Meaningful Travel
What's the difference between a tourist and a traveller? And how can we have more meaningful travel experiences even while traveling for leisure?
Throughout my experiences of being a tourist, exchange student, international intern and expat, I have been reflecting constantly on these questions of identity, foreignness and the assumptions bound up in the practice and concept of travel.
Defrag this
In the days before I converted to Mac, defragging my PC was a standard part of my life. I…