Youth is wasted on the young

Youth is wasted on the young
Apparently is was poet George Bernard Shaw who said that “youth is wasted on the young.” He’s not wrong. I’ve been thinking about just how much I took for granted when I was younger. This… View Post

Travelling light

Travelling light
I am not known for travelling light. Like most women I know, I tend to overpack “just in case”. It stresses me out though because I’m knowingly putting things into my case that I’m not… View Post

Life is messy

Life is messy
After writing about how much happier I am at 45 than I was at 25, I realised that I was contradicting myself. I remembered that, not long before, I wrote about how unhappy I was… View Post

A year on

A year on
This year, I have made significant changes in my life. It has been 12-months since I left the safety of the nine to five in order to forge a different path for myself. Back then,… View Post

This is who I am now

This is who I am now
I turned 45 earlier this month. My husband asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, how I wanted to celebrate. Memories of past birthdays ran through my mind: the group meals, the… View Post