Lighten the load — MAN the world has gotten busy again. Right this minute, I’m on a packed flight from Croatia to the UK. Y’all are holidaying like you’ve not been able to for the last three years or something… Seeing as I’m on a plane right now — along with the rest of…

When English fails you, look to another language — When it comes to describing concepts in a single word, the English language is useless. Think about “the day after tomorrow.” Could we not have thought of something…catchier? Thankfully, us native English speakers are not afraid of stealing phrases from other languages and making them our own. Hygge is a…

That’s cool, your parents didn’t have a clue about you either — Whenever someone older than me bemoans my Millennial tendencies and “crazy” money attitudes, my retort is always the same: What do your own parents think about how you spend your money? I’d bet my Medium follower count they’re as unhappy about your choices as you are about mine. Generation gaps…

Get ready for some serious generalizations — Despite Brexit, Britain is technically still part of the continent of Europe. And yet as any Brit will tell you, as soon as you cross the 21-mile wide sea that separates us from mainland Europe, it feels as if you’re in a different world entirely. I’ve lived on both sides…

A simple (but not easy) mindset shift that will rock your world — “Time is money” is back to front. Money is, in fact, time. Spend enough of your waking hours on this platform and you’ll see this phrase dotted about. That money isn’t life’s finite resource, time is. That you should consider how many hours it takes to make the money to…

Haters will say you won’t last 6 months but haters are wrong — Being self-employed throws you about and tips you upside down. It’s amazing, exhilarating, terrifying, and downright confusing, usually at the same time. It’s one of the wildest rides of your life. I should know — it’s been my life for the last 9 years, 1 month, and 7 days. If…

Words to live life by — When I was bored, I used to shop. And I was bored a lot. It was an expensive and annoying habit and one in which I was not alone (shopping is one of the top hobbies of choice for teenage girls). It took thousands of wasted dollars, a ton of…

And how it feels to own so little — You’ve got a suitcase to fill with your most treasured possessions. What do you take? This was my reality back in 2020 when I left the UK to embark on an indefinite traveling adventure. The result is I now live with 134 items. I call it the ultimate experiment in…

A shout out to my faves — Simple living abounds on Medium. Some of these writers call themselves minimalists or simple living advocates, many don’t. But all of them are, in one way or another, extolling the virtues of living with simplicity, intention, meaning, and thought, whatever that means to them. In the spirit of collaboration —…