‘What do you collect?’ my colleague asked me the other day. ‘Nothing’ I replied. ‘Nothing? Come on, everyone collects something. Coins, travel magnets, something’. ‘I don’t, I really don’t collect anything. The idea of accumulating anything freaks me out. Because I’m a minimalist’ – I said. Later I thought about this chat and it made me smile. I don’t attach any emotional meaning to things.…
Turning 30 has always felt like a birthday that would never come. It felt like a cut-off point for all the things one ‘should’ achieve by that age. Last week I came across this article from Dolly Alderton: 30 things I’ve learnt about life at 30 and I cannot tell you how much it resonated with me. It also made me think about the life…
Having lived in the UK for almost 9 years now, I’ve recently realized that I have barely explored it. I’ve never been to Northern Ireland, been to Wales once, Scotland a few times. So, I’m definitely working on it this year and want to see as much of it as possible. The Scottish Highlands were a great place to start. I flew from Gatwick to…
Last Sunday, I sat down with my journal and a cup of coffee to write down my goals for next week. While I started scribbling a few things on the notepad, I started thinking about my minimalism journey, and how I came to love minimalism. Minimalism is a word that gets difficult to say, if you say it too many times – as it’s becoming…
Celebrating King’s Day in Amsterdam has been in my bucketlist for a few years and I am so happy that I have finally ticked it off this year! King’s Day was formerly known as Queen’s Day and is a national holiday in the Netherlands that has been around since 1885, celebrating the birth of the then Queen Wilhelmina. This party is in fact a huge…
Amsterdam is up there with my favourite cities in Europe. It’s one of those cities that has something for everyone. Parts of it are very touristy, but there’s definitely more to it than weed and Red Light District. So, if you haven’t yet been – it’s time you started planning your adventure there. I am lucky enough to have visited Amsterdam 3 times already and I…
Being single is the ultimate life skill to learn. It’s fair to say, after being single for nearly 4 years I have mastered the art of being happily single. ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ says to me (a very good looking) diving instructor who’s picking me up from my hotel at 9am in the morning. It’s +25 and sunny, we’re driving to a little secluded beach in…
One of my new year resolutions was to spend as much time as possible outdoors. I usually escape to Europe for weekend getaways- when I feel like I need some me-time with the nature. Spending a weekend in the Scottish Highlands last year made me realise how little of the UK I have explored – even though I’ve lived here for nearly 10 years now.…
Glasgow surprised me big time. What makes Glasgow so special is that there is something for everyone regardless of how much time you have to spend here. And you can easily eat your weight in food over a weekend. Here are my favourite food spots – all tried and tested. Ox and Finch Really loved this restaurant. If you like tapas style food this is…
How many times have you come home from a vacation feeling like you need another vacation? I used to find myself feeling like this way too often. My vacations used to be too intense, full-on with places to see or people to catch – up with. I wanted to fit so much into my days. The fear of missing out was huge. The big turning…