I promised you the practical tips for slow travel South America. The how. The bit where I stop telling you about ducks in a row and actually tell you what we did when the money ran low, the sim card turned into a saga, and how we found our way through countries with no plan.
I didn’t book a retreat. Nobody took my phone off me at check-in. Or made me sign up to a wellness package with a hushed, Wi-Fi-free yurt. This was an ordinary family holiday to Scotland. The only thing that turned it into a digital detox holiday was a decision I made myself. Phone off, in
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This week I only had three days. It’s the last week of term, and mine finished on Wednesday. So Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was all I had for work before the summer holidays swallowed the routine whole and the winging it starts for 6 whole weeks. Old me would have known exactly what to do
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I turn 40 in ten months. And unlike most milestone birthdays I’ve quietly watched approach and then pretended weren’t happening, this one feels different. This one feels like something worth leaning into. So I’ve been building my 40 before 40 list — forty things to do, experience, or finally stop telling myself I can’t do.
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Can I ask you something? When was the last time you booked a holiday and the main motivation was to get away from your life rather than simply to explore somewhere new? If the answer is “every single time,” you’re in good company. Most of us use travel as an escape hatch. And for years,
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There’s a small card that has sat in my bathroom for over two years now. Right next to the loo, to be precise. It says ‘You Have to Have Passion’ and I found it on the floor one day, assumed it was my husband’s and propped it up thinking he’d deal with it. He didn’t.
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What if I told you that a two-day course, taken purely out of curiosity, would completely transform the trajectory of my life? February 2023 feels like a lifetime ago now, though it’s only been a couple of years. I signed up for Reiki Level 1 training not because I was seeking enlightenment or healing, but
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Finding Quiet in a Noisy Life The noisier my life gets with all the boys, Barry the dog, and me shouting at them all from time to time… the more I crave silence. And finding quiet isn’t easy unless you think outside the box. I remember the first time I properly noticed it. About 14
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I’ve been buying Naked Paper (formerly Naked Sprout) for years now, and if you know me at all, you know I have a terrible bladder. It rules my life. Add to that a house full of boys and a huge puppy, and we get through toilet paper and kitchen roll like nobody’s business. So when
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I ordered my first pair of MAX Stretch Thermal Skinny Outdoor Trousers from Acai recently having seen their Facebook ads for years. I’m not a hiker per se so I hadn’t actually bought them even though I loved them from the start. I’m just a mum with a dog. Anyway, I joined their mailing list
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