About me

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Hello lovely bloggers!

As this is my first experience of blogging I wasn't quite sure where to start but I figured we should get the who, what, why bits out the way first so you know what your letting yourself in for!

Who am I?

I am a 22-year-old lover of travelling, people, vegan health foods, yoga, mindfulness, parties, a decent cocktail, waterskiing, wake-boarding, red lipstick, jewellery, sun, sea and sand... Amongst other things. 

I have recently graduated from University with a First Degree Honours. This is in fact close to a miracle. If you knew first-year-of-university-me you would understand - it has not been a smooth and bump-free road to graduation. In fact far from it. However, I had some of the best (and hardest) years of my life there. I have made some amazing friends/dawgs/bros/homies, acquired some questionable lingo, lived with some of the best (and worst) people, experienced both some incredible and heartbreaking moments, I have loved, hated, laughed and cried, but overall I have learnt. Learnt about myself and the world around me.

Why am I writing?

Well, I had just finished a degree in Sociology at Newcastle (arguably one of the best places ever!) when I found myself at a loose end over the summer. I knew I was moving to Australia on my own in search of some sun to go with my inevitable employment, and to push myself to travel and move abroad alone, so I thought now would be a good a time as any to document, describe and divulge some of the stories, thoughts, life lessons and experiences that have and will constitute my whirlwind existence. I mean, what was the point of learning to write if I was going to stop as soon as my degree was over? So here I am, sitting in my dreamy garden, writing. 

This brings me to the ‘what the hell will I write about and why would anyone want to read it’ part?

I want to share my past and present stories and experiences as I have learnt so much about myself and the way the world works that I feel like it is a little selfish to keep it all to myself. Don't get me wrong though I am very much still learning, but I thought perhaps I should share my learning process, because if there was the possibility that I could write something, even one thing, that would help one person, make them laugh and cheer up their day or make them take a sigh of relief and think “I am not the only one, I am normal, it is all OK” then I have done what I have set out achieve. I mean what is the use of living and learning if you don’t pass on the info, you know? So I’m hoping - if you have got this far - that you will give me that chance. I will write with brutal, hard to swallow honesty. No bullshit, no sugarcoating. I will write about the small, silly everyday things to the things no one wants to say out loud. This is meant to be a positive and productive and way to connect to likeminded people. 

So what will I talk about?

TRAVELLING✈️

- PAST EXPERIENCES – an insight into who you should/should not travel with, where to go or stay, what be aware of and my experiences of travelling solo (intially not my first choice but ultimately the best choice!).

- NEW EXPERIENCES – as I am currently on my journey to move to Australia via a few cities and countries (solo with no job or plan) I will give you the lowdown on everything - the good, the bad and the ugly, the do's and don'ts and the lessons I have learnt (probably the hard way!).

FOOD🍉

Fooood. Who doesn’t love food? I will yabber about the benefits I have found from being gluten-free, refined-sugar free (apart from the occasional binge which consists of eating for 10 people), I will share recipes I have found and how mine have turned out (usually not good, I find it helps to actually follow the recipe) and my very real experiences of my new journey into the world of veganism*. 

*Non-preachy I promise.

BODY IMAGE💋

The topic of my undergraduate dissertation and something that is an ongoing part of my life built from personal experiences and experiences of those that I love - I could talk for days. 

FAMILY & FRIENDS 💙

MINDFULNESS🙏

…and pretty much anything that comes to mind that could be considered important or interesting.

So my flight to Denver is calling me but this is me and what I am about in a nutshell. I hope you stay tuned for more and take care out there bloggers.

Peace and love,

georgie x