One woman's journey from corporate life to a life of freedom
Its been 5 months and 27 days since I started to housesit and I have to say I’m enjoying my novel new lifestyle.
I had initially heard about house sitting as an alternative way of travelling and signed up to a recommended house sitting site for a 3 month trip I was doing. Even though I [...]
A couple of days ago I shared my story of being a conservation volunteer on D’Urville Island and how much I gained from it.
I thought it might be useful to share my survival tips in case you are thinking of becoming a volunteer:
Kaikuia grass is tough enough to break spades.
No matter how much thought you [...]
How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world ~ Anne Frank
To me giving back to the community is very important so I am often found trawling through various websites that have volunteer opportunities. While I was wondering (okay stressing!) about what to do between house sits [...]
Since December 2009 I have been house sitting my way around New Zealand and enjoying a rather different way of life. I have looked after a farm with 100 free range chickens, an amazing house with a lake and a fantastic kayaking dog and many homes near the sea.
Today is the last day of the [...]
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve felt like my mind has not been my own as I have battled to deal with the thoughts churning around in my mind about the stresses of a house sit ending with no more in sight (I’m homeless!) and a career crisis (I’m currently on a career break). [...]
Do you procrastinate? I know I do. In fact I’ve been procrastinating about writing this article for about an hour or so.
I wanted to share with you an exercise that I did which might give you a push to get started on those goals/projects/dreams that you’ve been putting off:
Take a blank piece of paper and [...]
Are you too attached to your goals? “Isn’t the whole purpose of goals to be very attached to them in order to achieve them?” I hear you ask. When I first came across the concept of non attachment I felt that way too. It has taken me awhile to realise how I can apply this [...]
Everyone has an inner critic. It’s that little voice that pops up when you least want it to and reminds you of your failures and shortcomings. Perhaps it came into existence because you had critical parents or a teacher that was never pleased with what you did or a boss whose idea of management was [...]
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