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📷 www.glamour.com tap your heels together three times “I’m fine! Everything’s really great. I’m having THE BEST time” How often have you spun out that similar line of utter bollocks into a message? Whether you’re away uni, moved to a new town for work or joined the expat club somewhere completely alien to everything you’re used to, glossing over the negative spots of a new adventure and jazzing up the reality is a universal practice of humans around the globe. So why do we d

A guest post on : 25before25 This month I’m a guest poster on the blog 25before25, an innovative project launched by Londoner Emma Rosen. Emma’s aim is to sample a whopping 25 careers before turning 25 through work experience, shadowing and just giving things a go. She explores work / life fulfilment and advocates for a more diverse career education. #expat #blogging #guestpost #work #workabroad #Austria #millennials #life #travelblog #newjob

I CAME, I SAW, I GOT WHIPPED Monday I landed at Munich around 4.30pm ish. The sun was setting and the pilot on board the plane said the outside temperature was about 1°C. This was it. I’m about to be taken to my new home once I collect my luggage from the bag carousel. The troop of butterflies that had taken up residence on my stomach the week previously had started to flap their wings again, replacing the waves of sadness sparked off from the tearful goodbyes of my mum and s

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN I’ve jacked my office job in and I’m moving to Austria. Granted, I’m swapping one desk for another, but instead of commuting to a grey business park, wistfully looking out over Gatwick watching people jet off on their holidays everyday, I’ll be Excel-spreadsheeting in the snowy heights of St. Johann. The past four weeks where I’ve had to get my life together pretty quickly for this move (so.much.paperwork.) has been a blur of dinners, drinks and my darling