when do I get my adult certificate?
It feels like my 20s are an ongoing series of existential crises with multiple sequels that nobody asked for and yet keep coming anyways. Every once a while, it drops a life lesson at some inconvenient time. Discipline is not just a mental game. When I was younger, I wanted more motivation so reaching my…
I was sorting out stuff to donate in my parents’ house when I came across a never-worn baseball cap, an exact copy of the one I’ve been wearing for the past 5 years. I also found an (almost) identical copy of my current summer slides. The newer one I got in Germany on vacation two…
It’s been 9 months since I came to China and went on a low-news diet. It was very involuntary at first, I assure you – I made the wrong choice of VPN providers. But it all worked out because it’s been very good for my mental health and productivity. I have no idea what’s going…
It’s not much of a surprise that I don’t own a car. In the past 4 years, I’ve worked on three different continents and only this year I’ve managed to break $20k in net worth. If I decide to move back to Canada with ten times the net worth I still wouldn’t buy a car.…
Here are some tried and true tips if you’re also a beginner adult like me. I had to get good at meal-prepping in London out of necessity, partly for savings, partly for health, and partly because I can’t stand the 10min it takes to buy lunch from the school canteen. I only had an hour…
Right out of teacher’s college I decided I wanted to teach in London. I was attracted by the culture, the proximity to the rest of Europe, and the chance to really challenge myself. Before I moved, I asked around online about the cost of living but no one really gave me concrete answers, but now…