‘Tis the season to nestle in bed, fairy lights glistening and a mulled wine warming your soul and your fingers (at least, it is in the Northern Hemisphere). Continue reading “The Good List: The Christmas Movies You Absolutely Must Watch This Festive Season”
The holidays and singleness go together like fish and cheese. Not overly offensive at a glance, but when you get down to it, it just falls a bit short of a decent Christmas dinner. If you’re home with your family for Christmas there are the inevitable questions to tackle from well meaning, but seriously frustrating distant relations.
What happened to Mr. X who you were dating last year, Almaz? Oh well, that’s a shame you can’t seem to hold down a man for more than 3 weeks. Oh yes, that’s very modern of you to be so upbeat about the fact that you’re still not married and almost 26. Thank God you’re a bright girl and can make your own living. That never would have happened in my day. I was married at 20, you know. 30 will be kicking on your door before you know it, love. Tick, tock, better get a move on.
Continue reading “Why I Won’t Be Looking For Mistletoe This Christmas”
I was recently watching Eat, Pray, Love; you know, having one of those existential life crisis moments that can only be solved by watching Julia Roberts galavant around the world sharing life wisdom and eating pizza. Continue reading “How Eat, Pray, Love Led Me To Understand What Happiness Is”
Japan is a country that is difficult to describe, but easy to feel. At the risk of sounding like the worst kind of millennial cliché; it’s an absolute vibe. It’s a land where trains run like clockwork, where everything you can ever imagine can be purchased from a vending machine, and where bathing naked with total strangers is a regular Saturday night out. Japan is wild.
We all dream of that feeling of being free, prancing around in bare feet, feeling the wind in our hair, and hanging our hands out of the window of a fast-moving car. Continue reading “How to Plan the Perfect Road Trip Across America”
Here at The Good List we are pretty keen to share (and learn) ways to live a less stressful life (if you hadn’t already noticed…) We are, after all, an incredibly busy society; we go from one task to the next without a moment’s pause and all the while we are constantly connected thanks to social media, and there’s pressure for our responses to be constant and quick. Continue reading “This is How I Make The Most Out Of Each Day – And Feel Less Stressed”
I sort of ended up in Mexico by mistake. I was 19 years-old, and after taking a gap year and working for 12 full months in a retail store, I had exactly $3000 stashed away in my children’s bank account. Of course it seems like a relatively small amount now, but back then it was more money than I had ever dreamed of having and I vividly recall feeling like a billionaire, dripping in gold and hungry to burn some cash. Instead of doing the sensible thing and starting university with some cash in the bank, I quit my job, cashed in my savings and joined my sister on an epic trip around North America.
