Practicing self-love. It can all sound a bit ‘woo’ can’t it?
In 2020 the world decided to throw a big bag of compost onto our heads. So now more than ever, it is super important to drop any pre-conceived purple ball crystally ideas and start taking care of yourself and your mind.
Taking the time to read self-love quotes would be the perfect place to start.
Before you begin the process of renting your house to another family, shifting your whole life into the loft so that you can live out your latest dream and travel the world for a year with your family, you will wrongly assume that you are living a sort of normal, clean, unattached life.
You will have this illusion that possessions mean nothing to you, that you’re a hippy chic that could wipe around her relatively clean and tidy house with a bleachy cloth and be out of the door and on the next plane to Florida before the sun sets.
And oddly enough, other people will have this misconception of you too.
They will come round to your house for dinner, see a clean-on-the-surface house; but will never be allowed to venture into the bedrooms.
They may see a dog that has just been walked and so doesn’t sit there with her teeth chattering when someone picks up her ball.
Or they might see kids that have just been rolllocked and warned that if they get their phones out at dinner, there will be hell to pay.
And finally, they will see a husband and wife that always seem so relaxed and chilled but who actually downed half a bottle of rum before you arrived.
You and I have a lot in common. Let’s be friends. (more…)
Speak to any traveller, and New Zealand will always be on their list of top places to visit in the world.
For some – like us, they may even end up emigrating to this wonderful piece of paradise.
And where better to settle in New Zealand with kids than Taranaki.
Home to the Second Best Region in the world to visit. (more…)
Luckily, being on a budget in New Zealand means you can while away your days soaking in hot pools and relaxing like a millionaire – with or without kids.
There is a false misconception that New Zealand is an expensive place to live, but if you know where to look (a few inside tips!) then there is bucket loads of free stuff; perfect for the budget traveller.
If you’re looking for family-friendly natural hot springs in New Zealand, Rotorua has two of the best.
One will cost you very little, and the other? (more…)
Is it possible to leave everything behind for a whole year? Rent your house, quit the job, sort out the schooling, the bills. The dog.
Is this possible?
To leave everything behind to go and travel the world.
Could I start a travel blog? Take two teenagers, a shed load of hormones, four rucksacks, and a fistful of savings and go around the world?
I’m in my late forties. Am I too old? Will Brian’s back be able to take sleeping on a futon?
These, along with a thousand others are the questions have been plaguing me for the past few months.
We are somewhat addicted to change, Brian and I. We have always lived by the rule that if something wasn’t making us completely happy then we would have to set about changing it, to live life differently.
I’m Liz, and this is my family.
I do Travel. I do Wine. I do being a mum to big kids. Sometimes I do all three at the same time.
I don’t do hormones. Or looking perfect for Instagram. Or dieting.
Read more about who I am and why we should be friends on our about us page.