I can remember, after a particularly magical trip to Mexico, sitting my parents down and telling them that I was going to quit my extremely well-paying job that I’d gotten straight out of university in the middle of a global recession and backpack around Southeast Asia. Between my mom and…

I really thought that my dad dying of terminal cancer when I was in my early 30s would be the hardest thing I ever had to go through…For a good while at least. Turns out, I was very, very wrong. Nope, it’s been the last two years that have been…

Before Covid, I got the wedding I’d always dreamed of. I’d met my husband seven years before on Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, and we returned to the Andaman coast to commit ourselves to one another for life seven years later. It was postcard-perfect — everything from the weather, to our…

Disclaimer: Yes, I’m aware that I’m a priveleged white girl who is lucky enough to have financial stability and the means to travel and return to her home country in the worst-case scenario. Yes, I’m aware that people around the world are suffering and dying in droves. Please take this…

You’re going to hate me for this. I’m sorry, I know it’s not what you want to hear. But I have to say it. The number one thing you can start doing to set off on the path towards becoming a remote writer who makes bank…is to start writing. Now. …

The sun may shine down on my skin, turning it a beautiful bronze, on a daily basis. The beach may be around the corner, inviting me with its soft white postcard-perfect sand and sparkling turquoise waters. I may live in a place most could only dream of, and often do…

I told my mom she was going to be a grandmother on a Thai street corner next to a girlie bar with bright neon lights and a sign with a high-heeled woman sitting in a martini glass. My friends looked on with proud smiles. “It’s so weird,” I said mid-pee…

See that girl pictured in the above photo? That’s Soph. She’s been my lifeline since I started living on Koh Phangan. She’s the one I meet for coffee and a catch up…or more often than not, a bottle (or two) of wine and a moan. She’s been my shoulder to…

You know those days when you just can’t stand the heat? When your go-to shop is fresh out of your daily produce, even though you got there at the same time you always do? When tourists are walking two-by-two in the middle of the road because they forget there are…