Tuesday, you came around so fast

Hey there Tuesday,

I do seem to have let the last few months fly past. I have realised that I haven’t done much…been out much…or had much time to myself.

Luckily I’ve planned some goals (both short and long term goals) which include:

working less

saving more

planning my next holiday

spending more time with family

exercising outdoors in the fresh air

working harder at my studies

Whilst I was away in Europe, I had a lot of time to think about the goals I have and things I have to aspire to. I have pondered over these within the last few weeks and conclusively decided to write them down and share them with my Mum (who is always there to listen and encourage luckily).

I had some deep thought going on and raised some questions about myself and the life I was choosing to live. I concluded that I am not a risk taker, nor do I allow myself time to do things just for me. I plan too much and don’t do thing spontaneously and look into the future with a juvenile outlook.

I realised that I am going to be graduating university soon and that I should most probably decide what it is that I am going to spend the next year or two doing. I had a few decisions to make in order to get to the place I am now…however, I have decided that it is time for me to leave the comfortable nest that I call Perth. I need to spread my wings overseas and see what the world has.

Hopefully, I’m not the only one with goals now and that others choose to make them too. I believe that there is only so far you can go without direction in order to be truly happy.

x

T T Tuesday

Agh Tuesday we meet again,

Today you’re sunny and bright but have brought on some gloomy news. Unfortunately my bunny, milo is unwell and. I can’t stay home to help him battle it out. If only there was a virtual bunny specialist.

On a brighter note, I completed my DIY task for the weekend. I painted my bed frame white and my room is looking over 100% better already. I’m quite content with making a slow transition from having a colourful room to a white one. When I was asked why I was utilising white as my primary shade, I replied with “because it’s clean”. This resulted in giggles and after a short ponder, I realised that I liked the vibe it gave off when the sun rose in the morning. It makes me feel awake and yes… ‘Clean’.

Sunday was a fantastic day ( although much to warm for the jeans I was wearing). The annual chilli festival was on at the Fremantle esplanade park. Not only did I get to try some chilli German sausages, but also witnessed a chilli eating competition as well as some contemporary dancing. The weather was perfect for a chilli adventure and fish and chips on the beach.

As promised, I will give you tip two for planning a European holiday.

Once you’ve investigated the best ways to travel around to your different destinations, work out the cost of doing each and the time required. As time was less valuable to be than money, I decided that using trains to gallivanting around was the best method.

If you’ve chosen short journey trips and also decided on trains, look into buying single tickets. However, if you are going to be using long journey grin trips, I advise that you buy an interail (for European resident) or a eurail pass ( for everyone else ). I bought the eurail pass for $650 which allowed me to travel to any country listed on the site for 10 days within 2 months.

My advice would be to plan a rough itinerary and use the eurail timetable to plan the train duration and times. This was a bad bad bad mistake that I made of not doing. Don’t do hat I did and assume they are frequent, non stopping trains that you don’t need to reserve for. Because you do and they aren’t!

Use the advice wisely

x

Taken from the chilli website

Back in sad little Perth

Perth Perth Perth,

This is the place that I call home.

Unfortunately, I’m back home and have begin my semester at university again. Even more unfortunately, I am currently sitting in my ethics lecture naughtily typing this post whilst listening to the lecturer blabber on.

On a lighter note, it has been amazingly sunny over the last two weeks. I have found myself sitting, eating, studying, laying, sleeping and tanning in the sun. I hadn’t realised until recently the strong relationship with the sun.

I have been doing a lot of DIY crafts lately. However, I have decided to slow down on those tasks and help those of you out there who are trying to plan a holiday just like I did. The greatest motivation I have to do this is that I couldn’t find a blog or helpful website that I could use to plan my trip.

Tip number one:
The first point I wanted to make is that you have to decide where you really want to go and look at it on a map. Ensure that you can physically get to each place by plane, train or coach.

Example:
I used a old Frankie calendar world map and marked them with a sharpie. Then I researched the best way to get around to each place. It turns out it was flying or training.

I will hopefully provide you with as much advice as I can.

x