Something I’ve seen recently is that there’s a much better work/life balance in France, than the UK. When you ask somebody “what do you do?” in France, they usually answer with their hobbies and passions, not their job. They aren’t so defined by their career, and it got...

...me thinking about how so many of us, either by choice, financial circumstance or pressures, become a slave to our work and our employer. We miss so much living and our minds have been warped by the economical rat race, the fast pace demands of society, that actually living...

...and existing in the moment, feeling truly happy and at peace with what we have, seems to evaporate as the pressures of work and society cloud us. Next year I want to experience more art, culture, meet new people and travel - physically and emotionally. I don’t want to be...

...a puppet with somebody else holding the strings. There’s such an oasis of serenity to be found in stepping out of your comfort zone and I wish it was something we were all able to do more, to really live, and paint our own colours in the world when it goes grey.