Cultural Attitudes Archives - In Search of a Life Less Ordinary

What Does Success Look Like to You?

14/12/2014 | Filed under: Career, Lifestyle | 5 Comments

Popular opinion says you must have a top job and talk about it. Often. Your house must be sizeable and close to a good catchment area for your kid’s school. And you must drive a fancy car. This isn’t my idea of success. Is it yours?

Playing to Australia’s Sport Obsession

21/10/2014 | Filed under: Expat Life, Travel | 2 Comments

I’ve never been that great at team sports. It pains me to put those words to paper but it’s true. […]

Counting My Cultural Obsessions

19/02/2014 | Filed under: Expat Life, Travel | 19 Comments

It’s 4am and I’m obsessively watching the live broadcast of the Sochi Winter Olympics, but it’s not unusual for me […]

‘Britain Basks in Glorious Sunshine!’

12/05/2013 | Filed under: Expat Life, Lifestyle, Travel | 10 Comments

It’s a headline my fellow countrymen back in the UK could only dream of a few weeks ago. After what […]

Panic at the Baby Shower

31/10/2012 | Filed under: Lifestyle | 21 Comments

I knew I’d outstayed my welcome but I couldn’t leave, even if I’d wanted to. It was a perfect Spring […]

4 Ways Living Abroad Changes You Forever: I've tried to live my life to the fullest. Because living abroad is one of the most satisfying and challenging things a person can do. Living abroad changed me. And there are four ways it will also change you. Forever.
All Aboard The Expat Blogger Express: When I left the UK in search of a different way of life in 2003, I could never have imagined that 10 years later I’d be travelling by train across Canada as one of the world’s best travel bloggers, writers and photographers.
12 Life Lessons From 12 Years of Living Abroad: Twelve years ago, I moved abroad. Left everything I knew. Said goodbye to people I cherished. Packed up our house and shipped our family abroad. We had no idea what awaited us at the other end.
This Is What It’s Like Living With A Pregnant Partner: I’ve learnt that being a husband during a pregnancy is an abstract sort of thing. I’m the one playing catch-up as I watch from the sidelines feeling apprehension at that fast-approaching event called ‘fatherhood’.
6 Reasons Why You'll Know It's Time To Move Overseas: Life is short and all too fleeting and we can't have regrets. Rather than daydream with thoughts of far-off adventure, why not make this the year you head overseas and experience some of this world.
The True Cost Of Expat Living In Australia: Petrol has risen in price, house values continue to climb and the only saving grace is that interest rates seem to be dropping while salaries remain high. No-one told me living the expat dream could cost this much.