The International Writer Archives - In Search of a Life Less Ordinary

How Writing Saved Me

30/01/2015 | Filed under: Career, Lifestyle | 25 Comments

Hope can come from the most unexpected places. At a time when I grew fearful of how fast life was deteriorating, when the end result didn’t look good, the thing that saved me was right in front of my eyes.

Never Stop Searching

15/09/2014 | Filed under: Career, Expat Life, Lifestyle, Moving Abroad, Travel | 8 Comments

I didn’t move abroad to rest on my laurels. I didn’t find my own piece of paradise then sit still. I didn’t choose to work the way I do to tread water with no progression. I think about and work hard on the life I want to lead every single day. Here’s why.

Launching The International Writer.com

20/01/2014 | Filed under: Career, Travel | 14 Comments

I’ve always believed that if you want to talk about leading a different kind of life, you have to live […]

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.