Stages of grief: Moving abroad edition
July 16, 2026When I left my job of ten years to spend a year living abroad, the emotions…
Growth
Why you should re-live what you enjoyed doing when you were a kid
July 10, 2026I’ve found myself standing in a dark narrow pit, the ground beneath me crunches as I…
Inherited Fate
June 24, 2026The elderly man who’s house I’m staying in in Budapest is in his late seventies. He…
Why I’m doing this
June 23, 2026A few years ago I got chatting to friends who attended my high school’s 10 year…
The box theory and why it is bullshit
February 14, 2026A few years back my high school had its 10 year reunion for the graduating class…
Quitting alcohol in the most alcoholic country in the world
February 3, 2026For some time, I had been toying with the idea of going completely sober. One night…
An Australian Football Club in Budapest
January 24, 2026It’s a mild Saturday in mid-May in Nysa, southern Poland. We’re nearly 550 km from our…
The challenge of understanding our former selves
January 23, 2026One of the main purposes of writing these articles is to catalogue my experiences spending a…
Thinking in another language
January 7, 2026Talking in a foreign language is fantastic. It feels so gratifying to order food at a…