Athens Renewed My Love for Running: There’s something I’ve always adored about the half marathon distance. 21.1km is a long way — but it’s not that long. You can train seriously for one, of course. You can spend 10, 20+ weeks building mileage, obsessing over nutrition, tapering, fuelling and trying to squeeze every last second out of your legs. But you don’t necessarily have to… Give me a pair of …
After writing on the “Mental Health Benefits of Travelling Solo” back in May 2018, (during Mental Health Awareness week) I have been longing to push my mental health advocacy further. Unfortunately, I’ve been caught up in a whirlwind of my own. Unable to attend to the Weary and Wandering network, both writing on the blog & the posting content on the Instagram platform. But despite my inactivity the site has just …
Originally, I wrote on the ‘mental health benefits of travelling’ in my “Solo Travel Guide: Dubrovnik, Croatia” and how it helped me recover from one of the worst years of my life prior to dropping out of University. I published the hefty guide on the 1st of May 2018 and have since received generous and constructive feedback from friends & family. However, Mental Health awareness week is now upon us and …
Spontaneously, I travelled to Dubrovnik, Croatia back in October 2017 for my second solo adventure of the year. Prior to travelling to Naples in June, I had never experienced what it was like to be truly ‘alone’ in another country… I had wandered and taken time astray from family & friends in Australia, America and across Europe, but never travelled truly alone. I’m sure anyone who has will tell you …
