Have I Found The Secret To Happiness?

For the last two weeks I’ve been doing one little thing every day to acknowledge things that make me happy. And I’m very surprised to discover that this one.

12 years ago

Meet The Dropouts: Di, The Globetrotting Gran

Meet Di, a 50-something palliative care nurse who retrained as an English language teacher and set off on some amazing adventures. Di is an inspiration for many reasons. Her.

14 years ago

What Inspires The Inspiring People? (Part 2)

Many people have a dream that remains just a dream, never realised, just thought of wistfully from time to time. But there are some who have a dream that.

14 years ago

What Inspires The Inspiring People?

As part of the inaugural International Street Food Festival on The Dropout Diaries, I asked travel bloggers to share some things that inspired them. So as well as some.

14 years ago

Death At Home

“It’s your Dad,” Mum says. “He’s dead.” I knew from the heavy tone of Mum’s voice when she answered the phone that something serious had happened. But I thought.

15 years ago

Meet The Dropouts – Food Writer Robyn Eckhardt

For Robyn Eckhardt there was no “that’s it I’ve had it” moment, instead there was a slow realisation, shared with her husband, that they could build a more fulfilling life than the one they were living.

15 years ago

Meet The Dropouts – Locationless Jason Batansky

Meet Jason Batansky, a young webpreneur who seems to have fallen into my dream life — able to live and work anywhere in the world. Jason set up a.

15 years ago

Meet The Dropouts – Migration Mark Wiens

Meet Mark Wiens, a 25-year-old foodie who isn’t following the traditional school-university-career track that’s expected in most Western countries. Taken by his missionary parents to live in France and Africa when he was.

15 years ago