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25 January 2023

Charlotte Life, Travel

Working Holiday in Canada | 3 Month Update

It's been a little over three months since I started my working holiday in Canada back in October. After a hectic couple of weeks at the start trying to sort out my life here, I'm a bit more settled now. However, I have opted to go for a somewhat nomadic…

21 October 2022

Charlotte Life, Travel

Arriving in Canada on a Working Holiday

So, I've moved to Canada, and I'm a little over a week in so far. Strangely, it feels like much longer than that somehow, even though I still feel incredibly new to the city. My first impression of Vancouver is just how big the city is. I logically knew this…

12 October 2022

Charlotte Life, Travel 1

I’m Moving to Canada

Who remembers about seven years ago when I published this post about moving to Hong Kong after I finished university (that's your cue to go and read it if you don't remember)? Well, here we are again, except this time, I'm moving to Canada. And yes, I'm anxious and terrified…

26 February 2021

Charlotte Life

Things to Know About CELTA Courses

Anyone in the world of ESL teaching has probably heard of the CELTA before. It's one of the most-listed requirements for many employers when you're seeking an English language teaching job. My teaching experience up until now was done based off an online TEFL course. But with all this extra…

1 February 2021

Charlotte Life

Quarantine Diaries | Part 3 | Hello 2021

Happy New Year gang! Yeah I know, it's February already. And this isn't my first post of 2021, but seeing as the last one was a long-overdue post about something I did last year, I don't fully count it. This is the first, official post about 2021 and the New…

5 August 2020

Charlotte Life

Quarantine Diaries | Part 2 | Feeling Drained

Hello again. Been a while, hasn't it? Normally when I take an extended break from blogging, it's because life has gotten busy. This couldn't be further from the truth right now. I'm now up to 20 weeks of being furloughed from work, with at least another month to go,…

19 May 2020

Charlotte Health & Wellness, Life

How I Cope with Stress

Not well, is the short answer to that title. But I'm going to try anyways! I've never coped with stress all that well, as I get tense and wound up fairly easily, and have a strong tendency to overthink things, so my brain takes me to all the…

12 May 2020

Charlotte Life

Quarantine Diaries

I've been meaning to write this post for ages, and I've been putting it off the entire time - you might have noticed there's been an absence of posts since I finished my Mexico & Cuba series. That's partly because I've been delaying this one, and partly a…

27 January 2020

Charlotte Life, Travel

Catching Up | 2019 Review | 2020 Look Forward

So I've been planning to write this post, or versions of it, for ages now, but I just haven't had the time or energy or motivation. The reason for which, will be explained as we go in this. In previous years, I've done separate reviews of the last…

17 January 2019

Charlotte Musings & Thoughts

642 Things – How to Skip Work

'A beginner's guide to skipping out of work' (source) Alright, so you want to get out of work for the day. You're not actually sick, you don't have any specific reason you need the day off to request it, or maybe you've run out of holidays and personal…

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