Why I left New Zealand during the lockdown
I left New Zealand during the lockdown back in March, forgoing the freedoms staying would have allowed. Here’s what this decision taught me.
2112, 2020
3107, 2020
Why introverts miss travel during lockdown
Not only extroverts want out during lockdown. Introverts miss travel, too. Here’s all the reasons they can’t wait to see the world again!
0205, 2020
What it’s like to leave New Zealand after a trip cut short
A trip cut short because of Coronavirus was not how I imagined my New Zealand travels to end. This is how I managed when it happened.
0802, 2019
Then and now – 3 years Global Introvert
3 years Global Introvert: Time to look back at everything that has changed since this little blog entered the world, in both writing and life.
2301, 2018
Why would you want to travel for a year?
I heard that question so many times in the past few months. You should think I’d know how to answer it by now. After all, if I’m up-ending my whole life at home to move across half the world for a year, I should have a good reason for that, right? Well, yes and no. More often than not, I find myself
0201, 2018
My blogging resolutions for 2018: I need your help!
Can you believe it’s already 2018? The last year has passed so quickly, it seems just like a blur. A lot has happened and a lot has changed in 2017. Which makes me even more excited for the new year! I don’t usually do New Year’s resolutions, but this time I have decided to set a few goals regarding my blog and my writing.
1212, 2017
Travel dreams – the evolution of an introvert globetrotter
I have always been a dreamer. Most introverts tend to live in their heads, and I’m no exception. When I was a kid I would make up fantasy worlds all the time and tell myself stories. The content of them varied, depending on whatever caught my interest at the time. I can’t call all of them travel dreams, exactly, but they all
1609, 2017
The all new Global Introvert website!
Ta-daa! It has arrived! The all new Global Introvert website is here. Everything has been updated! Well, except me, I suppose. Still the same old me writing for you here every week. Only now, I’ve got a fancy new blog design where I do it. In case you haven’t noticed yet – because, let’s be honest, sometimes we introverts live so much
0709, 2017
How to survive a trip with a travel blogger
The truth has to be told. It’s not easy having a travel blogger as your travel companion. I would know. I am one. Moreover, I spent a whole weekend with a bunch of them lately, as some blogger friends and I got out into the countryside to work on our blogs and chat about everything travel blogging. In between writing articles and
0308, 2017
My life is not what I expected and I blame travel
This summer it’s precisely 10 years since I graduated school. And yes, it does make me feel old. It also made me think about what expectations I had for my life all that time ago, and in what way they have – or have not – come true. Because of this ten-year anniversary I recently reconnected with some old friends from school.