see australia and new zealand

So, a week today, I fly to Auckland. I’ll come home from Melbourne at the end of November. I’m travelling alone as part of a sabbatical I’ve taken from school (I’m a teacher). In NZ and Australia, I hope to see some amazing things and enjoy being independent for a while. I also hope to snap myself out of some bad habits (eating too much chocolate and smoking being the main culprits). I would love to come home a stone or so lighter, and feeling positive! I kind of wish I was travelling earlier than next week, as I have a week now to concern myself about what I’m doing and hoping things will be Ok when I get there. I’m 31 for goodness sake, so I probably should be less nervous, but this will be the first time I have properly travelled alone for an extended time and I suppose I just hope that everything works out well.

but there are always a million reasons (excuses) not to. money and time being the two that top the list…