The Wander & The Lust

A couple of weeks ago, after chatting with a good friend, I decided that I would start a new blog. The focus of my blog would be based around the trials and tribulations of choosing to be self-employed and how my life and travel are impacted by that choice. I never even considered that one of my first posts would be on this topic as it is not something I have really talked about. But my emotions following an Instagram post I made yesterday have me feeling compelled to get these thoughts down in writing. To share my experience. To try and make sense of the words in my head. To join others in showing #wearenotalone. In June of this year, I suffered a miscarriage. This isn’t anything that I have been super open about sharing, or talking about. I haven’t gone out of my way to hide it, either. Yet, yesterday, I decided to join the thousands of posts on social media of a lit candle, with the hashtag #WaveOfLight to remember all of the babies would never made it int...

I am a Permanent Resident of the United States of America but am a British citizen who was born in Germany. Now in my 39 th year on this planet, I am still struggling with 2 life questions: How do you know where you are supposed to be/settle [when you grow up]?! (Or are you even supposed to?!) At what point and why did mankind decide we all had to work for a living? Such an unfortunate stage of our evolution. My earliest childhood memories are of time spent traveling around Germany in a VW Campervan. My Dad was in the Royal Navy for many years and while he was based in Germany, I arrived in to this world in a British Consulate hospital in Kiel, in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Northern Germany. When I was around 18 months old, my parents, older brother and I moved to the UK. When I was five years old, however, my parents took my brothers and I back to Germany on an epic 3 week camping tour that would later prove to be the catalyst and absolute, deep-rooted...

The Condensed Version: Hi! My name is Kate.  I’m a Brit currently living in Denver, Colorado with my fianc é  and two pups. I own and  run  my own small business, offering Bookkeeping & Payroll services to small businesses in the Denver Metro area. I decided to start a blog to add my input to the online resources out there other business-minded peeps who are self-employed or looking to take the leap in to the world of self-employment, providing some guidance and tips from my own exp eriences and standpoint.  I also wanted and needed an outlet to express myself and write about my own personal life experiences, to talk about how all of these things blend together to form this so-called life. What I’m putting out in the world are real-life, raw ramblings about how I’ve made it this far and how I continually strive for that work-life balance. It’s all about The Journey and The Seasons of Life. Every. Single. Day.