Lucky Dorothy. I mean, she just clicked her little ruby-encrusted heels and she was back home before she knew it. But not me. Nope. I’ve got to take a 15hr flight, with child in tow (as delightful as Clara is, of course). The worst thing? “Mummy, why do we have to sleep sitting up?!” (laughter … Continue reading [41] Return to Oz
This blog marks an end-point reflection on a series of interviews, A Shared American Dream, that I’ve published over the past month. In each blog, I’ve explored a central question (is life in the US all it’s shaped up to be?) and in doing so we’ve met four incredible women who've helped shape my expat … Continue reading [39] A Shared American Dream: My Reflections
Charlotte’s is the fourth and final in a series of interviews: A Shared American Dream. In each blog, I’ve explored a single, central, cutting question: Is life in the US all it’s shaped up to be? Let’s meet the last of these four incredible women who've helped shape my American Dream. *** So far in … Continue reading [38] A Shared American Dream: Charlotte
Zoe’s is the second in a series of four interviews - A Shared American Dream - that I’ll publish on Big Little Lives over the coming month. In each blog, I’ll explore a single, central, cutting question: Is life in the US all it’s shaped up to be? We’ll meet four incredible women who've helped … Continue reading [36] A Shared American Dream: Zoe
Mia’s is the first in a series of four interviews - A Shared American Dream - that I’ll publish on Big Little Lives over the coming month. In each blog, I’ll explore a single, central, cutting question: Is life in the US all it’s shaped up to be? We’ll meet four incredible women who've helped … Continue reading [35] A Shared American Dream: Mia
Inspired by your suggestions, dear Reader, I have decided to revisit our kids’ Big Little Perspectives and dedicate this post to the children and their experience(s) of settling in. Children are wonderfully adaptable. This is what Cam and I told each other when we first decided to make the move overseas. Cece wasn’t yet one. … Continue reading [27] Kids
This is blog 26. And, gosh... you know what that means? It’s been over six months since we moved from our comfortable life in Melbourne to our somewhat uncomfortable equivalent here in Silicon Valley. What a journey it has been. I want to thank you, dear reader, for being a part of it. Do you … Continue reading [26] Twenty-Six
It’s been a bit quieter on the Big Little Lives front, right? Well, maybe on the surface (sorry, everyone) but I can assure you it’s been anything but: Make like a duck. Calm on the surface, legs paddling like nuts underneath. I know I’m only four weeks into work life in the US, but wow... … Continue reading [24] A Tale of Two Workplace Cultures
Dated houses, urban sprawl, billion-dollar start-ups and the highest net worth individuals in the world. Where am I? Yep, you got it. Come taste a slice of the Silicon Valley pie. *** It’s here. It’s morning. I wedge open my eyes. Next thing I know, my purpose-bred alarm clock clambers up onto my second gen … Continue reading [23] A Day in the (Silicon Valley) Life
Life, hey? So much has happened in such a small space of time. A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewing. This week? I’m working. Yep, you read correctly. I got the job! I’ve just joined one of Silicon Valley’s largest tech firms and I’m practically scaling the walls with glee! Of course, acceptance of … Continue reading [22] Mum-umental Shifts
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