Travel, Writing, Circus
I recently published this blog post as part of a three-part series, but the second part has taken a little longer to get to, so I decided to re-publish this first post to keep them closer together. If you missed it the first time, enjoy! In this post, I'm talking about one of the three loves of my life: Travel. Where I started, what these experiences meant to me and my life, the lessons they have offered, and how they have influenced my two other loves, writing and circus.
In this post, I face my anxieties and uncertainties in Galway as I search for a job while bouncing between temporary housing.
In this post, I leave Dublin behind and head west to Galway, where I land in the middle of the International Arts Festival.
In this post, I explore how the vulnerability of moving to a new country helped me face my long-held fears around money.
Through volunteering, Shantel has helped others by building houses in Fiji, collecting rubbish and helping recycling efforts in the Galapagos Islands, and assisting with office work and planting trees and seedlings in Tanzania. Having given so much to others in her travels, Shantel shares about going inward in Nepal.
In Part Two of Shantel’s volunteering adventures, she shares her life changing experiences volunteering in Tanzania.
In this post, my very own Mum shares her experience travelling to Bangladesh to teach English through storytelling and song.
In this post, I continue to navigate the quagmire of life admin required for setting up my new life in Ireland, and venture out on my first day trip to Howth, a seaside village outside Dublin.
In this post, I take reprieve from life admin to explore some weird and wonderful attractions in Dublin.
In first week of my year-long working holiday in Ireland, I navigate emotional highs and lows as I build my new life from the ground up.
