• continue to do well in new job
• take celta/tefl training course
• ✔ go on another solo trip abroad
• ✔ stop drinking so much
• develop new friendships

• money
  • having a good job & decent salary but still feeling financially insecure - cost of living pressures
  • seeing how much of my pay is deducted in tax/student debt and wanting to cry
  • constantly dipping into savings
  • homeownership seems very distant/impossible
• job/work
  • finally feel happy in new job, but realising the concept of a 'dream job' doesn't exist
  • self-doubt and scared about getting locked into a career path in case i change my mind
  • realising i don't want to work in my degree field
  • envy whilst scrolling through linkedin an...

OCTOBER ---

• one year anniversary of working at gkc
• visiting mum and dad for the weekend
  • quiet weekend, storm amy, chinese
• beers and catch up with amber
• trip to lisbon with ribh and molly
  • day one: train to lockerbie/mcr with ribh, meeting american solo traveller claudia, pints at manchester airport, arriving lisbon, airbnb, pints at market square
  • day two: amazing grilled peach, burrata and prosciutto breakfast bowl, walking tour with brazilian guide nathalia, visiting main sights, dinner on green street (octopus salad and steak), funny night at o'gilans irish bar
  • day three: hungover pizza, pints and playing cards, sunset boat cruise, dinner in alfama, late night drinks

• november 2026 - rome, italy
• february 2026 - copenhagen, denmark
• april 2026 - istanbul?
• may 2026 - to be decided - brussels/marseille?
• june/july 2026 - prague, vienna, bratislava, budapest
• october 2026 - italy/greece/turkey?