This week marks my the final week of my internship and now that it is coming to an end I have begun to look back over the last six months. I have been very busy this final week, with plenty of events and activities in my shop and the training up of two new interns [...]
Author: beyondthepalms
19 in Los Angeles
If you have studied abroad in America, one of the things you most look forward to is the month of travel you embark upon once finishing your finals. For me there was only one place I had in mind, and the fact that nobody else was on the same page as me did not deter [...]
America: yesteryear I lived in paradise
My love and admiration for America has been something which has materialised and developed ever since my first trip to Florida. These holidays formed the heart of an American dream which I have been chasing ever since. America is where I see my future. A place I feel at home having both studied and worked there, specifically on the east [...]
A day in the life of an intern
I swing at my phone for the alarm aggressively. It is safe to say I’m not a 5.30am person. The battle continues for one or two snoozes and I eventually rise between 5.45am and 6.00am dazed and confused. I struggle in to my gym clothes in what are a groggy first couple of minutes to the [...]
Costa Rica: a long time coming
Before I detail on what the agenda is for my time in Costa Rica I will outline the prep I have been making for my departure to the tropical climate. I am currently working at the University I graduated from and making the decision to leave was difficult. Sometimes I see a future for myself [...]
The other side: what’s next for me
I have been back and forth about my decision to leave home and move to essentially the other side of the world. Costa Rica is one of my favourite countries, it has been at the top of my list of places to visit (alongside Hawaii). With countless things to do, some of the best beaches [...]
Intro: ideas worth writing?
Hello and welcome to my blog, my name is Josh and I am from the UK. A recent graduate I find myself in a very common and misrepresented place of limbo and uncertainty, long after my adolescent years when ambiguity about the future was socially acceptable. When you could be carefree and have an optimistic [...]