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A thirty-second journey around our sun, but the first spent with my daughter. People always tell you that having children will change your life. And they are right. Instead of taking off for months at
By Jamie| 2019-01-20T23:38:34+00:00 January 20th, 2019|Thoughts and Inspiration|
One hundred days ago, a young lady entered my life. In general, young ladies can cause all sorts of complications in life, and this one came with plenty of warnings about sleepless nights and constant
By Jamie| 2018-08-19T10:59:20+00:00 August 19th, 2018|Advice|
This is one of my favourite weekend spots; Anchor Bay, a small bay in the northwest of Malta where you sit on a broken jetty that looks over the 1980 Popeye movie set. The water
By Jamie| 2018-07-29T18:53:09+00:00 July 29th, 2018|Stories|
I was driving home from the beach this evening and saw a young guy with a suitcase hitching from a bus stop. Having hitched several hundred rides myself, I try to always stop whenever I
By Jamie| 2018-02-05T12:25:16+00:00 February 5th, 2018|Thoughts and Inspiration|
When I was a child, I loved animals and was excited to go new places in the world. I read a story about a 'flying vet', a pilot-veterinarian who flies all over Africa to treat
By Jamie| 2017-10-20T08:39:59+00:00 October 20th, 2017|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I have written one article in the past three months and not published a video for nearly half a year. If you have followed along over the past few years, you will know of the
By Jamie| 2017-07-17T19:20:08+00:00 July 17th, 2017|Thoughts and Inspiration|
For seven months now, I have continuously lived in a single building on a small rock in the Mediterranean. Every Monday, I get up before eight in the morning, ride a bike – or the
By Jamie| 2017-05-18T22:22:03+00:00 May 18th, 2017|Thoughts and Inspiration|
As part of a fair democracy, each individual is entitled to express their desires on the legal system in which they live in the form of a vote. As an individual who believes in a
By Jamie| 2017-04-27T22:11:56+00:00 April 27th, 2017|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
Eleven years ago, almost to the day, I left England for the first extended period of my life. I was eighteen years old, my hair was dyed electric-blue-black, and there was a very blatant scar
By Jamie| 2017-02-14T04:14:54+00:00 February 14th, 2017|Thoughts and Inspiration|
After 1,635 days, we finally got documents - Maltese residence cards - that allow us to be together I met Leah, my partner, on August 18th 2012. During our time 'together' we have
By Jamie| 2017-01-08T01:41:19+00:00 January 8th, 2017|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
It been 78 days since I arrived on this small rock to try and find my first home for many years. It took nearly a month before we were able to move into the apartment
By Jamie| 2016-11-11T18:09:46+00:00 November 11th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I am not confused, I am not shocked, I am not waiting to wait up.. but as a human being, I am deeply, deeply saddened beyond words. I dream of an inclusive world, irrespective of
By Jamie| 2016-11-05T08:13:07+00:00 November 5th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This is my bed under the Eiffel Tower... and another bed with a view of the Eiffel Tower. The one on the right certainly looks more comfortable than mine, but mine was absolutely free. There
By Jamie| 2016-10-28T17:25:12+00:00 October 28th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
When living my life on the road, the decisions I have to make each day are fairly ungoverned and simple. Where do I want to go today? Should I climb that hill / mountain and look at the
By Jamie| 2016-10-27T23:09:01+00:00 October 27th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive. - Brian Clough Eleven months ago I was living in Australia and hadn't seen my family for most of
By Jamie| 2016-08-17T18:23:45+00:00 August 17th, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
To create is to bring (something) into existence. A song, a story, a piece of furniture... an idea. It is a fundamental basic of human existence that we shall always be creating things - some more
By Jamie| 2016-11-21T17:57:30+00:00 July 31st, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Twenty-nine years ago, my biological being came into existence and I was issued with a birth certificate - my first official piece of paper to say that I existed. I became a British citizen by
By Jamie| 2016-07-03T23:58:44+00:00 July 3rd, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
For six years, I haven't lived in a single building for more than six months, and I have moved through many countries. Because of these explorations, I have lost count of the amount of times
By Jamie| 2016-06-25T10:26:34+00:00 June 25th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Definition of brexit: - to take the action of leaving somewhere or something, often to prove a point, even though the result of that leaving may be largely detrimental to one's own situation. Example 1:
By Jamie| 2016-06-24T06:51:36+00:00 June 24th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Today, 24th June 2016, it has been confirmed that the UK has voted to leave the EU by way of referendum. The following views are expressed as my response to this decision. In recent weeks
By Jamie| 2016-06-05T23:03:36+00:00 June 5th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
After a year of teaching English in South Korea, walking out of the classroom for the very last time felt pretty damn awesome. It wasn't that I hadn't enjoyed my time teaching - it had been
By Jamie| 2016-05-18T02:59:37+00:00 May 10th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I returned to the UK last Monday. I generally find customs a fairly uninspiring place full of workers who are trying to catch you out (which is their job). I've never done anything wrong when entering
By Jamie| 2016-04-11T16:55:16+00:00 April 11th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I went to a casino in Detroit a few days ago. In my mind I pictured a casino as a place full of lavish tables, fashionably dressed individuals, and most of all, money. And lots
By Jamie| 2016-04-05T17:37:38+00:00 April 5th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Painting pictures, playing instruments, writing books... whatever it may be, it seems that everybody has creative pursuits that they wish to pursue. Except that most of them will never be pursued. People promise themselves to make
By Jamie| 2016-03-04T02:09:26+00:00 March 4th, 2016|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I see two main purposes for undertaking a long distance bicycle ride: To prove that you can do it To have a good time A journey can be for either or both of these reasons. When I
By Jamie| 2015-10-08T16:02:02+00:00 October 8th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
School teaches you many lessons. Some of them you forget, most of them you don't understand, and certain learnings would be best left forgotten. When I was at school, I learnt that it isn't cool
By Jamie| 2015-09-30T03:31:22+00:00 September 30th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This is not an accusation. Nor is it a claim that having a job is a bad thing. I simply like to ask questions. Someone said to me recently, 'You just like to be different,