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My 5 must-have travel essentials

I hope you enjoyed my travel blogs lately. 😁 There are more places I've been to that I want to share with you guys, so expect some more travel posts in the next days! For years and years, I've been so used to travelling whether by land, sea or air , to go around places either for school, work, leisure or vacation. Somehow, I feel like I have mastered how to pack everything I need (including numerous outfits) even when I'm forced to bring just a backpack or small bag . I'll probably post an entirely different blog as to how I do that, but for this one I'll talk about the essentials that I always bring with me whenever I travel, and could never "leave" without! 1. Jacket, parka or cardigan Even when "the cold doesn't bother you anyway", it's still best to bring around even just a jacket or a scarf. Weather can be quite unpredictable and all the more when we're talking about visiting a new place or a different co

3 rules I live by when posting on Social Media

Hey! I just felt like I should share some of my thoughts about keeping a healthy online engagement in social media. There's so much pressure to portray a "perfect" life online, right? After months of being always on the round on Instagram, I caught myself in this misconception that in order to succeed (online) I had to be skinny, fair, flawless and extravagantly rich. πŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’Έ That I should travel more, visit more cafes and restos, go out more often than I usually do, etc. There's nothing wrong with being blessed by all these, but there's nothing wrong either with being on a different side of the spectrum. So I took time to do some self-reflection and careful re-evaluation and I decided for myself that I will stick to these rules when posting and creating content for social media: 1. Start where you are, use what you have. There's always this urge that we need to buy what's the latest and what's trending in order to have a post t