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What the Hell Happened?

May 6, 2014 by Rika 24 Comments

"What the hell happened? Where are you?"I have heard this a bit over the last few weeks. After I went off on a tired and teary rant about how I just wasn't having any fun here anymore, I sort of disappeared, as I tend to do any time I get overwhelmed. I just shut down and watch Netflix or read books all night and check in on Facebook sometimes, and that's about it. I had a lot of long conversations with family, friends and even strangers about what my next move was going to ...

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Filed Under: Blogging, Home, Island Living, Life, Living Abroad, Money, Work Tagged With: Fingers Crossed, Housesitting, Lady Luck, News, Time Off

I am not a tree. (On changing my house, and other things.)

July 8, 2013 by Rika 22 Comments

If you don't like where you are,change it.You are not a tree.I read the above quote on my friend Amanda's blog and first I laughed. Then the absolute simplicity and truth of it exploded my brain. Think about it, and then really think about it. Unless you're actually a tree (in which case, kudos for getting online and being literate and all that), you have no reason that you cannot change it. Maybe you have reasons you won't change it, or don't change it. But don't ...

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Filed Under: Expat Living, Figuring It Out, Home, Life, Moving, Saving, Work Tagged With: Busy, Housesitting, Milestone

A bunch of Brazilians and a headache.

April 26, 2013 by Rika Leave a Comment

We've had a group of 12 divers show up without a reservation at work and between that, more fun divers, 2 open water courses, an advanced open water course and 3 refreshers all this week (with only me and one other instructor), this is the first time I've been online in ages. My pocketbook is happy but I have a headache!how i feel after teaching that many courses in a weekAnd for all the doubters, I have only crashed my new scooter once so far, and it was totally Bobby's fault... ...

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Filed Under: Dive Photos, Life, Work Tagged With: Diving

What if money didn’t matter?

November 23, 2012 by Rika 6 Comments

What if money didn't matter? What would you do?I DID THIS. YOU CAN TOO. ...

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Filed Under: Happiness, Life, Money, Saving, Work

Thanks people.

May 15, 2012 by Rika 4 Comments

Thank you to the people who leave tips in tip jars. You totally don't have to, it's not like I'm serving you at a restaurant or anything... I know you had to wait in line for 20 minutes to order your gelato, and then the server had to rush you a bit to order because we had people out the door and while we'd really love to give you 10 samples and tell you all about our amazing flavors, we just don't have the time when it's busy. But thank you for leaving us a tip anyway. Thank you for ...

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Filed Under: Happiness, Life, Work

When your brain starts to leave.

May 12, 2012 by Rika 6 Comments

I thought I was getting the hang of this working 70-80 hours a week thing. I wrote a post all about how to work two full-time jobs. I have perfected cooking a week's worth of breakfasts, lunches and dinners in one night - case in point, here is this week:I have been keeping all my menu planning for my weekly batch cooking - if anyone is interested just email me. It is mainly vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free food and I only spend about $45/week to feed one person 3 meals a day ...

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Filed Under: Life, Work Tagged With: Ridiculous, Time Off

Today I don’t feel like doing anything.

May 4, 2012 by Rika Leave a Comment

........ nothing at all. ...

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Filed Under: Life, Work Tagged With: Busy

Money, where have you been all my life?

May 1, 2012 by Rika Leave a Comment

Money! (Does anyone else instantly start singing the Pink Floyd song in their head?) Such a huge theme in my life right now. A constant source of frustration one minute and then happiness the next. It is driving me crazy but also driving me to Honduras.Source (a site with cheap traveling tips!)This is the first time in my life I have ever had a big bank account balance (big = more than $300 in my world!) and it's making me insane that I can't touch any of it. I ...

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Filed Under: Life, Money, Saving, Work Tagged With: Budget

A half day off.

April 29, 2012 by Rika 2 Comments

I slept in, had brunch with friends (my first meal out with friends in over a month), walked by the ocean with a tea, went around the neighborhood and took in the sights of the fluffy pink cherry trees, took a nap and then got ready for work. A 5:30pm shift is infinitely better than a 2:30pm shift.Less than three weeks until Roatan! I figured out how to post from my iPhone so there might even be a post or two from paradise. I posted this from my phone so we'll see what it looks like when I ...

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Filed Under: Life, Work Tagged With: Time Off

If I had a million dollars.

April 27, 2012 by Rika 2 Comments

Right now the only thing I'm interested in is getting in my giant bed, cuddling up in my big down duvet and not moving for about 60 hours. Oy vey. I am continually amazed at how I function every day on 5 hours of sleep a night. The human body can adapt to pretty much anything I guess!And here's a tip of the day for those of you lucky enough to never have had to work in the service industry: when a store/restaurant closes at 10pm, it's fucking closed at 10pm. And unless you're my mom, you're ...

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Filed Under: Life, Real Talk, Work Tagged With: Busy

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hiya! i'm a canadian paralegal-turned-scuba diving instructor-turned EFL teacher-turned digital nomad. i left my cubicle in 2012 and haven't looked back since. i'm a serial expat, but right now i'm back in canada on hiatus for a while. welcome to the place where i say things.

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