Nothing, nothing in this world is more exciting than actually being alive for it all, and that's what I want anyone landing on this page to take from me, that we should venture out and get things wrong and learn from it and dream big, really big, because personal growth is on us and only us.

So I keep doing what I can to honour that, chasing things I'm not sure I can pull off, travelling whenever I can swing it, taking on projects that scare me a little, and watching a to-do list that grows faster than I can cross things off, because honestly that's where all the fun is.

What follows is a piece of that life so far, and the longer part, the part I'm most excited about, is still ahead.