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Career 25: Author

Career 25 - the last career. I am now an author. That’s a sentence that I never dreamed I would actually write. I have been working on my...

One Year On: Living the Portfolio Career

I now have a portfolio career as a writer and a public speaker. I chose this style of career after starting down a very traditional path....

Living The Dream: Life As A Digital Nomad In Bali

It was a cold and wet January in London. There hadn’t been a single dry, sunny day in over a month. I was flitting between working small...

How To Prepare For Climbing A Himalayan Mountain

A snow-covered Stok Kangri. © Dreamstime. This September I will be climbing Stok Kangri - a 6,153m Himalayan mountain in Northern India....

How To Start A Portfolio Career

Last week I sat on a panel to discuss Women in Leadership at the University Women's Club in London. I gave a speech to Exeter University...

Career Change: Where To Start When You Have No Idea Where To Start

It’s sometimes easier to be sure of what we don’t want and difficult to grasp what we do want. That’s particularly the case when it comes...

Career 24: Blogger

This really is a job. Having spent eighteen months now running 25before25, it quickly became apparent that being a blogger was one of the...

Angel Falls: The World’s Tallest Waterfall Stands Alone

Angel Falls is hard to get to. Canaima Camp, the last settlement on the journey to the world’s tallest waterfall, is on the banks of a...

The Lightning Lake