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When I lived in England, I used to hate my friends back in Bulgaria during the summer (I didn't mind them so much during other seasons!). It's not like summer in England cannot be great too - it is actually amazing, but it's usually very VERY short! So unsurprisingly, sitting in the office on a not so sunny August day I would often get jealous of my happy tanned friends enjoying yet another long weekend trip to the seaside. One of the best things about Bulgaria I found is the

How to identify burnout as early as possible and treat it correctly. Burnout is a condition that our millennial generation increasingly identifies with, to the point that last year it was recognised by the World Health Organisation as an "occupational phenomenon". It is described as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It is difficult to say young people today work harder than their parents as millennials tend to valu

You're gonna meet some gentle people there, also some tech geniuses, old-school hippies and a strong LGBT community. There is something bohemian in the air of San Francisco still. Maybe it's the fact that you can hear jazz playing in most of the little restaurants you pass by or it is the real arty looking people you see when you move away from the tourist attractions. The fact that in recent years the city has turned into a mecca of tech billionaires has undoubtedly affected

And a few off- West End venues totally worth visiting when in London. When I first moved to London I had just graduated from university and was doing an internship, only paying for my very basic needs, meaning I was fairly poor! A quality seat at a West End theatre show, meanwhile, costs a bit more than what "basic needs" would cover in London. So for months every day I would take the tube back home and miserably look at those glamorous posters all over the station, invitin

Or how I managed to fit a dream gap year into a three- week trip to Peru. I always wanted to be a free-spirited brave traveler, going from one place to another on my own - country after country, adventure after adventure. I wanted to be one of those people going with the flow, camping in the wild, getting seasonal jobs, not knowing where they will find themselves next week. In reality though, I am a city girl with an office job who screams every time she sees a mouse, worrie

How not to drown in the deep and dangerous ocean of mum tips, expert advice and new study findings. Back in the day when our parents were raising us they had access to (if they were lucky in Bulgaria!) one or two types of formula milk, baby porridge and baby lotion. As much as this is hardly my idea of living the dream, I sometimes genuinely envy their total lack of choice. They also, interestingly enough, managed to survive without mum forums, prenatal classes and online se

Find out why more and more young travelers choose to visit the city of Sofia. I admit I can't be objective on this one as Sofia is my place of birth and I love this city so very much! Returning to Sofia after some time spent elsewhere always feels like seeing an old friend who is very dear to you or like eating that breakfast your mum used to cook for you when you were little. In other words, it just feels like home in any sense of the word. But you most certainly don't need

Or how you can still get serious FOMO symptoms even when the whole world has literally stopped. So just like that at some point in March 2020 everybody suffering from #fomo was able to take a sigh of relief (to put a positive spin on it!). There were no concerts, festivals, road trips, birthday parties or even dinners out to worry about missing. Or so I thought until I started hearing about all these great free online courses and theatre shows or seeing photos of beautifully

What I missed out on and what I managed to see to keep me California dreaming even when the leaves are not brown! There is a reason why every other song is about California. This astonishing state is packed with world famous landmarks, breath-taking nature, and golden beaches. Hollywood, The O.C., Beverly Hills, Malibu, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, Route 101! You have heard about them in the songs, seen them in the TV shows and proudly wear at least

It is BLOODY hard to do it properly though even after a decade of living there! So after just over 10 years of living in England I finally swore my allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II, paid a significant amount of money and was officially pronounced British! But how British had I really become was a different matter. I have certainly changed a lot since the first time I landed on the island and my #fomo and great British (see what I did there!) friends helped me embrace the cult