Welcome to Staccato Thoughts, a space to collect musings that occur, to archive and track a special period in my life: my very first work gap.

About me:

• 28 (turning 29 this year!) female

• At the border of millenial vs Gen Z but my old soul relates much more to millenials (and low socks)

• Decided to press pause after 5.5 years of working

I’ll be taking this time to travel, read, also to sit and be still. Ultimately, the main aim of this period is to learn to be present, and for self discovery: What decisions will I make when they are no longer any set expectations or things that I need to do? How will I feel about certain items or activities, when there is no one else influencing it other than myself?

Come along on this journey with me as I try to explore and learn a little more about myself and the world. I feel like a lot of other blogs have helped me make sense of things along the way (e.g. the number of blogs I’ve been using at to research travel) - and actually it was stumbling across someone else’s blog on her education journey that convinced me that my university course was practical to pursue. So as I embark on this journey it seemed to make sense that I create a blog of my own.

P.s. as I write this I am 2.5 months in, and am still happy with the decision. How things turn out - only time will tell ~