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Chasing The High: how instant gratification is stealing our joy

May 9, 2025. The New Drug We Don’t Talk About It doesn’t come in a colourful pill or a mysterious powder, but the vice-like grip of instant gratification scarily resembles the drugs our parents warned us about. Instant gratification is commandeering our brain’s reward system and steering us away from lasting satisfaction in our lives—we’re… Read More »Chasing The High: how instant gratification is stealing our joy

What Four Months Abroad Taught Me

Published by Her Campus UCT, May 2023 If you told me two years ago that I’d be packing up and heading off to a strange new country all alone for 4 months, I would’ve laughed out loud. Me, do something as crazy as that? I could never… And yet, last September, I hugged my family… Read More »What Four Months Abroad Taught Me

Tree Lovers Book Guide

Published by Greenpop, December 2024 Spending time outside is always first prize, but when it comes to reconnecting with the natural world, there are alternative means of doing so. Sometimes, the next best thing is exploring nature through the immersive pages of a good old book.  If you’re passionate about the great outdoors, fascinated by… Read More »Tree Lovers Book Guide

Forklifts & Reforestation

Published by Greenpop, November 2024 Intralogistics, warehouses and trees? – this doesn’t seem like an obvious grouping – until now. Jungheinrich, a leading intralogistics company in the large-scale warehousing industry, joined hands with Greenpop in 2022 to help restore forests and make a tangible impact. In an industry that demands efficiency and precision, eco-friendly practices haven’t… Read More »Forklifts & Reforestation

Encounters of the Bush Kind

Published by Africa Rally, September 2022 It had been a long, sweaty, and rather humid day in the Botswana wilderness. A sunrise wake-up, two lengthy game drives, many cold beers and great company had resulted in a day of unrivalled happiness. Having seen the greatest array of wildlife our city minds could ever have imagined,… Read More »Encounters of the Bush Kind

Pros of Budget Travel

Because not everyone can afford to party on a yacht in the Caribbean Published by Her Campus UCT, September 2022 Social media has this incredible ability to ‘woo’ its viewers into believing and desiring all that it shows – especially when it comes to the lives of others. You may be drawn in by the… Read More »Pros of Budget Travel