The Joriwon Diaries
An overly in-depth overview of an Aussie expat’s experience at a postpartum care centre in South Korea
Picnic Journal
Illustrations and words about life in Seoul as a working mum doing her best
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Everything I use to design, illustrate and edit videos
Because you have to start somewhere!
Planting my content garden
How a late night pep talk with ChatGPT shifted the geography of my brain
You can't take the internet out of the girl
Why I went internet AWOL and how Troy Bolton and I are more alike than you would think
Dream Wardrobe, Awful TV and Trying to Make Stuff
I want to start sewing again and work towards my dream wardrobe. This has been on my mind a lot lately and I’m ready to get crafty.
In my mama era
It’s weird to think that only six weeks ago I gave birth to this little human. I can’t imagine my life without him and I feel so lucky that I get to hang out with him all day.
Drawing just to draw and making stuff (for real this time)
Hello! March has been such a busy month, why is this year in such a hurry? Suddenly it’s warm outside and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom here in Seoul. I hope you’re doing well and staying healthy and taking your vitamins. This is stuff I have been contemplating/watching/reading etc. since my previous newsletter.
Taiwan Travel Journal and Moving House
Hello, we went to Taiwan! We drank bubble tea! We dined at Din Tai Fung. We walked around until our legs were squishier than the tapioca balls in our bubble tea. I bought washi tape. It was a great time! It was a short time, much too short.
Back in Seoul and Finally Getting Covid
Hello and welcome back to Picnic Journal, the newsletter with absolutely no purpose. Here is your friendly reminder that in two years, the thing that is stressing you out right now is actually not going to matter. You might not even remember that it was ever something that worried you. So, you may as well start that side hustle, learn that crochet pattern and girl-boss your way to burnout before…
Vitamin D and Banh Mi
Hello and Happy Lunar New Year! We celebrated at home this year for Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) and enjoyed tofu and zucchini pancakes, beef BBQ and delicious noodles. I am so excited about all of the things 2023 will bring and I hope it brings a lot of luck and joy to you too. I am actually just mostly excited about dressing my baby in anything with a bunny on it (my favourite animal).