Since the end of March, I’ve started a new job. Everything about it is going fine — except for one small detail: the distance. My company is pretty far away, and of course, traffic jams love me. Some days, if I’m lucky, the drive takes only 30 minutes. But on other days, it can stretch […]
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Lately, I’ve been feeling really tired, and I realized I need to find some solutions to deal with this constant fatigue. I’m at that stage where I have so many things to do, and it’s been going on for so long that my brain just jumps from one task to another. I often find myself
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Pregnancy fatigue – not what I imagined When I started, I thought I’d be the type who felt great during pregnancy. I pictured myself doing yoga and Pilates, glowing all the way through. Reality check? Nope. “Spoiler alert: I was glowing… with exhaustion.” I wouldn’t say it was the worst pregnancy in history. I wasn’t
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In France, people love to say that the administration is slow. Very slow. The kind of slowness that makes you wait three months to get a document, six months for an appointment, and sometimes an eternity for a file to be processed. But there’s one area where everything works like clockwork: paying fines. In Nantes,
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Jusqu’en novembre dernier, tout roulait avec ma mutuelle. Mon chéri et moi étions assurés ensemble, notre petit dernier venait de naître fin octobre… et tout fonctionnait parfaitement : remboursements rapides, bébé ajouté à la couverture, cartes mutuelles pour les trois. Bref, la vie rêvée d’une jeune maman épuisée. Puis novembre est arrivé… et les remboursements
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When I moved to Nantes, I didn’t yet realize that a simple subscription would save my mental health on multiple occasions. At the time of my move, I signed up for legal assistance insurance, which helped me repeatedly. Kevin, the Student Neighbor and His Famous Parties Kevin was a student and held… let’s say, three
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I am exhausted all the time. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m a new mom or because there’s been a lot of chaos in my life lately. Life has felt like a constant juggling act. I’m always looking for ways to improve my energy levels—they are low, like my iPhone battery running at 75%
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It’s often the very first step toward something new. For me, this blog is exactly that: a small beginning, a spark outside of everyday life. I’ve been living in France for quite a while now, but I wasn’t born here. My story began with a simple love at first sight for Paris: the lights, the