Our Story

We’re a family of 4 — two young children, one just starting school, one still a baby — and we’re in the middle of relocating from Singapore to London.

Not because it’s easy. Not because we have it all figured out. And not because we had a shiny expat package waiting for us on the other side.

We’re doing this because we wanted more. More space to breathe, more time with our children, more courage to follow our own dreams so that one day we can look our kids in the eye and say: we walked the talk.

Singapore is safe, efficient, and remarkable in many ways. It’s also relentless. The pace, the pressure, the sense that if you step off the treadmill for even a moment you’ll fall behind. We didn’t want that to be the ceiling our children grew up under. We wanted them to see that big, uncomfortable, uncertain moves are possible and worth it.

So we jumped.

My husband had told his employer he was open to wherever the right opportunity might take us. When London came up, he was offered it first. We said yes before we had all the answers, which is honestly the only way a decision like this ever gets made. The company supports the family visa. Everything else, where to live, schools, childcare, and figuring out what I want to do with my own career, we’re navigating ourselves, in real time, with two small children in tow.

This blog is that navigation, written honestly.

I’m an overthinker by nature, so trust me when I say that every decision you’ll read about here has been agonised over more than once. But I’m also learning that overthinking and doing it anyway are not mutually exclusive. You can be terrified and still move forward. You can be uncertain and still choose.

If you’re sitting somewhere right now wondering whether a big move is worth it, whether you’re being reckless, whether your children will be okay, whether you’ll land on your feet financially, I want you to know something:

You’ve got this.

Not because it will be smooth. It won’t always be. But because the fact that you’re even asking these questions means you’re taking it seriously, showing up for your family, and doing the brave thing instead of the comfortable one.

I’ll be sharing everything here. The research, the mistakes, the wins, the moments of doubt, and the practical stuff that took me far too long to figure out. If something I’ve learned saves you even one exhausting evening of searching, this is worth it.

Welcome. I’m glad you found this.

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Topics I cover: finding remote work before you relocate · choosing the right London neighbourhood for your family · navigating school admissions as an expat · childcare with no local support network · and everything else nobody tells you before you make the leap.