The French Life Journal
Honest, warm writing about slow living, midlife reinvention and what it's really like to build a life in the south of France. Written by a Brit who packed up and moved here in 2021. No gloss, just the real thing.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 24 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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The case for a portfolio career when living abroad
Do you ever use LinkedIn? For me, it’s the worst social media channel out of a terrible bunch. I understand it can be useful for job searching, but I find it the most insincere. And whenever I look, I can’t help but compare myself to old co...
Chère Jenny: A letter to myself five years on
Five years ago this summer, I moved my family to the south of France. Twelve weeks in, I had my worst day.
It was a boiling hot day, even though it was September, and the kids hadn’t been at their new school for too long. Things were, let’...
I moved to France and France slowed me down
I want to be honest with you before I start. “Slow living” has become one of those phrases that makes me slightly want to look away. It conjures images of linen-clad women wafting through lavender fields, apparently unbothered by mortgages,...
The edible magic of May in Provence
Like everyone else, I’ve had my fill of doomscrolling and political craziness. It's hard not to feel down and disillusioned with the world at the moment. But May has rolled around in Provence, and suddenly, I feel a bit more comforted. Moth...
From ‘I can't be bothered’ to ‘cerise sur le gâteau’: My Favourite French idioms
Bonjour!
Do you have a favourite idiom? I’ve always been a bit of an idiom geek; I just can’t stop using them. I’ve just got back from a trip to London and realised how much I rely on them in English. My top three British idioms are:
“C...
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Bonjour! I'm Jenny, a Brit who swapped Manchester for Provence in 2021 and has been figuring it out ever since. Fortnightly posts about slow living, midlife reinvention, and real life abroad. The beautiful bits, the baffling bits and all.
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