The Mixtape Life: Why We Traded Ordinary for Sunrises, DJ Sets & Zero Regrets
Ever wake up and think…
“Wait… is this really it?”
The job. The grind. The Netflix-scroll-snooze-repeat. The endless “next year we’ll...”
Yeah. Us too.
Except… next year never showed up.
We kept waiting.
→ For more time.
→ For less chaos.
→ For that mythical day when we’d “finally feel ready.”
And then life did what life does.
It hit hard. Loss. Grief. Watching time evaporate. Realising that the clock doesn’t pause for anyone.
So we said… screw it.
What if this is it?
What if waiting is just... wasting?
So we packed the drone, the DJ decks, a stash of snacks, and hit play on the life we actually wanted.
Us at our first stop - Glastonbury Tor for Solstice
🎶 The Mixtape Life Begins
This isn’t some perfectly curated travel blog. We’re not influencers. We’re two humans — a DJ (Jacqui) and a drone pilot (Craig) in training — winging it wildly.
No plan. Just a mission:
→ Chase sunrises.
→ Film beats in wild places.
→ Turn bucket lists into mixtapes.
Because life’s too bloody short not to.
It looks like:
→ DJ sets at sunrise for no one but the ocean.
→ Drone flights over mountaintops (or, let’s be honest, straight into a hedge).
→ Scattering my mum’s ashes around the world — one love letter to her at a time.
→ A pilgrimage of joy, grief, chaos and magic.
We have an never ending love of sunrises and sunsets
🕊️ From Ashes to Adventures
When my mum passed away, everything broke open.
The life I thought could wait... couldn’t.
→ The music I kept shelving.
→ The travels I kept postponing.
→ The sunrises I kept promising myself I’d catch next time.
There is no next time.
There’s only now.
So we’re carrying her with us.
A handful of ashes. A suitcase full of memories.
And we’re turning it into something beautiful — something that says:
→ “We were here.”
→ “We really lived.”
Little me :)
🌍 Why a Mixtape?
Because life isn’t a perfect album.
It’s sometimes, chilled or chaotic, joyful and bittersweet.
It’s:
→ Beats and breakdowns.
→ Highs, lows and WTF moments.
→ Blissed-out drone shots… and the occasional muddy faceplant.
It’s a mixtape. A living, breathing one — made of moments, not things.
💌 A Love Letter to Anyone Starting Scared
We didn’t wait until we “knew how.”
We didn’t wait until we had followers, fancy gear or some perfect plan. Right now, we have none of those things.
We just started. Here. Now. Messy. Scrappy. A little feral.
For the future versions of us — sun-kissed, grey-haired, salty, and smug as hell — sitting somewhere going: → “Yeah. We bloody went for it.”
This is for anyone who’s been told:
→ “You’re too old.”
→ “It’s too late.”
→ “Be realistic.”
Nah. Not here. Not in this mixtape life.
👉 What’s Next?
Stop 1: Glastonbury - June 2025 (film launch soon)
→ Solstice sunrises. DJ decks on a hill. White spring baptisms. And a phoenix rising from the mist.
Stop 2: The Maldives - July 2025
→ DJing for the ocean. For the sunset. For my mum. For the dream. For no one but us.
Stop 3…? Who knows.
→ 47 bucket list quests left.
→ A lifetime of sunrises, beats, and bad decisions (the good kind).
Takeaways from This Chapter of the Mixtape Life:
Stop waiting to feel ready. You won’t. Start anyway.
Life is now. Not someday. Not “when things calm down.”
It’s never too late. For sunrises. For mixtapes. For whatever’s calling you.
Grief can be a portal. Into joy, adventure, and becoming fully alive.
Your life is a mixtape. Make it a damn good one.
🚀 Ready to Hit Play on Your Own Mixtape Life?
→ Subscribe for the chaos, the tunes, and the travels.
→ Follow the journey — sunrise DJ sets, drone films, soundscapes from the edges of the world.
→ Get inspired to write your own chapter — whatever it looks like.
💌 Join the Mixtape Life. One sunrise at a time.
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See you out there — somewhere between the beat drop and the next horizon.
With love,
P.S. Why don’t DJs ever get lost?
Because they always find the right track. 😉
P.P.S We’re two dreamers. With fifty life quests. Twelve DJ sets set in 12 locations. Zero regrets (and clue). Think of it as a bucket list meets mixtape — each set a soundtrack capturing the spirit, stories, and magic of places we visit. It’s part pilgrimage, part adventure, with a mixtape to match. With every destination, we dive deep — exploring landscapes, emotions, and moments that have shaped us. And we’re bringing you along, one beat at a time.