1928“Whenever I’m upset, sad, worried about something, panicking about something, often it’s my mum that I ring and stress at her down the phone. And she always says this to me.

“It’s just so unbelievably true. You can panic and fret and lose sleep over little things that either end up not happening, or they happen and they’re not as bad as you think they’re going to be. Or they happen and they’re not great but they end up building you to be a better person in the long run.

"It doesn’t always make you completely stop worrying, but it certainly helps a bit.”

Our subject is Jen Lowthrop and her travel blog is here.

Taken in Porto, Portugal during the TBU travel blogging conference.