I was walking back from work the other day and smiled at a man by the tube station handing out free newspapers. He was a little scruffy around the edges and looked chilly in the cold evening weather. He smiled back and for a moment I felt a pleasant sense of connection. A brief bond […]
With Kindle devices allowing us to read on the go without lugging around stacks of books, and book shops still alive and kicking, becoming a bookworm has never been easier. Besides enabling you to take a much-needed break from technology, the benefits of reading range from enabling you to escape the everyday, to teaching you […]
When you’re living with your partner it can be a shock to realise that life isn’t like a romantic film. You have to put up with bad breath, bad moods, bad habits. You see each other in your least attractive moments when you’re stressed and sleep deprived, frustrated and vulnerable. I’ve been with my boyfriend […]
Growing up, I have fond memories of spending rainy afternoons creating mood boards with my sister. We’d cut up stacks of my mum’s old magazines and use the images to design our dream lives: beautiful houses, smiling families, luxurious holidays. It would always leave me with an infectious feeling of excitement about the future and […]
January is always a bit of a mixed month. On the one hand, it’s exciting going into a New Year, writing your resolutions for the months ahead, and counting the days down to summer. On the other hand, Christmas is out of the way, the cold weather remains, and the chances are you’ll be waking […]
Christmas is almost here and what better way to get in the festive spirit than write a blog post on getting into the Christmas spirit! Let me start out by saying that I’m a big fan of Christmas…the twinkly lights, roast dinners, snuggling under blankets, going for wintry walks, spending time with people you love […]
For one single area of our lives, work takes up the majority of our waking hours. Hopefully you’ll be able to find a career that ticks the most boxes, one that inspires you to get up every morning, fulfills you during the day, and makes you feel good at the end. However, in the words […]
