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 […]
Three years of budgeting during university has equipped me with a few trusty techniques for managing my spending. Whether it’s a simple change in habit such as curbing your impulse purchases, a change in attitude such as learning to ignore fashion trends, or a change in mindset such as adopting a more minimalist approach to […]
Wouldn’t it be great if life always went to plan. If you always made the right decisions, followed the right path, excelled in everything you put your mind to. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case…at least not all the time. Sometimes things won’t work out the way you want them to, you’ll have setbacks and disappointments […]
For this first personal post that I’m writing, I thought I’d start with a topic that is very close to my heart…dealing with loss. When I was seventeen, my mum passed away from cancer and ever since, my family and I have been coming to terms with loss and how to live with it. For […]
My boyfriend, being the supportive person he is, always reads my blog posts and gives me feedback on them. His ongoing piece of advice recently has been to write posts that are more personal. He said that I should talk about things that I’ve been through and am going through currently. Open up and speak […]
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 […]
Let’s be honest, travelling isn’t the most relaxing thing in the world. I’m not talking about the experience of being in different cultures…lying on exotic beaches, browsing colourful markets, soaking up breathtaking views…I’m talking about the actual travelling part. The running for a train or losing your luggage after an 11 hour flight, or getting […]
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 […]
Just over 6 months ago, I was talking to one of my university flatmates about all things self-help and he mentioned a gratitude journal that he’d been using for a while that he really liked. It was called The Five Minute Journal and it was a beautifully simple idea. You write in it for a […]
