How to change your mindset from negative to positive

In my last blog post, I wrote about how lockdown affected me personally, and the implications the pandemic had not just on my job but also others in the UK. It could’ve been very easy for me to get myself into a bad-mood-rut, mope about all day and consume my body weight in biscuits. But […]

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Why Smiling is Okay

I was sitting on the train the other day, an overcrowded, stuffy train, and noticed that not one single person was smiling. Yes, I get it – the 19:30 from Birmingham New Street isn’t exactly the circus – but it was as if someone had injected a huge dose of GLUM into the carriage, and […]

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Weekly Round-up

In this weekly round-up, I recommend a new blogger, a magazine, an app, an e-newsletter and an Instagram account!

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Have a Nosy: My Creative Writing

As you may or may not know, I study English Language and Creative Writing at university, and have specialised in prose (short stories). It’s always been something I’ve enjoyed doing, so I thought I’d perhaps share a few pieces that I’ve written over my years at university. My Story As a little girl, I used […]

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My Search for a Future

The 25th May 2018, the day I officially finish University, is niggling at me. After that date, it’ll the first time since I was four years old that I won’t be in education. It’s such a weird thought – I’ll (hopefully) be working full-time in something I’ve been working towards essentially my whole life. I […]

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The Sunshine Blogger Award

What a lovely way to end this month’s blog posts… being nominated to take part in the ‘Sunshine Blogger Award’ challenge by Kayleigh, from The Key to Kayleigh. Thank you so much! I’m really beginning to feel a sense of community through blogging now and it’s so nice to see lots of people taking part […]

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Weekly Round-Up

After what has been a pretty mentally draining week, I think I’m just about getting back to normal. Life is hard, sometimes, y’know. I’m going to be open and real about this – this week has been a struggle and a real downer. Nothing bad has happened – let me stress this – and I’m […]

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What I did on Valentine’s Day

This year was the second time I’ve celebrated Valentine’s Day with Dom, and it was just as lovely as the first. I’d like to think we’re not an overly cringey couple (I hope lol) so I’ll keep this short and try not to make everybody vom. 6:30pm At 6:30, we started making our way to […]

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I Went To…

This weekend was a busy one for me, but I had the best time! I visited York to see my sister who I haven’t seen for a month or so, and it was lovely to catch up with her while exploring a new town. I just haven’t had the chance to go to York since […]

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A Day of Thoughts

Sunday 4th February. Look at me, two posts in two days! I just wanted to write a quick entry and be real with you – today has been a weird day. It’s been weird because I haven’t done any work at all. It’s been weird because I couldn’t get out of my tired “daze”. And […]

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