I had it all. Ok, maybe I didn’t have it all but I was doing pretty well by my generations standards. I had a degree, a career, a good salary, my own apartment and a very, very good set of secure future prospects… and I gave them all away. The metaphorical white picket fence was just over the horizon, yet the closer…
Standing in the checkout queue and Sainsbury’s I couldn’t help but notice the trolley behind us piled with pillows, a duvet and an assortment of kitchen equipment, a girl and her mother stood beside it, a tentative look of excitement on their faces. “Ahh they’re shopping for uni supplies” I whispered to my mum, before my suspicions were confirmed by…
One of the reasons I have been so absent from my blog is my new addiction to bouldering. My addiction began in January as one of my personal new years resolutions was to get out more and to meet some new people and so I enrolled in an Introduction to Bouldering session at Boulder Brighton. Bouldering is essentially rock climbing…
Wow, it’s been a while hasn’t it? I’m so sorry that its been so long since I last posted but I’ve been having an amazing summer with someone who, to be quite frank, I just can’t tear myself away from. I’ve moved house again, have enrolled on a professional marketing course and have been trying so many new things, from…
Just over one year to the day I sat at this same laptop and wrote down my first set of New Year’s resolutions. I’d made resolutions in the past but they’d always been sort of muttered to myself and as a result, they quickly evaporated into the wind. In 2018 I made myself accountable and not only wrote my resolutions…
It’s 6 pm on a Thursday night, my phone buzzes and I open a text from my mum – she’s asking if I want to come home at the weekend to help move the hay in for winter, clear the muck heap and have a big tidy-up bonfire. To some people that may seem like a lot of hard work…
My skincare routine is very simple. I have very sensitive skin; perfumed products, drug-store face masks and complicated chemical ingredients leave my skin flakey, irritated and unhappy. I like to use minimal products and keep them as pure, natural and nourishing as possible in order to avoid flare-ups and to maintain a clear complexion. Those cute looking fruity facemasks that you…
