2021
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why I took a month off / 2022 plans
Hello! It’s been a while! My last post was December 5th – not even a month ago – but it’s the longest I’ve gone without posting in what feels like a very long time! I’d love to give a long… Continue reading
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December Goals 2021
Hello! I feel like I’ve been waiting for December 1st for weeks now – the excuse to wear Christmas jumpers, play all the Christmas songs, put tinsel everywhere. But simultaneously, where has November gone and how is it the last… Continue reading
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realistic budgeting tips
Hello! It’s only in the last year or so that I’ve realised I’m not as good with money as I thought I was – whenever my mental health is bad, the subconscious desire to self-sabotage and try to make myself… Continue reading
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I got another tattoo!
Hello! I feel like I don’t fit the stereotype of ‘tattoo person’ at all – I feel quite uncomfortable in a tattoo parlour even though I’d desperately like for everyone there to think I’m cool (as if I even know… Continue reading
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craft ideas for the casual crafter
Hello! Let me set the scene: you love crafting – you get lost in all the how-to videos on Facebook and TikTok, you have a Pinterest full of ideas saved for ‘one day’ and you could quite easily blow your… Continue reading
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6 years down, 365 days to go
Hello! November 5th is my anniversary with my partner – 2021 is six years since I literally said ‘fuck it’ at 5am after we’d stayed up all night together and kissed him. Then, on our first date a few days… Continue reading
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budgeting at Christmas
Hello! With Halloween out the way (though I’m yet to take the decorations off the door), Christmas is everywhere – I’ve heard songs in adverts, heard the phrase ‘Christmas shopping’ far too much and already started thinking about presents. But… Continue reading
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November Goals 2021
Hello! It’s always going to be a fantastic month with the 1st is on a Monday – my little organisational brain finds it incredibly satisfying and I can’t wait to start my first full month in my new job (at… Continue reading
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Treasured In: October 2021
Hello! Another month has flown by and somehow I’ve managed to finish one job, be unemployed for one whole week, get a new job, all amongst some of the lowest lows I’ve ever had. Every month, I wonder how the… Continue reading
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prepping for NaNoWriMo
Hello! As, somehow, October slips further and further away from us, the creative writing community becomes acutely more aware that NaNoWriMo is creeping closer. NaNoWriMo is the thirty day writing challenge where the only goal is to write 50,000 words… Continue reading
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