lockdown
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things that make me happy
Hello! Life is a lot at the moment isn’t it? I know lockdown has been lifting for a while but it feels like I’ve spent six months in restrictions, the weather’s been nice but I live quite far away from… Continue reading
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easy crafts for beginners (who want to spend more time offline)
Hello! After a year of lockdown after lockdown (after lockdown), everyone’s coped in their own way – whether it’s fitness, writing quizzes or a new hobby. I’ve seen more people learning to craft than I ever would have expected –… Continue reading
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how am I? | life update
Hello! My favourite blog posts to write are the long, stream-of-consciousness ones that I don’t have to think too hard about writing, I just pick a topic and see what happens. Generally these fall into the category of a ‘life… Continue reading
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Have yourself a Tier 4 Christmas…
Hello! After a post about how we’re all facing a different Christmas, the British Government went ahead and put another spanner in the works with six days until Christmas! I don’t think I can explain the whole tier system to… Continue reading
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life after my masters degree (in a pandemic…)
Hello! I think this might be the first time I’ve intentionally taken a month off blogging since I started in 2014! With my masters degree dissertation deadline looming and the dire state of my mental health (that I feel like… Continue reading
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mental health in a pandemic – 6 months on
Hello! Writing about mental health is always incredibly subjective – there’s such a broad spectrum of symptoms and each person who lives with mental illness handles it in incredibly different ways that often contradict each other, so bear in mind… Continue reading
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using my bullet journal to create routine
Hello! I’ve been writing about my bullet journal for a long time now – flip throughs, monthly set ups, weekly spreads, why everyone should bullet journal etc etc… but you’d think in a pandemic lockdown I wouldn’t put an effort… Continue reading
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Treasured In… July
Hello! Another month has passed, though I’m not entirely sure how because I’m pretty sure it was May yesterday but time has passed me by! More stuff has happened, I’ve bought things, reads things, watched things and I’m going to… Continue reading
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aspects of ‘normal’
Hello! Having been on a little family holiday with my Dad last week, visiting local attractions like my favourite indie bookstore (book haul post here), a manmade reservoir which is beautiful on a sunny day (not when it’s raining and… Continue reading
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going on a British holiday in lockdown?
Hello! Four months into lockdown, a lot of people are talking about the summer holidays they’ve had to cancel, optimism about still being able to get abroad and choosing UK based alternative like it’s a second rate option to flying… Continue reading
sophie counts clouds 