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  • These Things Make Me Happy | Spiritual Sundays

    Hello friends, and welcome to this week’s instalment of my new mini-series. I hope you are having a relaxing and peaceful Sunday. It’s been quite a heavy week on this blog, so I thought I’d do something simpler for this Spiritual Sunday. Today, I want to share with you five things that have brought me Read more

  • Brene Brown Taught This Cold English Girl How To Feel

    You know that iconic scene from Love Actually – one of the best films of all time, don’t fight me on it – about Joni Mitchell? Emma Thompson’s character is listening to Joni Mitchell while wrapping presents, and is explaining to her bastard of a husband (no, I’ll never get over it) played by Alan Read more

  • January 2020 Reading Wrap-Up

    Since deciding to go on a no buy for the entire year, I really wanted to get back into my favourite hobby of reading as well as trying to dedicate my time to more productive things. To see how everything else went in January, see my check-in post here. Today I wanted to talk about Read more

  • No Buy Check In : January 2020 | One Month Without Shopping!

    We are finally getting our way to the end of January, which means it’s time for my first ever check-in! If you’ve been here before, then you will know that I’m currently on a year-long no buy throughout 2020. You can read my original post here, but I’m taking time this year to focus on Read more

  • Non-Fiction New Year | A Tentative TBR For January

    Happy New Year, readers! I hope you’ve had a fun and safe holiday season and are now ready to get into 2020. To kick things off for the new year, I thought I take things back to basics and talk about one of my favourite things – books. I try to read a lot as Read more

  • 5 Books To Reread In The New Year | 2020 Plans

    Reading is one of my favourite hobbies and it’s something that I’ve been making more time for over the past few years. I made a couple of reading goals for myself this time last year so I thought I’d try it again and see how it goes. Considering I’m going on a no buy in Read more

  • Going Back To Basics | Yet Another Quarter Life Crisis?

    She’s back, overthinking and reflecting on her life once again! If you’ve been here before, then you know that overthinking it what I do best. But by recording and sharing what’s going on in my brain, sometimes we come to some decent conclusions. My latest thing is that I feel like I’m trying to go Read more

  • Getting Rid Of Goals | A New Approach? (ft. The Minimalists)

    If you have been to this blog recently, you will know that I’m kind of on a journey to change my life. That sounds very grand and dramatic, but it’s something I’m constantly doing. I’m currently trying to work on my health, my routine and my finances. Some people may call what I’m currently working on Read more

  • What I Read On Holiday (Ft. NetGalley)

    If you follow me on Instagram, then you will know that I have just come back from a 10-day holiday with my family. It was the first summer holiday I’ve had in a few years and the break was very much appreciated! You know by now that one of my favourite things to do is Read more

  • Chaos – May, Myself And I #28

    May 28: Chaos We all know by now that I’m a worrier, a stress-head and a chronic overthinker. Although this does cause a lot of issues in my life, it has allowed me to develop some skills in the art of calming a chaos. As I always say on this blog, I’m still learning so Read more

  • Jekyll + Hyde – May, Myself And I #26

    May 26: Jekyll + Hyde Living with my brain sometimes feels like constantly being in a room with Jekyll and Hyde. And I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. It kinda pains me to say it – being the big bookworm that I am – but I actually haven’t read the Read more

  • Mundane – May, Myself And I #20

    May 20: Mundane One of my favourite quotes at the moment is: Celebrate the mundane I don’t know where I first saw it (it was probably Pinterest) but I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Mrs Hinch and her cleaning cloths, mummy bloggers talking about their home; bookstagrammers and their current reads – these are just Read more

  • Little – May, Myself And I #13

    May 13: Little I don’t quite know what to write for today, so have a very creative list of all of the things that I think of when I see the word little. Let’s think of it as a very fun word association game! People Little mama – which is the nickname me and my Read more

  • 3 Books To Make 2019 The Best Yet | What I’m Reading Wednesday

    Just let me say it once, and then I promise I’ll try not to again – I can’t believe 2018 is almost over! Honestly, as I get older the years just seem to be going quicker and quicker. It’s a bit scary to be honest, but it can also be a positive thing. The start Read more

  • 3 Challenges I’m Setting Myself In 2019 | BECOMING BETTER

    Christmas hasn’t even arrived, yet feels as though everyone is already preparing for the new year. If you’re like me – nerdy, an organisation fanatic and (alright I’ll admit it) a bit of a perfectionist – then this time of year can be so much fun. There’s nothing better than a fresh start and the Read more

  • Top 5 Mysterious Reads Of 2018 | What I’m Reading Wednesday

    I’ve read a lot of pretty great books this year! Now is the time for me to get all reflective and attempt to make a big decision; what was my favourite book of 2018? But while I’m not at that stage yet, I do have five incredible reads to share with you today. By documenting Read more