rachaelic

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  • More Nostalgia Bait

    growing up, saying goodbye Read more

  • Advice To My Teenage Self

    You’re gonna go far Read more

  • You’re Doing It Again

    Look at me, all fucked up over someone I’ll never meet. Read more

  • I’ve Been Scared To Come Back…

    Well, long time no write friends! I’ve just had a look and the last time I published anything on this blog was the end of last year -and I don’t really want to count that as a ‘proper post’ because it was just a quick message. I’ve thought about coming back and writing basically none Read more

  • Should Is Sh*t, Don’t Do It To Other People

    As someone who runs this self-development blog, I’m acutely aware of the way that my content might make someone feel. I write about self-development and self-improvement so much because it is an area that I’m obsessed with. As I’ve mentioned before, most of the content I consume in my free time is within this field Read more

  • Don’t Bring Your Feelings To Work… Or Anywhere Else They Don’t Belong

    This post is entirely inspired by this video by Mrs Midwest, so I gotta give credit where it’s due. The title might sound a little aggressive and like something a traditional father who is still concerned with toxic masculinity would say, but I don’t mean it that way. In the video I’ve just mentioned, Mrs Read more

  • Force or Flow: How Are You Working Right Now?

    Going with the flow is something I say a lot, but I find it very hard to do in practice. I’m someone who likes to have a plan, to have things figured out, before I try them because I get too overwhelmed otherwise. While this mindset can be useful in some areas, my eyes are Read more

  • What I Learnt Writing Every Day – May, Myself & I Wrap-Up

    If you managed to spend some time with me this past month, then you’ll know that I was taking part in a writing challenge called My, Myself And I. Here is my first post about the whole thing in case you have no idea what I’m talking about. This was the first writing challenge I Read more

  • Letters – May, Myself And I #24

    May 24: Letters I used to write a lot of physical letters when I was younger. For a while, I was pen-palling with a couple of friends who lived in other parts of the country. Our letters would usually be handwritten – although later on in the game I did get excited about all of Read more

  • When You Don’t Have Anything To Say

    It has been a very long time since I’ve written anything for this blog. I’m kind of going through a thing in my life where writing isn’t what I do in my spare time anymore – it’s my job. Trying to find the balance between your work and your hobbies is something that I never Read more

  • Recovery and My Life Now | How Quitting My Job Saved My Mental Health #2

    This is the second part of this mini-series. To see part one, the backstory, click here. As I am writing this I am still unemployed. I have been out of work now for just over a month and this time has certainly had it’s ups and its downs. I wasn’t sure if I’d even get Read more

  • Creating Just For The Hell Of It: Shame, Fear and Self-Care

    It may be pretty obvious, as I have this little blog and did I creative degree, but writing is something that I really love. When I was a child, I would spent hours scribbling in notebooks and typing up stories, journal entries and poems. I was never afraid to share my work and on several Read more