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Quit Your Job and Run Away with the Circus

February 11, 2019February 10, 20192 Comments

There was a Twitter thread going around this week telling people to quit their day job and follow their dreams. In theory this is fine—follow your dreams, kids—but not when you really analyse it. Leaving your job on a whim to follow a dream that has no guarantee of payment is not a clever move … Continue reading Quit Your Job and Run Away with the Circus

Why We Need Money & Why I’m Done Apologising for It

January 21, 2019January 21, 20196 Comments

We live in a world where mentioning money can take you out the running for a job. Fact. It’s happened to me. Mention the word ‘salary’ in a job interview and wait for the hissed intake of breath, the knowing glance at a colleague, and the vague non-answer. You can almost see them mentally scratch … Continue reading Why We Need Money & Why I’m Done Apologising for It

The Importance of Talking About Rejection

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019Leave a comment

Advice threads have become a pretty common place thing over on the ol’ Twitter space and one I keep reading is to NEVER talk about rejection. Not anywhere. Not ever. Apparently we all have to pretend we're gravy even when we feel like sprouts. Talking about rejection only guarantees more rejection because companies don’t want … Continue reading The Importance of Talking About Rejection

Mental Health at Christmas

December 17, 2018December 16, 2018Leave a comment

Speaking from behind the filters has always been my goal with this blog and Christmas is one of the most filtered times of the year. Wherever we look people are celebrating with friends in idyllic settings, buying designer goods for their multitude of gorgeous friends, and attending perfectly Dickensian markets. But that's not reality for … Continue reading Mental Health at Christmas

10 Very Budget Gift Ideas

December 3, 2018January 24, 20191 Comment

I’ve been looking at Christmas gift guides now for a while, trying to figure out how to make my measly budget go the furthest, but all the ‘budget’ lists I find aren’t really budget at all. That or they’re filled with tat no-one would realistically use. So, I decided to compile some very budget Christmas … Continue reading 10 Very Budget Gift Ideas

My Disconnected Week

November 19, 2018November 18, 2018Leave a comment

I didn’t write last week because I took a week-long social media break to enjoy my holiday in Belgium. As soon as I boarded the ferry I stuck my phone on aeroplane mode and used it solely as a camera for six gloriously days. No texts, no likes, no DMs, no calls (I only get … Continue reading My Disconnected Week

How to be Sustainable on a Budget

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018Leave a comment

Let’s face it, we all care about the environment, but most of the ways for being more sustainable are EXPENSIVE. When you don’t have a lot of money at the best of times spending £120 on a jumper, as opposed to £20 from a non-sustainable brand, is impossible. Good intentions or no, money still doesn’t … Continue reading How to be Sustainable on a Budget

My Introvert’s Guide to Halloween

October 29, 2018January 24, 2019Leave a comment

Halloween can seem scary for more than the obvious reasons when you’re an introvert (parties, ah!), but I believe Halloween was made for us. So, to help you get through this spooktacular season here’s my introvert’s guide to Halloween. Wear a costume! As an introvert I think there’s nothing better than being a whole new … Continue reading My Introvert’s Guide to Halloween

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Happy Valentine's lovely people, and remember you don't need a knight in shining armour to save you. Go out and save your damn self! (Card courtesy of @authormaphipps for my birthday last summer.)
Read this again over the weekend and damn it's such a beautiful book. Author goal: to wreck people the way @madeline.e.miller does when Achilles realises what's happened to Patroclus 😂. (Am I supposed to admit that out loud?)
"If my dreams could be achieved by entering a fairytale to slay a dragon I'd go off in my shining suit of armour tomorrow... Yet, in the narrative of my own life, I've ended up as that bloody princess in her tower, and I don't even have the good hair to climb down." New blog post is up! ⛰ 🐉 ⛰
I'm trying to convince this guy he doesn't need an evening walk. He's not buying it. Oh, Lord. ☔️🥶🌧
"Desperately we scramble to find how we fit in this new world, whilst worrying ourselves sick about money, work, and relationships in total silence. We all spend our days online comparing the worst parts of our lives to the best parts of someone else's." NEW BLOG POST!!! This week I'm expanding on some of the awesome discussions that've come off the back of last week's post. (Link in bio as per.) Thank you to everyone who's got in touch this week, it's been amazing to hear how something I've written has made people feel a little less alone.
I nailed my edits and scheduled tomorrow's blog post. So I've earned myself some reading time. Curling up with The Toymakers gifted to me (as a present not a promo!) by @beth.kel 🥳.

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