Its easy to look online at Instagram stars, bloggers, writers and even at your friends and family and wonder how on earth they seem to have it all and yet never break a sweat. Well, like most of us, we’re a bit like swans – making it look easy and graceful yet furiously paddling out…
8 Ways To Create A Work-Life Balance That Works For You
If there is one thing in life that you must have, no matter what kind of career you have or what your family life is like, it is a good work-life balance. So often we get completely caught up in our work, and that can mean that, although we think it’s important – and it…
5 tips for self care and taking time for yourself
As winter sets in, it’s easy to start feeling the change of season, and feeling a little gloomy (like the weather). Self care is so important, and these are some really easy tips for keeping your mind and body positive. Yoga or home meditation Your home is your own mini recluse, so making time for…
A Quick Guide to Buying Gifts (For the Lady in Your Life!)
Hello gents! Buying gifts for the woman in your life can be tricky (no would pretend otherwise!). Whether you’re completely stuck for ideas, or you just need a little guidance or inspiration – hopefully this guide will make sure you’re on the right travel to gifting success! Romantic Events / Dates If you’re buying an…
My Christmas Movie Playlist
Here’s my Christmas movie playlist for the rest of December… Oh and one epic TV special at the end. Bridget Jones Some of this film is set at Christmas, there are Christmas jumpers in the plot line, and they kiss in the snow at the end (spoiler alert). Might not be an obvious choice, but…
Hugely entertaining Reddit threads
In case you don’t know what Reddit is – it’s a place where people hang out on the internet and talk about things, random things. Lots of people are active in the conversations, lots of people just lurk on there and read the weird and wonderful threads. I’m one of the latter. I could spend…
The ‘Quarter-Life’ Crisis.
I’m at a point in my life right now where I am unapologetically happy. I sent a text to my fiancé yesterday, just saying “I am so happy right now” – because I was, and I wanted him to know. Because happiness isn’t something we should take for granted, it’s something that needs announcing and celebrating. I see…
Living With and Managing Chronic Pain (for me, TMJ)
Definition: Chronic pain is often defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks. Whereas acute pain is a normal sensation that alerts us to possible injury, chronic pain is very different. Chronic pain persists—often for months or even longer. I’ve wanted to write about my condition (and ways I’ve found to ease the pain my…
9 incredible bloggers who inspire me
At the end of last year I was getting a bit tired of blogging, I wasn’t fed up with writing – but I was a bit lost in the world of niches and categories. I’ve been doing it for 5 years, and my first ever blog, a travel blog called ‘The World and Then Some‘…
Happy Mother’s Day Mum.
My Mother is one of the good ones. My Mum is probably the person I’m most thankful to. I owe a lot of things to her, not least my existence on this planet and the fact I’m here living my life. That all started on this day…. So Mum, the first thing I’m thankful for,…