How Exercise Helped My CFS
In August 2016, I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome after a spring and summer full of infections. 18 months later and my life is pretty much unrecognisable but I think I can honestly say it's...
View ArticleCooking For Self-Care
I've talked about my love of cooking quite a few times over the past year or two but I feel like it's about time I gave the topic a post of it's own. I've been cooking since I was maybe about 7. Funny...
View ArticleCurrently I'm...#24
Since my last 'currently I'm...' post I've had a wee re-brand and possibly got some new readers (hello!) so maybe it's time for a re-introduction. Currently I'm... is a series I started in 2013 as a...
View ArticleBe Proud Of Yourself
I'm really hard on myself. Maybe if I write that I'll make an effort to change it, cos I really should. At the beginning of 2017, I started keeping a wee journal and in it I would write my to-do...
View ArticleFalling Back In Love With Food
For as long as I can remember I've had a bit of a dodgy relationship with food. I've went through phases of cutting out things for no apparent reason, listening to wellness bloggers, eating...
View ArticleLittle Exercises In Self-Care
I feel as though a lot of people, myself included, are using 2017 as a year to refocus, with a lot of emphasis being put on the importance of self-care. 2016 was a bit of a train-wreck globally but on...
View ArticleWhat Uni's Taught Me About Public Speaking
On Monday, I go into the second semester of my second year at university. I feel like I bang on about it all the time but for anyone who doesn't know, I'm doing a BA in media and communication at a uni...
View ArticleEvolution and all that
As mad as it sounds, I've been blogging here since August 2007. Whenever I see 2007 written down I'm automatically like "aw 3 years ago" but nope, 2007 was a decade ago. I feel very old. I started this...
View ArticleBeing Diagnosed With CFS
Hello, long time no see.In my last post (4 months ago, geez) I talked about why I find it so difficult to come back to the blogging world, how I feel disconnected with my own blog and how I had my last...
View ArticleWhy I Find It Difficult To Come Back
I don't want this to sound like a break-up because I promise, from the bottom of my heart, it's not. But, we need to talk.For the past year or so I've been very absent from the blogging world and for...
View ArticleChristmas Tag 2015
What's your favourite Christmas movie?I thought this tag was going to be easy but I'm stuck at the first question. Might as well just give up now, at least I tried.It's a toss-up between Nativity (only...
View ArticleCurrently I'm...#23
Listening To:Wolf Alice. So much Wolf Alice. I heard Bros quite a while ago and loved it, then heard Giant Peach back in February and, again, loved it. For some reason though, it wasn't until I heard...
View ArticleMy Favourite Cookbooks
I've always loved cooking. I can actually trace my cooking-love back to an exact day when I was about 8: my guitar teacher recommended that I quit because my hands were too small (I'll never forgive...
View ArticleYou're More Than Your Label
For as long as I can remember, I've been called "the short one". That's my label: short. I've never really minded, I mean, it's said with affection and (surprisingly) I've never really been bullied for...
View ArticleI've Been Book-Buying #5
Worn Stories by Emily Spivack The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It by Owen Jones // Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami Important Artifacts and Personal...
View Article2015's Favourite Films #2
A wee while ago, I posted about 6 films that I've watched and loved in 2015 so far - here. Now, I'm gonna tell y'all about another 6 films that I've seen this year which are, in my opinion, freaking...
View ArticleCurrently I'm...#22
Reading:I've actually got 4 books on the go at the moment so feel free to hate me a little bit because I sure do. I really need to just dedicate a couple of days to getting all the books I'm reading...
View ArticleEveryone Makes Mistakes
I know I've made mistakes and messed up multiple times in the past. I also know that I'll make mistakes and mess up multiple times in the future. I've finally come to realise that it's normal and you...
View Article2015's Favourite Films #1
I'm a huge film fan. I'm not sure where this stems from but for the past couple of years, I've had a real love for film. I can't just have a film on in the background anymore, I just need to watch...
View Article18 Before 18
I turn 18 in under 2 months and there's a fair few things I want to do before I'm officially an adult. Some of them are really little but frankly I find it weird that I've never drank a cappuccino so...
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