I’m Not Excited About My Wedding Day

It's not a secret that I got engaged earlier this year. The event itself is a blur in my memory but I think I swore a lot, and then we watched The Simpsons Movie because my instinct in any high-emotion situation is to watch The Simpsons Movie. It's been a little tricky navigating it all…

The Art of Distraction (or how to actually get things done)

I know you know the feeling. You sit down, determined that for the next chunk of time you'll be productive, you'll get your work done, you'll have finished all your Christmas shopping by September 30th...and suddenly it's three hours later and you've done none of those things. Huh? I'm no stranger to distraction. Occasionally I…

How To Read More

I've read a lot of books this year. I won't tell you the exact number (saving that for the end of the year!) but it's somewhere north of 60 as of the first week in October. It's a cool achievement (and a lot even by my standards thanks to lockdown), but I also feel like…

Life Is An Open Road: On Driving

I've been driving my plucky little Mitsubishi for nine years and it's seen me through a lot of long journeys, road trips, rain, shine, and an impressive dent in the driver's side door. I love it dearly but driving is not my favourite thing in the world - not anymore. In the past few years,…

My Notebook Collection

I love stationery. This is not even close to being a secret. So imagine my delight when I discovered, through a timely video from my fave Carrie Hope Fletcher, that there are videos out there of people sharing their notebook collections - I may have let out an unseemly cackle. After falling down that particular…

Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2020

I found this delightful tag floating around the blogosphere and, even though we're well into August now, I had to give it a go. The tag was first created by booktubers ReadLikeWildfire and Earl Grey Books but I've seen it in both video and blog format by fellow bibliophiles! Best book you've read so far this year…

Mindful Eating & a Lockdown Epiphany

I've been away for a little while. Sorry about that. Besides everything that's happening in the world right now I've been working more, prioritising self care, seeing my family, and practising mindfulness. Incidentally, I've also been losing weight. I've written before about my relationship with the weight loss process and I can't lie - this…

The Joy of Rereading

A couple of years ago I was on my lunch break when our MD - a brilliant, clever, articulate woman whom I continue to respect - passed by, and asked what I was reading. "The Great Gatsby," I said happily, holding it up for her to see. She looked bemused. "Have you not read it…

On Reading Non-Fiction

I set a couple of reading-related goals at the start of this year. One was to read over 50 books in 2020 (spoiler: thanks to nine weeks on furlough, I'm most of the way there already). Another was to read more non-fiction. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but after I graduated in…

The Reading Habits Tag

I came across this tag on YouTube where it was originally created by TheBookJazz, though I can't find their original video. I hope it's OK for me to complete it in written form! Do you have a certain place at home for reading? I love to read on the sofa. I tuck myself into the…