Most people who know me will know that I don’t particularly give myself an easy time when it comes to how I look. I’m the first person to pick out something that looks awful in a photo of me, to belittle my achievements and to dismiss anyone who says anything nice about me. So, today… Continue reading Stuff I Sort of Like About Myself
Month: October 2019
The Real Neat Blog Award
It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these nominations, and it’s always nice to get one! This week the lovely Chloe from Writing the Blues Away nominated me for the Real Neat Blog Award, and I hadn’t heard of this one before so I was excited to get started on it! Go and… Continue reading The Real Neat Blog Award
Post Wedding Blues: Why It’s Okay to Have Them | The Wedding Series
While my wedding was absolutely, 100% was the best day of my life, I feel it's important to shed some light on how you can end up feeling after the wedding, just where it's something that's hardly ever talked about. After my wedding, I’ll freely admit that I was not okay. With one in ten… Continue reading Post Wedding Blues: Why It’s Okay to Have Them | The Wedding Series
Letter to My Older Self
A few months ago, I wrote a letter to my younger self. It was one of the most difficult posts I’ve written, yet it was one of my most successful. Writing a letter to myself in the future was one of the blog post ideas I’ve had written down since the very beginning, but I’ve… Continue reading Letter to My Older Self
How Working in Retail Affected My Mental Health
In October 2018, I quit my job working in retail. After working for the same company for 5 years, it was time for a change. While I have some incredibly fond memories with the friends I made, part of me feels as though my mental health took quite a hit over the years that I… Continue reading How Working in Retail Affected My Mental Health
10.10.15
I originally wrote this post in celebration of our fourth wedding anniversary, and I look back on it each year. I genuinely wish I could do it all again. It was the most amazing day with all of our friends and family, and I loved every second of it. So, to celebrate, I thought for… Continue reading 10.10.15
An Open Letter to My OCD
For the last couple of years, I've shared this post every World Mental Health Day. I'm proud to say it's one of my most successful posts, so I've been revamping it every year. The events of 2020 and 2021 have certainly meant that my mental health has been affected (of course that’s been the case… Continue reading An Open Letter to My OCD
Pre-Wedding Self Care: How to Relax Before Your Wedding | The Wedding Series
I'll start this post by saying that the week before my wedding, I was a nervous wreck. I could have done with this post. Or at the very least, to switch my brain off for a while. My OCD was in full spin - if anything you would not have thought I was getting married.… Continue reading Pre-Wedding Self Care: How to Relax Before Your Wedding | The Wedding Series
Disney, Friends and Fam: A Review of July, August and September
These quarterly reviews sure come around quickly. I can’t believe that the next time I’ll be writing one will be at the end of the year. To be honest, I genuinely didn’t expect to have kept my blog up for this long, so I’m quite proud of that achievement. It’s been quite a good couple… Continue reading Disney, Friends and Fam: A Review of July, August and September