Lifestyle

Following my personal and professional life as a twenty-something muddling her way through life post-university.

What the fork?

20th March 2020

I was going to do a Friday feeling post, but what the fork is going on? It doesn’t feel like a Friday, it feels like a long Wednesday at this point, especially if you wfh. I’m not the first to say it, but in true The Good Place style I’m asking you, what the fork […]

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10 ways to improve working from home

19th March 2020

For the forseeable future, most of us will be working from home day in day out without the release of a mini-getaway or splash of sun abroad. We’ve rapidly moved into work at home, live at home and please try not to leave your home, ok? It’s a strange and slightly worrying time for us […]

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Highlights of Boston & Cape Cod

18th March 2020

With a beautiful harbour and a vibrant city, Boston is the ideal city and sea break. Last summer I spent a few days in Boston, before we drove down to idyllic Cape Cod. Large wooden beam houses set back from the road with a porch and a tree swing, Hyannis replicated a traditional American movie […]

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New Year, New Career

28th February 2020

Well it’s a new year and the start of a new career. January is the time for new beginnings. 365 days to write. Towards the end of last year, I decided I want to find a new job. I enjoyed being an Editor, but it was time for a new challenge. I’m not really a […]

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I’m so glad it’s the weekend

31st January 2020

So this isn’t my usual Friday feeling, but I’m so glad it’s the weekend. I feel as though I could sleep for 12 hours right about now. I’m exhausted from my new job, new commute and meeting a whole bunch of new lovely people. It’s been great, but new things are tiring, as are earlier […]

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The end of an era

24th January 2020

This week has been filled with tears, for many reasons, as it is the end of an era. Today I say goodbye to my first post-uni or proper job as the Editor of Architecture Magazine at the Peterborough based publishers Media One. It was a decision made for many reasons; I moved towards Cambridge and […]

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My Creative Writing Masters Graduation

17th January 2020

I had my Graduation yesterday, when I received my Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Leicester. Not quite sure where those twelve months went, but I certainly have learnt and written more in a year than I have in a long time. I really enjoyed my course and loved going back to graduate […]

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Should you do a Masters?

17th January 2020

After being in education for seventeen years, it was daunting not knowing what the next step was after graduating from my Bachelor’s degree in English. I got my GCSE’s, A-Levels, BA degree; I’d got the set of qualifications my teachers had always encouraged me to get. But, then what? Nobody at the University of York […]

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A Festive Friday Vibe

12th December 2019

So I skipped two weeks of my Friday feeling posts (whoops) as I got too into feeling my Friday vibe rather than writing about them! But now you lucky devils, I’m back and oh my has this week been festive! Disclaimer though, this week hasn’t been all sunshine n’ roses. I was stopped by the […]

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