(Well, I don't know if we'll ever be post-COVID, but you know what I mean...) Ya’ll ever get stuck thinking about your achievements and goals in life? Oh, that’s just my highly anxious brain? Ah. Right… Nah, I know we all get caught up in thinking about what we’ve done in life, or what we … Continue reading Post-COVID Bucket List! | Travel, Life, Creativity…
July 2020 Favourites | Books, Skincare, Style, and more…
Seven months down, only five to go. Is anyone else struggling to grasp that concept? I know I am; I still think it’s March a lot of the time… Anyway, let’s not dwell on the fact over half of the year has passed by in a lockdown-induced blur - let’s focus on the good! And … Continue reading July 2020 Favourites | Books, Skincare, Style, and more…
Whoops… I Got Engaged! | rosie abigail
Well, it looks like I’ve had to move my blogging schedule around again. No, it’s not because I’ve got lockdown brain and writer’s block this time; it’s because I got engaged! Surprise, world! It was a complete and utter (but welcome) surprise. After being with my boyfriend for five and a half years, living together … Continue reading Whoops… I Got Engaged! | rosie abigail
Lockdown Brain & Writer’s Block | Update
I find it funny how I’ve spent the last few minutes staring at the screen, trying to write about this. Even when writing about writer’s block, I get writer’s block. I would say that COVID lockdown has been the main culprit of my writer’s block, but that would be a lie. When lockdown hit back … Continue reading Lockdown Brain & Writer’s Block | Update
Summer Reading List 2020! | rosie abigail
In the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, hello there. It’s been a hot minute (well, two weeks) since I last posted, and even longer than that since I’ve had a regular posting schedule. In all honesty, I’ve been burnt out. Work has been spilling over to my personal life, and balancing living with an unknown health … Continue reading Summer Reading List 2020! | rosie abigail
Meet My Houseplants! | Plant Care, Tips, & Tricks
With my love of floaty skirts and overwhelming need to be the ‘mum friend’, it was eventually going to happen… That’s right folks, I’m what the cool kids are calling a ‘plant mom’. As soon as lockdown hit, I got my first houseplant, and since then my plant habit has slowly been getting out of … Continue reading Meet My Houseplants! | Plant Care, Tips, & Tricks
Five Bookish Places I Want to Visit! | Travel
Three months into lockdown and boy oh boy, the wanderlust is still strong. Since COVID has hit, I’ve made a travel journal (despite not being able to travel), a list of stay-cation ideas (despite not being able to travel), and planned my dream holidays for the next five years (despite not being able to travel … Continue reading Five Bookish Places I Want to Visit! | Travel
Five Small But Sustainable Changes You Can Make | rosie abigail
I’m gonna come straight out and say it - if you aren’t making some sustainable changes to your life, what the heck are you doing? I’m not on about turning your life upside down, living in a vegan tree-house in the forest, and turning your toilet into a compost pile. I mean, smaller, more realistic … Continue reading Five Small But Sustainable Changes You Can Make | rosie abigail
You Should Take a Mental Health Day | rosie abigail
This is for the people who have burn out, or have mental health conditions, or are stressed, or who live and breath and sleep and exist, or everyone: start treating your mental health the same as you treat your physical health. I’ve had flare-ups of mental health conditions over the last four years, and that … Continue reading You Should Take a Mental Health Day | rosie abigail
Use Your Privilege.
I had scheduled a happy-go-lucky blog post today about small and sustainable changes I’d made in my life. But to post something so light and cheery seemed so disingenuous to me. For those stumbling across this post in the future, or simply those who have not been looking at the news, eight days ago, George … Continue reading Use Your Privilege.
