Category: Blog
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Women in Writing | rosie abigail
I love women supporting women. I also love books. So it makes sense that I am finally writing about my top books written by women! This post is meant to open people’s eyes to the wonderful world of women writers, when education and academia is full of boring, old, white, male authors talking about the…
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New Year, New Bujo! | rosie abigail
Alright, it’s not exactly a new year, but it is a new academic year! Like any bullet journaling fiend, I like to find any excuse to get a new notebook, and I think this is a pretty good excuse. I work in Higher Education, so basically run on the academic clock; it also helps that…
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Eating Out (& Surviving!) with an Allergy | rosie abigail
When I was born into this world, I was truly blessed; blessed with creativity, kindness, and a life-threatening nut allergy. In the first few years of my life, I miraculously avoided nuts. My parents only found out about my allergy in my toddler years because, being the greedy sod that I am, I snuck a…
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Starting University? My Study Kit! | rosie abigail
By the time this blog post has gone up, A-Level Results day would have been and gone, and hundreds of thousands of people will be beginning their ‘oh my gosh, I’m going to university!’ panic. I remember that nervousness-meets-excitement very well, even though I experienced it five years ago, and graduated two years ago! (Oh,…
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“If you can’t love yourself, how are you going to love anyone else?” | rosie abigail
Every time I hear that sentence, I can feel my blood start to boil. You want to know why? Because I disagree entirely. If you know me, you’ll know I’ve struggled with my mental health and image of self-worth for a while. I’ve been diagnosed with chronic anxiety and clinical depression, and like the majority…
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Books That Didn’t Live Up to the Hype | rosie abigail
Oh, am I prepared to get some stick for the books on this list. Hearsay, word-of-mouth, blog reviews, TV spots, Insta posts – there are so many ways to hear about books nowadays. The general consensus? The more hype a book has, the more likely people are going to read it. And it’s not just…
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I’m Feeling Twenty-Three! | rosie abigail
Another year older, but probably not another year wiser. That’s right, on Sunday 7th July, I turned twenty-three. I know a lot of people have some kind of fear over their birthday, of getting older, of hitting a milestone. To me, twenty-three doesn’t seem a remarkable or important age. It’s close enough to eighteen that…
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Ten Years On: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ | rosie abigail
When I was a young teenager, my favourite book was J.D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. I don’t recall how I found it, but I assume I stumbled across it during my ‘classic literature is the only literature/rock music is the only music’ phase. Yeah, I was one of those teenagers. In all honesty,…
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Becoming the Woman I Want to Be | rosie abigail
This is me; Rosie Lewis, blogger, theatre maker, over-thinker, allergic to nuts, has a tendency to fall over. In all honesty, I quite like the woman I’ve become. She’s intelligent, creative, kind-hearted, and loyal. She’s a great cook, can sing you a nice song, and will offer to proofread your essays. The woman I’ve become…
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Real Self-Care | rosie abigail
When I think of the term ‘self-care’, my mind conjures up images of bath bombs, lavender, wine, blankets, and television. In fact, if I have a self-care evening, it tends to go something like this; jumping into a hot, bubbly bath, applying a face mask, and cleansing my face within an inch of its life;…
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