Summer is almost over. The sun is kissing the earth a little later every morning and disappearing behind the clouds earlier at night. Already, I am munching and washing and wiping my saliva up in artificial morning lamplight. Soon, I will be rising in black and traveling in black. I will be running in black, [...]
I still find it weird to say I am on a ‘fitness journey’. Little miss “I hate PE. I despise cross-country and everything team sport-related!” is now running around town and swimming on a strict, regular basis… and LOVING it? While I am obsessed with this exercise odyssey, I am definitely still the personification of [...]
In late 2018, my to be read list was more like a ‘never-going-to-read’ library. Jane Austen littered my windowsills, Zadie Smith lined by cupboards, Oscar Wilde sprawled over my kitchen and you do not even want to know who was hiding under my bed. I loved nothing more than receiving novels in the post, picking [...]
Self-care really became a priority during the lockdown of 2020. Thankfully, it is also something I have carried on doing after returning to work. I find it so peculiar that we can spend so much time with ourselves but are sometimes unwilling to truly look after number one. Before, my skincare routine consisted of washing [...]
Monday 20 January 2020 09:44 It’s 9:43. I’m lying on his chest, with his arm around me and his leg draped over me. He’s peacefully breathing - calm and steady. It’s so relaxing to listen to. I can feel my eyes simultaneously dropping. He smells like him - it’s good but indescribable. I am safe. [...]
