Bright Life! Bright Life!
Contrary to popular belief, there’s a lot more to loving and taking care of yourself than putting on a face mask and soaking in the bath. While we all love a good bath, this cliche is not only really narrowing, but it’s also quite dangerous! It feminises the act of self-care as well as reducing [...]
In our current, never-ending, mission to increase productivity and be successful whilst also being emotionally self-aware, it’s easy to forget a very important factor that all of these goals rely on- being physically healthy. We talk a fair bit on this blog about how mental health isn’t recognised as much, or in as much detail, [...]
Going out for a run is one of the few liberties that some fortunate people in the UK have available right now. This liberty can be hard to see as a liberty, however, when it’s absolutely freezing, pitch-black dark and raining. Another perk of the UK, on top of our lovely lockdown situation, is that [...]
Hello hello! It's been a little while since I wrote, how've you been? Work, life and studying for my masters got quite demanding over the past few weeks so I decided to take a step back from the blog. It was a difficult decision to be honest as one of my biggest flaws is demanding [...]
When someone asks you to lists your accomplishments it's hard not to jump straight into 'job interview mode' and start talking about how your time on the Duke of Edinburgh in year 9 really enhanced your people skills and helped you become a leader who also values teamwork. I got around this by instead asking [...]
What are the words that warm your heart? The ones that when you hear them make you go as gooey as a melty marshmallow? While this list started off tricky for me, I soon warmed up to it and it wasn't long before I was rapid-firing words onto the page. For some words, it's what [...]
This week's list is all about FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD! I love food. Love, love, love it! It's not only for the flavours and textures; I love food because it's so much more than just food. Food has, and creates, history and culture. It can teach you things about a person or place that you wouldn't [...]
Hello, hello! It’s been a while right?! I took a little unannounced mental health break from blogging (and largely from social media) to help me adjust to the big move home and after being home for over a month, I think I'm ready to get back to it! On one of my many walks since [...]
When we think of progress we immediately think of numbers- how much more money did I make, how many pounds did I lose, how many words did I write? We like progress that we can quantify. Ironically, one of the things holding us back from progress is something unquantifiable and quite abstract. So what could [...]
I started running in 2018 when I came to Japan. I hardly knew anyone, the closest gym was a 40-minute drive away and I thought running would be the best way to explore the abundance of nature that was around me. Before then, I didn't run. Ever. Even in the gym, I’d choose to walk [...]
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