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Happy International Women’s Day!

Celebrating today and being a feminist is not about hating men or wishing to diminish them, it is about celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. The official theme for this years International Women’s Day is “Choose to Challenge”, recognising the need to call out gender bias and inequality. Today shines aContinue reading “Happy International Women’s Day!”

LGBT+ History Month

February is the UK’s LGBT+ history month and the primary aim is to help educate young people on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, as well as the history of the gay and civil rights movements. The celebration has three taglines ‘Claiming our past. Celebrating our present. Creating our future’, with the theme this yearContinue reading “LGBT+ History Month”

Mental Health

Mental health is our emotional and psychological wellbeing and is often referred to as our “emotional wellbeing”. Being mentally healthy does not mean that you do not have a mental health problem, it means that you are in a state of emotional and psychological wellbeing in which you can use your cognitive and emotional capabilitiesContinue reading “Mental Health”

Tattoos

I remember my mother telling me that I couldn’t get a tattoo until I moved out. She has tattoos, so I always thought this hypocritical, but I respected her rules and I waited. I didn’t rush into getting a tattoo, I waited until I’d settled on one that I really wanted and had a significantContinue reading “Tattoos”

Working From Home

In March 2020 when the coronavirus took over the UK, I was still going into the office. I needed to get out of the house and I needed the structure. I think it was at the end of April/beginning of May when I decided that it was too much of a risk for me toContinue reading “Working From Home”

Exploring The World

Not being able to leave the UK for the foreseeable future (thanks Coronavirus), hasn’t stopped me from planning my next holiday. I’m sure that a lot of people are doing the same – picturing themselves backpacking through Thailand, walking through NYC in the snow or sipping a cocktail by the pool. I haven’t settled onContinue reading “Exploring The World”

New Year’s Resolutions

A New Year’s resolution is a tradition, in which a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behaviour, to accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their life. The concept is to reflect upon self-improvement annually. With 2020 being such an uncertain year, it was probably hard for people to keepContinue reading “New Year’s Resolutions”

2020

What a year. I wish I could say that 2021 is looking brighter, but that’s not something that I can say at the moment. Whilst the Government seems optimistic, I lost my optimism a few months ago. COVID-19 The pandemic has completely changed how we live. I’m currently in Tier 4 and it feels exactlyContinue reading “2020”

Pride 2020 🏳️‍🌈

I was really busy in June and didn’t manage to upload my Pride post as planned. As there’s still a few days of the year left, I thought why not post it now. This year marked the 50th year of Pride marches since the Stonewall Riots on 28th June 1969. Whilst Pride across the worldContinue reading “Pride 2020 🏳️‍🌈”

Decorations, Gift Choosing and Cooking

Christmas was of course different this year for everyone. Boris announced the tier system six days before Christmas and a lot of people had to change their plans. I’m in tier 4, so I couldn’t visit anyone. Which basically means that I’ve spent the last couple of days lounging in leggings and eating more thanContinue reading “Decorations, Gift Choosing and Cooking”