How and Why I Bullet Journal

How and Why I Bullet Journal

I love my bullet journal. I’m on my fifth one now, having been using them (albeit with varying consistency) for a little over four years. Until writing this, I didn’t even realise my first BuJo was that old! Time flies when you’re forgetting to fill in your habit...
Book Sorting

Book Sorting

I have such mixed feelings about book sorting. On the one hand, is there anything more satisfying than a freshly re-organised bookshelf? On the other hand, pretty much the only time I sort books is when I need to get rid of some. That was the case this time. We’re...
Making Time for Writing

Making Time for Writing

We’re all busy, it’s pretty much a fact of life. Our to-do lists expand to fill the available time, and no matter how many jobs we tick off there are always tasks jostling to take their place. I feel like I never have enough time for everything I want to do, and I’ve...
Choosing Your Self

Choosing Your Self

How do you decide which version of yourself to be? Not just at any one time or on a particular occasion, but in general? There are a few reasons why ‘just be yourself’ is often completely useless advice, but for me one of the main things that springs to mind when I’m...

Marie Kondo Saved My Relationship

I am very bad at throwing things away. I suspect this comes from a few things; a fear that I’m going to need or want the thing one day, even if right now I don’t, or a general aversion to the idea of waste. The biggest factor though, for me, is guilt. And not in the...