Life Things Right Now: An Update on Blogging, The Pill and More

Life Things Right Now: An Update on Blogging, The Pill and More

2.7.17

It's been a little while since we've talked life stuff, hasn't it? My last 'personal' post was the one about keeping up with blogging. Which was, admittedly, horribly downbeat. So, I felt like it was time to sit down and tap away on my keyboard and spill some more positive life shiz. Fuelled on green tea, accompanied by cubes of cheese (seriously). What. A. Combo.

What I'm wearing:

Gingham Frill Dress, H&M - Pink Suede Boots, River Island (identical at Topshop!) - Patchwork Jacket, GAP - Mini Bag, House of Holland (similar at ASOS) - Sunglasses, Coach

So, first off, let's quickly whizz back over how I'm doing with blogging. Given the aforementioned negative Nancy post.

I've kind of got over the 'hump' I'd been experiencing with blogging vs. work-life balance in general (my theory of why this has happened is coming later). Sitting down to write a pretty simple post today, with very little - read: zilch - idea of what would blurt out of my... fingertips(?!), says a lot about where I'm at now. Although I'm always going to want to produce my best content, I also need to stay authentic to the origins of this blog. Casual, spur of the moment musings (including my now photography). So I'm going to try and do a bit more of that through here and my social channels.

I'm also massively eager to do more video content (you can find me on YouTube here). It's just pretty challenging to get done alongside work and blogging! Oh, and another thing I really enjoyed this month was working with New Look on this festival post. If you missed it, take a look - it includes an uh-may-zing metallic pink anorak!

Another thing for us to talk about: health and fitness. On the fitness note, over the past couple of months I've been making a way better effort to go to the gym more. Summer always manages to whoop my ass into exercising. Not because of bikinis. I just actually feel more life-like in the summer.

Don't get me wrong, twice-weekly tuck shop at work is still 100% on the cards (and in my belly). But I'm also really enjoying trying to fill my body with less junky foods and more of the leafy and fruity stuff.

And secondly in terms of (I guess you could argue) health, I've decided to come off the pill. This is a biggie actually, as I've been on it for about 10 years now. Something about popping a little tablet filled with hormones has made me feel increasingly... well, weird over the past couple of years. As someone who's 'lapsed' back into anxiety in recent years and also gets really low in the winters, I'm keen to see if the pill has played a role in all this.



Going back to my point about being a bit more chilled with blogging, I've noticed that recently I've not been as stressed about keeping everything going at 100 miles an hour. Hence me having some quiet periods (no pun intended) on Instagram recently. This could have nothing to do with being dosed up on hormones, but let's see...

I'm definitely going to cover the progress of this. So I can go into more detail another time, but I'm genuinely looking forward to going back to my 'natural' state. Although, I'm a little less excited for potential return of horrific period pains. I'm so not ready to re-live memories of being 14 years-old: agonising periods, wrapped around a hot water bottle, rocking in the foetal position. Yay, uterus!

That's all my little fingers have got left in them for today. I've thought I'd just end by saying that, on a more life-ish theme, I've pondered doing a post about my career so far. I know, I'm only 25, but I've actually had a few jobs since leaving uni 4 years ago! All marketing jobs. But all pretty interesting and different roles. Let me know if that's something you'd like to read!