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Life is crazy. Honestly, incredibly crazy! Being a stay-at-home mum, working from home and studying my Masters… it’s just hectic. I know I touched on all this in one of my recent blogs but I didn't realise just how busy things would get as the semester started kicking into gear! I was expecting life to… Continue reading Busy: Expectations vs. Reality
It's been a rainy few months here! It's been very wet so far and winter is looking rainier than usual! Personally, I love rainstorms and find so much inspiration when it's raining! On the downside, I have a 9-month-old who would very much like to get outside every so often. And we're also back into… Continue reading Rainstorms, Family, and University
And the chaos resumes! I knew 2022 was going to be intense from the moment I brought my son into this world. I still have 2 years left of my degree (since I dropped to part-time) and I really want to push through and finish my studies! It’s already a tough juggling act and University… Continue reading Writing With Other Priorities: University and Family
"You can make anything by writing."C.S. Lewis Holidays are well and truly behind us now! It's still surreal to think that we're in January 2022, but here we are! I'm starting to get back into my groove now and get back into my daily writing routine! It's definitely a different routine than I'm used to.… Continue reading Getting Back Into The Groove
"Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room."Nora Roberts I love the holidays! I always have and I anticipate I always will, especially with a child in the mix! It's so much fun putting up Christmas decorations, buying presents and preparing to see… Continue reading Writing Through The Holidays
"Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." H. Jackson Brown Jr. As I continue powering through the University semester, I wanted to repost a blog with my… Continue reading 10 Tips To A Successful University Semester
“University's like this little world, a bubble of time separate from everything before and everything after.”Mhairi McFarlane I do love studying, and I have said that many times before, however it does sometimes get in the way of my creativity. During a semester I am filled with stress and constantly studying. It stifles a lot… Continue reading When University Gets In The Way
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”Mark Twain Back into the grind! Uni went back this week (yesterday) and I’m already feeling the stress. There is so much reading to do and so much time to invest into my studies. It’s always an intense time, having to study and work as many hours as… Continue reading Back To University Again
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”Edith Lovejoy Pierce It is officially 2021! It’s crazy to think that it’s already a new year, but here we are! Seems like it was… Continue reading New Year, Improved Me
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”Confucius I am one of those few people who enjoy studying. I haven’t had a bad time during my years studying and I do enjoy learning and growing through… Continue reading How My Study Influences My Writing
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