Category: Thoughts

  • Top 10 Easy Self Care Ideas For Wellbeing

    Self care to me is about bettering myself. Working towards my goals and feeling good within myself. I always make sure that I try to spend as much of my time as possible working on hobbies and activities that will make the tomorrow me better off and also recharges me. I think I have always…

  • Do you know that moment when you catch yourself doing something automatically that you were working towards in your life or self development? A week or so ago, I was in a candle store browsing. I was in a different part of town for the day so indulged in quick walk along the shopping strip.…

  • The Role Of Libraries In Our Communities

    This post contains affiliate links where I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase through these links and will not cost you anything extra. Libraries. Open to all with the possibilities of imagination, knowledge and curiosity. Stay as long or as little as you please. When was the last time you visited…

  • 12 Month Blogging Reflection

    If anyone says that blogging is easy, don’t believe them. I’ve certainty placed a lot of pressure on myself to post regularly and it really helped with getting me to write and edit even when I just felt like watching Netflix. I’ve gone through times when my brain was like a desert to other times…

  • Blogmas 2020- Day 19: Newness

    When was the last time you consciously did something new? New hairstyle, new clothing combinations, new cafe, new way of thinking or new walking path? If you’re like me and have been home much of the year, routine got the better of me. I wore much the same things day in and day out. I…

  • Skin. It’s the largest organ of the body that is subjected to every day harshness such as the sun and dust. I recently watched a French lady’s skincare routine on youtube. I was shocked to see that in the winter mornings, she applied a few different moisturisers. Shocked is probably not the right word. France…

  • Juste Un Mot: Becoming

    This post contains affiliate links where I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase through these links and will not cost you anything extra. I have recently read Michelle Obama’s biography Becoming. She shares her childhood, student years and entering and leaving the White House. What really struck me was her hard…

  • Discovering Seasickness On My Travels

    Travel is great in that it exposes you to new experiences that you wouldn’t normally have in your everyday life and takes you to all the far flung places of our earth. It is here outside of our comfort zones, that we discover something about ourselves. I normally don’t take ferries in my day to…

  • The Palm Oil Conundrum

    This post contains affiliate links where I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase through these links and will not cost you anything extra. With trying to do my part for our environment and future, I have recently turned my attention to Orangutans. Orangutans are one of my favourite animals of the…

  • Reflecting on my First Solo Trip- Finland

    My first solo trip was a while ago now and it was filled with utter excitement. It was to Finland. At this stage of my life, that side of the world had yet to bleep onto my radar. What made it even more exciting was that it would be the last month of winter when…