Hello lovelies, I’m so sorry that my usual blog posts have been AWOL recently. Its been such a whirlwind! Before the lurgy had even left the building I began getting more work at Clare H Writes which is really exciting! I’ve been writing bits and bobs for my blog page…
Hello lovelies! This week, I finally finished the website for my business. I learned A LOT during this process, not just about web design. After spending two months on something I naively thought would take a couple of weeks, I’ve come away feeling proud of myself and a new sense…
Hello lovelies! Spring has well and truly sprung over here. I don’t know about you, but I always feel like this time of year is like a new beginning. My birthday is at the end of March. It’s a new season where everything is waking up again; we get more…
Ugh! As if the raging hormones wreaking havoc with my body and mind weren’t enough, I’ve found myself grappling once again with my old friend, imposter syndrome, Imposter syndrome is hard to deal with at any time, but when you are trying your very best to get through the day…
Last week, I ended my post by saying I was going to start focusing on what I could control. Someone was definitely having a laugh with me that night. I got a grand total of 2 hours and 1 minute of sleep. At 3:45 a.m., I gave up and went…
Last week, I left you at the point where I had managed to bag a telephone appointment that very morning to talk to my doctor. She called me just after 10 a.m., apologising for the blood pressure machine not working properly. She said she didn’t want to put me on…
Yesterday I wrote a post about my toxic productivity. As I said, articles about productivity are everywhere so I found 5 articles on Medium that instead talk about slowing down, taking a break and looking at life from a different perspective. After reading this article from T. M. Watson, I realised I…
Despite my blood pressure woes, I somehow managed to turn my mood around, which was fortunate as we had a rather sociable weekend. We had a wedding reception on the Friday evening at the stunning Woodhall Manor. It really had the wow factor. It was a friend of the husband,…
The clouds of misery seem to have dispersed, for now. I’m too cynical to believe that they have disappeared completely. I’ve spent those days of normality trying to do as much as I possibly can whilst I have the emotional bandwidth, it’s nice not to feel like it’s waiting for…