A blog by a witchy book lover that loves to rant about politics and diet culture
In an evergrowing digital age language matters more than ever. I have absolutely made my mistakes in the past with language and what I've said. I've said silly things, things that have been taken completely out of context and sometimes I've said things which have made me rethink and actually check my priviledge. I do have to acknowledge that I am in a priviledged position as well as part of some marginalised groups. My Priveledge and Marginalisation My priveledge comes from ... Read more
Becoming debt free has been a real focus this year and it will continue to be a focus for next year too however I am pleased to say I have done really well this year. We have paid of, I would say, at least half of our debts and hire purchases now which is fantastic progress. I gave myself two years to be completely debt free so we sill have until 31st December 2020 to reach that goal. I think we've made great progress. In July this year we completed a hirepurchase agreement which ... Read more
I have seen everyone debating on when the perfect time to put up the Christmas decorations is. I personally don't think there is a perfect time. For us, it's a weekend when we are all together as a family as close to the start of the month as possible. We try to keep all the decor up until the first weekend after New Years Day when it all comes back down again and lovingly placed back in the box. I don't have a theme for Christmas decor really but as time goes on we have collected ... Read more
This is a collaborative post. I'm really limited in where I can work at home as I only have one living space. I don't like working in my bedroom so have everything crammed onto one desk that looks very cluttered most of the time. I want to sort it out and make it a bit more accessible and hopefully that will help the creative juices flow a bit better. I've often thought what it would be like to have an actual office and how I'd want it to be. I think think coworking spaces ... Read more
Cervical cancer is one of the more common cancers affecting women (or anyone with a cervix, really) and is screened from the age of 25. I've now had two, I'm due my next one around March 2020. I recently read a news article about at home self sampling cervical cancer screening tests possibly increasing and becoming 'the norm' within the next five or so years. You can read the full article here. I can't comment on the science but I can comment on how I feel about cervical screening. ... Read more