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One Week of Exercising After Nothing for Three Years | Here's What Happened

These past three years have been very unhealthy for me. I spent my time at university drinking too much, smoking, eating huge meals of junk food, and not exercising at all.

Before university, I played rugby at least three times a week (twice at school and once on the weekends at a club) and I went to the gym 3-4 times a week. When I was 18, I was much fitter and stronger than I am now, but it was only this past week that I realised how much strength and fitness I had lost.

After three years...

Why I’ve Stopped Reading The Wheel of Time (for now)

Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series has been a part of my reading life for almost three years now. Ive stopped reading at 37% into The Fires of Heaven (#5) and I cant bring myself to keep reading right now. I thought I would write a post to explain how I am feeling about this series right now.

If anyone has read more of the series than me and has some optimism about the series, please let me know down in the comments. Or, if you stopped reading like me why did you stop?

The Wheel of Time is...

Why I've Stopped Reading The Wheel of Time (for now)

Robert Jordan‘s Wheel of Time series has been a part of my reading life for almost three years now. I’ve stopped reading at 37% into The Fires of Heaven (#5) and I can’t bring myself to keep reading right now. I thought I would write a post to explain how I am feeling about this series right now.

If anyone has read more of the series than me and has some optimism about the series, please let me know down in the comments. Or, if you stopped reading like me – why did you stop?

The Wheel of...

What are Morning Pages? What are the Benefits? | Journaling #1

I wanted to begin my journaling series with something anyone can do. Something that even after 21 days of my month-long journaling challenge, I have gained so much from.

What are Morning Pages?

The concept of morning pages comes from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and the idea is expanded upon in The Miracle of Morning Pages.

The process is simple. You sit and write stream of consciousness for three pages in the morning. There does not have to be a particular topic, any poetic or...

Why You Should Read Mistborn Era 2, The Alloy Era

I recently finished reading The Bands of Mourning which is the third book in Mistborn Era 2. This is something I was not sure I would do when I finished The Alloy of Law (Alloy Era #1).

The first book in this series bored me. I was high on the incredible ending of the Mistborn Era 1 Trilogy, and it just didn’t seem to compare at all! Yes, I liked Wayne and the plot pulled me along comfortably, but I couldn’t image anything interesting ever happening. I wasn’t a huge fan of the first book.

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Non-Fiction Books TBR

The tbr list is never ending. It’s both a blessing and a curse to have so many books out there! Non-Fiction, however, is a genre I do not put onto my tbr list nearly enough. I recently thought about how I need to incorporate a little factual reading into my reading routine, so here’s a list of three non-fiction books I want to read.

Just quickly, if you have any suggestions, please let me know down in the comments! I’m always looking for more books!

Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy by...

What Minimalism Has Taught Me

Minimalism is a lifestyle that helps people question what things add value to their lives. By clearing the clutter from life’s path, we can all make room for the most important aspects of life: health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution.

-The Minimalists at theminimalists.com

I stumbled across The Minimalists website when I was in the middle of my A-Levels. I was lost, struggling with mental health issues and I was in a relationship that wasn’t good for me. My school work was...

Buying With Purpose

Christmas is coming up and there are presents to buy, stockings to fill, and food to eat.

For my whole life, I have been given a stocking every Christmas and had presents from under the tree too. It’s only been in the last few years where I have begun to ask for less. If my family wish to fill a stocking for me, I’ve asked that it have sustainable items, consumables, and items that I will definitely use.

Christmas is a time when shops and stores fight to sell you as much as possible,...

How to Write Every Day

In the month of November, many seasoned, regular, and first-time writers come together for NaNoWriMo. Their goal is to write 50,000 words in November.

This is entirely possible, even with a full-time job, especially if you’re a student or work part-time. I have had my own troubles with writing NaNoWriMo but I’ve written about them in a previous post.

The Depressive Void of the First Draft

I want to talk about writing every day. This could be for a novel, short story, poetry, your journal:...

Habits to Change Your Life

There are a lot of 30-Day challenge videos and blog posts online. People try veganism for a month or meditate for an hour every day for 30 days; that sort of thing.

I thought it would be beneficial to try some 30-Day challenges with the goal of finding habits that would change my life. I want to have a more purposeful routine, so I figured that this was the way to go.

So, here is the list of habits and challenges that I will be trying out in the coming months. (I won’t be trying them all at...