Welcome to May! Hopefully the start of this new month means that there’s many sunny days ahead… But in the meantime, a “quick” look back at April! I gave a nerve-wracking presentation at the Trees, People and the Built Environment conference on the 5th, and rolled my ankle leaving the venue (the University of Birmingham)…
What have I been up to? March 2017
Time for my March monthly recap – read on for lots of lists! Please share what you have been up to this month in the comments. I spent the first third of the month alone in the flat as my hairier half was away, which was quite a strange experience. One of the positives is…
What have I been up to? February 2017
February really sped by! But it’s time for my monthly recap again… So here goes! Goals Apply for at least three scholarships / sources of funding – not so much Book flights for summer in Bordeaux – done 26/02/17 Post at least once a week on blog – not at all Wins and accomplishments Embracing…
Waiting… We’re just not that good at it anymore
If you also have a blog with WordPress, you might have heard of their daily prompts: one-word tidbits of inspiration to help you fight writer’s block (blogger’s block?). Today’s prompt is waiting (click to see what others are writing on the topic!). Waiting… It’s just something we aren’t very good at anymore. As a child of the…
Three resources to start thinking critically about your lifestyle choices
I am currently being quite intentional about the information I consume: no more aimless scrolling down my Facebook or Twitter feeds waiting for my time to be clickbaited away. Instead I am doing things like listening to podcasts on a daily basis and reading at least a chapter a day. I choose to listen to podcasts about personal development, entrepreneurship…