The Way The Cookie Crumbles

Here we are again, the new year is just beginning and this is when I reflect on this past year and look forward to the next 12 months. This year has been full of reflections though. I feel with every blog post I have tried to be self reflecting and used looking...

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Whilst the dew descends on the earth in the early morning, and the sun breaks through the clouds, I can smell the seasons change from Summer to Autumn. I feel the sun warm my cheeks as the wind whips around my face and I smile into the showers. This is...

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Ding! Ding! Round 2 Deep breath as I walk up to the entrance. Breathe. It'll be okay. It's not the same place. They're not the same people. Breathe, just breathe. This was running round my head like a lopsided puppy with a chew toy, which she didn't really know why she was...

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It's arrived. One email dings into my inbox, the induction timetable, online registration and enrollment information all flood my vision and I start to panic. Is this what I want? It's all happening again! So I shut it down and breathe. It is 4 days until I start my new university course and...

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So the time has come for me to move to my University city, again. My last post about this time last year was a little bit somber and fearful because I felt absolutely terrified about moving out. I didn't want to leave my family, especially my newly born nephew, I'd just...

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If you've never been to university or had any dealings with Student Finance England (SFE) I am green with envy at your blissful ignorance. They are an ordeal to say the least. I used to think that all you have to do is apply for finance and then go to uni...

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Many people reading this have probably been in some sort of limbo where you're waiting for something to happen. It could be a new job, moving place or an appointment, whatever it is there is always a point where you have done most of the prep work and can't put your...

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At the risk of repeating myself, how is it May already?!  I am almost constantly switching between 'I want it to be august' and 'Why is this year going so quickly?' and I feel like a middle aged mother whose children are growing up too fast. If I ever say 'it...

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Recently, I started Graded Exercise Therapy which is a programme aimed at helping people with CFS/ME to manage their energy levels and stop the destructive boom/bust cycles. I have been instructed to take 3x15minutes rests a day and only do 5 minutes of physical activity for 3 weeks and then I can gradually increase...

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Here are some thought's I've had whilst looking back on my 20 years of life. 1. I love food! All types, cuisines and flavours. Food is amazing and I love it. 2. I can cook, pretty well. I mean I'm no Delia Smith, but I can follow a recipe without being...

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I have been ridiculously busy (for me) this month and it's just the start of my birthday week! Most of my time has been taken up with looking and applying for student accommodation.  I have firmly accepted an unconditional offer to study Media and Communications at Leicester University and this time I'm going to...

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So recently my little baby niece was born on the 1st of February 2016! She's adorable and my sister did so well. Like when my nephew was born it was almost a week of labour pains and anxiously waiting for something to happen. In that week I helped look after my 14 month old nephew...

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Love yourself and remember that you are enough; when you're anxious, when you're upset, when you're frustrated. Repeat it over and over again until you mute out the rest of the world and clear your mind of negativity. Speak with a kind tongue and show kindness to those you meet, be...

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Last year I had very unrealistic resolutions that I couldn't keep, mainly because I overestimated how well I was. So now I have some goals for this coming year that are much kinder and more achievable (hopefully). ...

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As the christmas trees get taken down and tinsel from frames is collected again; ready to shove in boxes in the attic to be forgotten for another year, I want to look back on 2015 and some goals I have for 2016.  ...

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