December 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Inspiration & Lifestyle

What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up?

I bet when you were little you had an answer to that question right away? When I was little I read A LOT. Like if I was at breakfast and I didn’t have a book I would read the back of the cereal packets. My Parents took me on a day trip to France when

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

The Importance of Sleep

One of my favourite features of my Fitbit is its sleep tracker. Sleep is incredibly important for both general health and athletic performance. Lack of sleep has been linked as a risk factor to weight gain, high blood pressure and diabetes and making sure you get enough sleep can improve your immune function and athletic

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

10 Ways To Cheer Yourself Up

Sometimes we all need a bit of cheering up. Today I’m feeling a bit down in the dumps. I’m sure that I’ll be back to my perky self tomorrow, but being self employed I am taking full advantage of that fact and currently writing this from a blanket fort in my living room while watching

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5 Vintage Myths

I’ve been into “vintage style” for quite some time now. From back in the days when I liked a prom dress and a pair of lady like shoes and to dream that I could *really* dress like I was in an old movie. To the days when I discovered that there WERE people who always

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

The Mental Game

I’ve always had a bit of a problem with self confidence, especially in any physical activity. I’ve never seen myself as “sporty”. Most of my experiences with sports when I was younger ended up being spoiled by bullies, or just marred by a lack on interest in motivating and encouraging anyone who wasn’t “naturally sporty”

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

That Quarter Year Shock

The other thing I wrote about on Monday is that quarter year shock. The horrible feeling that kicks in around mid March that “OMG THE YEAR IS ALMOST A QUARTER GONE!” and reminds you of all that positivity you had on New Years Day (or the day after once the hangover has subsided) that THIS

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

9 Reasons Why Spring Sucks

Hurrah, Spring is here! The skies are blue, there are flowers everywhere, you can walk from the car to your house 5 steps away without needing to wrap up in a coat, hat, gloves and boots. Everything is wonderful! Or is it. Because too much relentless positivity can sometimes be a bad thing, today my

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Body Positivity and Learning to Love Yourself

Last night, while browsing Facebook, I came across a post about Tess Munster. In case you don’t know she is a plus sized model who has recently been signed to a major London agency and started the #effyourbeautystandards hashtag. The post itself asked “Would you be happy if she was your childs role model?”, but

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My Netflix Picks

It wasn’t long ago I was Netflix sceptic. We set up an account one day and ever after when I forgot about it and the money would go out of my Paypal account I would swear I was going to cancel it because there was nothing decent on there. “Lets look on Netflix!” Mr Chick

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