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Life is relentless. Take regular breaks.

A lil’ catch-up on how mad the last 8 months have been. Features poorly explained stoicism and a Brene Brown name drop.

blogger, Covid-19, decision fatigue, funny blog, Great Resignation, introspection, personal development, relationships, self-belief, thelazyslinky, wellbeing

My senior cat’s daily routine (includes monster poos and dog beds)

5 minutes of descriptive prose of my new cat’s first week with me.

cat adoption, cat routine, funny blog, funny cat, senior cat, thelazyslinky, Writing

the Olympics is when I revel in my ignorance of all sports.

800 words of confused Olympic joy.

blog post, Casual fan, funny blog, Olympics 2020, Sports, thelazyslinky, Tom Daley, UFC

Do you ignore your tea until it gets cold?

3 min quickie about when your tea goes cold. Heavy journalistic stuff. Proceed with caution.

cold tea, funny blog, overdramatic, reheating tea, self-care, tea ritual, tea time, ukblog, ukblogger

I took a week off work, but it didn’t change my life.

5 min read about expecting too much from yourself because #alwaysbehustlin’

annual leave, blog, burnout, funny, high expectations, hustle, mental health, millennials, over planning, productivity, self-care, self-worth, the lazy slinky, ukblog, vacation

My Sunday evening: doomscrolling, taking offense and yoga

Quickie 2 min read about that dread you feel every Sunday evening.

anxiety, doomscrolling, dread, funny blog, job, mental health, stress, sunday evening, the lazy slinky, weekend, work, yoga

Was Valentine’s Day even relevant in the pandemic?

Defending Valentine’s Day for 7 minutes straight. 7 mins of reading I mean.

Aldi, blog, commercialism, Couples, cycnicism, humour, lockdown, quarantine, relationships, Romance, social media, thelazyslinky, UK, ukblogger, Valentine's Day

What school assignment still haunts you? Mine is the Tiger Essay

Gorgeous 10 min read about a formative childhood experience. With #siblinggoals

childhoodmemories, funny blog, help with homework, homework help, losing motivation for school, older brother, school, sibling, sibling love, siblinggoals, thelazyslinky

What the fear of not accomplishing your dreams feels like.

5 min read about things that hold us back from living a creative life. There’s a Venn diagram in it!

adviceforlife, banter, blogger, careergoals, creativeambitions, creativelife, creativelifehappylife, creativeslump, fearoffailure, leapoffaith, livingmybestlife, thelazyslinky, youareenough

I restarted yoga and now I’m better than everyone.

8 min ramble about fitness goals, consistency and smugness and how none of it will last.

building positive habits, consistency, exercise, fitness goals, impact of exercise, lockdown fitness, mental health, thelazyslinky, whoisthelazyslinky, yoga

Look look look!!!

#handmadewardrobe, learning to sew, sewing machine, thelazyslinky

I saw myself on camera and realised I’m a tubby now.

5 min read about weight fluctuations and the winter funk.

body positivity, feminism, funny blog, looking fat in photos, looking fat in videos, online criticism, shame around weight, thelazyslinky, weight gain in lockdown, winter weight

My Year in Amazon Purchases: What did I lose? What did I gain?

Big ol’ 9 min read reflecting on purchases from 2020 and where they may lead in 2021.

end of year reflections, goals for 2021, new year 2021, online spending in 2020, spending on amazon, spending too much online, thelazyslinky

Winter is Winning. Christmas is Cancelled. I am sad.

5 min rant about how Covid winter is sapping all willpower.

blog, britishwinterinlockdown, christmascancelled, darkbritishwinter, SAD, thelazyslinky, winterblues

Being a “Gifted Student” may have ruined me.

6 min read about how too much praise led Fia to be a lazy girl.

blog, blogger, don'tpraisechildren, examcomingup, genius, giftedandtalented, giftedstudentlazy, giftedstudentnegativeeffects, hardwork, introspection, lastminutestudying, negativeimpacts on education, preparingforexam, standardisedtesting, struggletostudy, thelazyslinky

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So.... I have written a 3000 word treatise on the nature of mortality and humanity's collective struggle with discussing it in a meaningful way with loved ones. But I also got a new cat recently you think you reading all about him is more important. It's also shorter.
My Sunday evening: doomscrolling, taking offense and yoga - blog post!
I took a week off work, but it didn’t change my life. New blog post! 🧐
Was Valentine's Day even relevant in the pandemic? (New Blog Post!)

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