Category: life
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Our favourite Etsy stores-Part 2
As you know from our previous articles we love an Etsy store. Buying handmade and vintage from the comfort of your own home has never been easier. It’s really important we support independent businesses, especially in these uncertain times. So we’ve compiled a list of 5 more Etsy stores we love and want to support.…
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Houseplants 101
It’s not secret we love a good house plant. Their green goodness brings positivity and pure ~vibes~ to any room they’re placed in, so why wouldn’t you want one (or ten). I’d say the most common reason people are put off caring for houseplants is they’ve killed them in the past and their leafy ghost…
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Sleepless dreamer
I’m not sure if I suffer from insomnia. Maybe I can sleep but I just don’t try hard enough. Maybe I need to actually just lie down and close my eyes for longer than five minutes, than rely on a singular cup of green tea to aid my sleep. I guess I could just be…
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Our favourite Etsy stores (and why they should be yours too!)
First of all, we love Etsy. What could be better than a place that brings small business owners together, and allows them to sell their products all over the world. For many years we’ve been an advocate of buying local and from independent businesses, but Etsy has allowed us to do that with the ease…
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Home
Home, a four letter word, home, something outside of a physical context— there is no direct phrase for “going home” in German, there is “gehen nach Hause” or “gehen zu Hause”, both meaning something like “going to house” but it’s more abstract than that, because lately I’ve been nach Hause gegangen to see you with…
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Up-dating Modern Romance
I don’t know about you, but the pressures I feel as a young person in society seem to be forever growing and breathing down my neck until it becomes impossible to sweep them aside. We need a solid career path that brings financial stability as well as actually enjoying our jobs; we get deemed ignorant…
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Relight my fire-tackling burnout
With so much going off in our lives it becomes hard to ever turn off: from work, social media, life itself, even if just for a second. When I was younger I remembered being able to read a book and become totally immersed in every second of narrative escape. Now I read a book and…
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International women’s day
To celebrate international women’s day we asked you on social media to tell us about your favourite inspirational women. Whether it be an inspiring women from history, a celebrity you admire, or someone you know personally who deserves some recognition we want to hear your stories. “Yeonmi Park was a no-brainer for me when deciding…