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Keeping busy during corona time

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It seems my 2020 visions may not come true, through no fault of my own but due to our good friend COVID-19. I struggle terribly with my mental health when I am without a routine/without a reason to get out of bed in the morning and I know so many others are in the exact same position which is exactly why I’m writing this blog; with the hope of reminding myself of ways to fill my days and others too. I guess this may not be as helpful information you’re not having online classes (lectures and seminars etc) but there may still be some other ideas in here which people may wanna try to keep productive. Despite being on lock-down my lectures and seminars through my university are continuing meaning I still have around 10 “contact hours” a week and I’ll still have around 25-30 hours a week of research/revision and assignment preparation which I’ll work into whatever my quarantine routine becomes. If you haven’t got any form of online learning it’s important to keep your brain busy whether ...
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Did january have to last this long?💫

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Good evening/afternoon/morning/night, i am crazy exhausted and unmotivated so in order to stop scrolling through tiktok or just rolling around my room i decided to be productive. No, my blog is not my uni work but, it is hopefully going to get me a little more focused and back on track as right now i cannot be bothered to do anything at all. Anyways, january is somehow still going, 2019 is a distant memory and assessment season is over (thank god). So this is just gonna be a little bit of a 'what i've actually done during this super long month' kinda blog, here we go. I'm not gonna lie the first half of january has been a blur. Medical Law and EU Law deadlines completely took over me so i spent two weeks crying in the library eventhough they were both already pretty much written last year. But, once both of those really enjoyable essays were handed in my boyfriend took me on a really romantic weekend away to Harrogate. We absolutely love it and we went last year so ...
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2019 reflections and 2020 visions

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It’s officially 2020 so why not take some time to reflect on the past year,  to put  into writing what I’m hoping to achieve and how I’m hoping to feel this time next year? 2019 was a difficult but amazing year, during the first half of the year I was very lonely and down at university as I sadly did not get the first year experience which many do, but I had my partner who lit up my life every night on the phone and on weekends, he really helped me get through. During the second half of the year I got a job, just for the duration of summer, I managed to save up enough money to pay for an amazing trip to Tenerife as well as put the rest into savings for my food this year (I’m on the minimum loan haha), I’ve moved into a house and met the most amazing and annoying gal @amelia and settled into my course so much better. I’m so happy and proud of myself for joining a society this year at university, I’ve met the best friends I really ever could and it’s been a tough 3 weeks without...
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Law year 2 electric boogaloo

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Almost two months has absolutely flown by since my last blog and I’m not even slightly surprised at how quickly it’d gone by with how hectic second year has been so far. Rather than repeating first year and isolating myself I decided I’d force myself to join a society, and that society is cheerleading and I absolutely love it. I really can’t thank my best friends and partner enough for encouraging me to join cheer because it has done wonders for my mental and physical health; having two hours a week just focused on training really makes a difference and is such a nice break from all the stress that comes with university. I’ve made the most amazing friends on cheer and it’s just made my whole university experience so much better as I was hardly popular in the friends department last year lmaooo :/  On top of cheerleading my main priority is of course my degree, law. I can confirm EU and Land Law are the worst things ever and I can’t wait for them to be done with. Criminal and me...
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Settling into university, second year 💞

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Hello and thank you again for taking the time to read my blog, unless you’ve swiped off now which is completely understandable as I don’t blame you. Recently I moved back to University after working full time all “summer” so I thought to give a little update on how I’m finding things so far. This year I’ve moved into a house with some friends rather than student halls, I’m really enjoying this and a huge pro of living in a house is the difference in price, it is so so much cheaper to live in a house (seriously it’s crazy). Of course another pro is living with people you get on with, being able to sit and chat in the kitchen and overall have a fab ol time. My bedroom is on the ground floor which seemed really scary to start with but I’ve had no issues at all. I absolutely love my room, it’s really big and has tonnes of space for me which was super important as I ended up buying a desk for my uni room. In student housing desks are provided but the one provided for myself was too ...
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Tenerife /// Holiday blog

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Hello hello hello, Officially back in the UK from the most wonderful time abroad. I say official as I have already got a cold and if that isn’t enough proof I’m not sure what is. For the last week I’ve been in Tenerife with my amazing partner and wOweee what a lovely place. Thought I’d write a little blog about my time there/nice places to go/how we booked a holiday etc as booking your first holiday away can be so confusing and stressful! We booked a few months ago through Love Holidays and everything was so so easy, flights, transfers, hotel, food etc. Was all sorted within a 10 minute call so that was easy enough. Then it’s just a case of packing which is absolutely awful, the process took me about a week of throwing things in and out of my case and trying to get it under 20kg which was a nightmare! Whilst Harry’s packing took a total of an hour which is about right. The flights to and from Tenerife which we’d booked through Ryanair (risky eh) were actually fine??? On time??...
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Uni room essentials!!!

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Right so, the countdown is on, it’s a few weeks till people either go to or go back to university. So what better time to make a list of things to remember? Exactly. This is also to help myself so I don’t forget things which I did last year, here we go. I’ve also attached some photos of my uni room below, lil inspo maybe :) Bedroom: A rug - whether or not you have a carpet in your room it is soooo important to take a rug! It’ll make the whole place so much more homely especially if you have wooden floors. A tray for your desk - you need somewhere for bits and bobs like sticky tabs and highlighters (especially if you’re studying law) and it’s easier if they’re all in one place. A small set of draws - I have two small sets from ikea for about £15 each and they’re amazing. Uni rooms only tend to have one set of draws and you don’t realise how much storage you need until you get there (for makeup/notebooks etc.) An over the door mirror - get yourself to wilkos as these mirrors ar...
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