Which path will you take...? — by TheBotanicalCat on

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Let's consider a scenario. You're running full pelt, chasing your dreams, aspiring to be something, and you hit a fork in the...

The most important time: 'me time' — by TheBotanicalCat on

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It's been a long time since I've been sat amidst the bubbles of a bubble bath and actually enjoyed it. I'm usually rushing about...

It's the final countdown… — by TheBotanicalCat on

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I can’t get it into my head that in a week (and an hour) I’ll be all checked in for my flight. I’ll have given my mum and my grandad o...

Ostrich-mode engaged. — by TheBotanicalCat on

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Please please will someone give me the kick up the backside I'm so desperately in need of? I can't emphasise how much I need so...

Say yes..... — by TheBotanicalCat on

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Today has been one of those magical days where I have engaged in doing sweet nothingness, il dolce far niente . I had an extremely long...

Nothing is ever set in stone.... (Thailand revised) — by TheBotanicalCat on

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At 23 you'd think that I'd have realised by now that I'm pretty unpredictable, a bit like a rip current I guess but definit...

My home is by the sea. — by TheBotanicalCat on

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'It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that li...

Letters, trinkets, and other random oddments… — by TheBotanicalCat on

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Whether you’re a natural hoarder or not we all tend to keep our own little collection of memories somewhere safe; a shoebox maybe, a sp...

"Don't fear change, embrace it" — by TheBotanicalCat on

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Okay, so the big idea to start planning my wild 13 month long adventure in November has gone straight out of the window. I don’t really...

New starts. New ventures. New me? — by TheBotanicalCat on

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Sometimes we need to take a little break from the things we love to fully appreciate them when we get back, after all – absence makes t...