Granted I’ve had some tiring weeks of personal stuff recently, but even without that, I had been looking for a word to describe how I felt. And I finally came across it last week. Disillusionment. That is how I feel. Disillusioned towards a lot of things. Some parts of blogging & online life included. I had […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Introducing… the NormalNess Etsy Shop!
As I mentioned last week, I signed up for a quick win challenge … and got distracted after two days. Because I’m skilled like that. But the point of it stuck with me, and that was that I wanted to achieve something. After being sick and dragging myself to work all year… there isn’t much […]
Randoms 9
I tried playing with some online drawing tools to see if that would help me one day when I was in a funky funk funk. The thing is, it felt really unnatural. Then I worked out why. I use a mouse right-handed but I’m left handed for most things. I can’t draw with my non […]
Stock Up Grocery Shop
It has been a while since I’ve done any of my grocery posts on here. Mostly because I tend to buy the same(ish) stuff each fortnight, I’m not prescriptive in “teaching” you want to do like a “real” shopping and meal planning blog (plus I don’t meal plan or follow receipes because ugh who lives […]
Tiredness Vs Fatigue
Pretty much as soon as that last pesky stitch came out, I finally felt better. Better than I had in a year. The low iron and the tonsillitis (and tonsillectomy) were nearly back to back, leaving me vaguely sick but outwardly functional for most of a year. It’s only since “coming out of it” that […]
Randoms 8
This week has been a mixed bag. I assume, bag of lollies? Hmm. I had the world’s lousiest sleep on Monday night which led me to staying home from work on Tuesday. It also included me crying at a piece of bacon and giggling wildly at some random beeping noise on the street. (Sleep deprivation […]
2017 Blogging Review
I know, it’s a bit odd to do a blogging review so “early” in the year, but I believe goals don’t have to be made only in January and reviews don’t only happen at the end of the year (or financial year). 2017 Blogging Review To be frank, most of this year […]
Why Blogging Formulas Are Bullshit
Every now and again, someone will sell a blogging formula. Wait, everyday, not every now and again. You can learn the twelve steps someone took to reach some wonderful kind of blogging domination. Insert eye roll here. Why Blogging Formulas Are Bullshit But wait, I hear you say. You write about blogging […]
#ArchiveLove 42
I am nerdily excited about this weekend! One of my favourite festivals is on, which I call “wood fired pizza for breakfast” festival. It’s a favourite once a year indulgence. The other thing I’m excited about is using a new bag. Which is the nerdy part. One of the good things about feeling better […]
Making Career Choices
I sometimes feel a bit like I’ve sold out (for lack of a better term), because I currently work a generic job that hasn’t got much to do with my skills, interests or education. Making Career Choices I was at an alumni research / student-alumni networking even last week at one of […]