In true blogging style, early last year I hit the ground running and updated regularly only to fall at the first hurdle: consistency. I took a year out to deal with personal obstacles as I felt this/blogging "wasn't me". It turns out, it probably is me after all. Who knew, eh?
The problem is, I like having a creative outlet but I hate the idea of criticism. Critics will be everywhere no matter what you achieve or how you get there. I probably should have grasped this earlier on but what's a little personal growth?!
So here's what's going on in my life right now because, as titled, almost a year can make all the difference.
To start off, I'm now in my second year at university, huzzah! My first year did not go as well as I thought it would, both personally and academically. This time last year I was living in halls with five people I had only known a matter of months and whom I mostly had nothing in common with. Being an introvert I probably should have taken into consideration that moving in with five strangers in their late-teens, with no grasp of how to be independent, wasn't going to be easy. I got through it though (yay) and even managed to pass with 2:1s and 1sts all round.
I am also in the process of adopting a full vegan diet. In the last year I turned back onto a vegetarian diet, and late discovered I'm lactose-intolerant. At first my thoughts were, "WHY HAS SUCH CURSE BEEN BESTOWED UPON ME?! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO NOT DESERVE THE ABILITY TO DIGEST CHEESE?!" but I stepped back and thought about what I was putting into my body. I researched how to adapt food and recipes to suit my nutritional needs. I researched the effects of dairy and egg farming, and how this effects the animals involved, our bodies and the environment. I'm not here to preach to anyone or morph your beliefs into my own, I'm here to share with you how I'm coping with a new diet and frankly how wonderful I feel because of it. Which leads me onto my next point...
Following new dietary requirements means an excuse to cook and bake and create food to my hearts content! And I love it! I've had successes that I want to share with you all (brownies that stay moist and omg just wait) and failures I want to adapt (vegan Yorkshire puddings that look' and probably taste, like hockey pucks). Coming from a family that generally avoids dairy products due to hereditary lactose-intolerance but stills consumes a hell of a lot of meat, I love hearing people say "This is great!" and are shocked when you tell them it's cruelty free. Excuse the smugness... Soz.
I have loads more to share with you all! And hopefully over the coming weeks/months/years (least see how long I can blog this time :-) ) we can all share together.
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The problem is, I like having a creative outlet but I hate the idea of criticism. Critics will be everywhere no matter what you achieve or how you get there. I probably should have grasped this earlier on but what's a little personal growth?!
So here's what's going on in my life right now because, as titled, almost a year can make all the difference.
To start off, I'm now in my second year at university, huzzah! My first year did not go as well as I thought it would, both personally and academically. This time last year I was living in halls with five people I had only known a matter of months and whom I mostly had nothing in common with. Being an introvert I probably should have taken into consideration that moving in with five strangers in their late-teens, with no grasp of how to be independent, wasn't going to be easy. I got through it though (yay) and even managed to pass with 2:1s and 1sts all round.
I am also in the process of adopting a full vegan diet. In the last year I turned back onto a vegetarian diet, and late discovered I'm lactose-intolerant. At first my thoughts were, "WHY HAS SUCH CURSE BEEN BESTOWED UPON ME?! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO NOT DESERVE THE ABILITY TO DIGEST CHEESE?!" but I stepped back and thought about what I was putting into my body. I researched how to adapt food and recipes to suit my nutritional needs. I researched the effects of dairy and egg farming, and how this effects the animals involved, our bodies and the environment. I'm not here to preach to anyone or morph your beliefs into my own, I'm here to share with you how I'm coping with a new diet and frankly how wonderful I feel because of it. Which leads me onto my next point...
Following new dietary requirements means an excuse to cook and bake and create food to my hearts content! And I love it! I've had successes that I want to share with you all (brownies that stay moist and omg just wait) and failures I want to adapt (vegan Yorkshire puddings that look' and probably taste, like hockey pucks). Coming from a family that generally avoids dairy products due to hereditary lactose-intolerance but stills consumes a hell of a lot of meat, I love hearing people say "This is great!" and are shocked when you tell them it's cruelty free. Excuse the smugness... Soz.
I have loads more to share with you all! And hopefully over the coming weeks/months/years (least see how long I can blog this time :-) ) we can all share together.
Wow, that sounded
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