Thoroughly modern millennial

Author: Ria

  • This Week…

    – Day #4 – Fawning over winter coats already – Bought these from Zara, can’t wait till they arrive! – Day #5 – Day #6 – Seeing my friend’s do RENT, very emotional night – O.J. & a walk in the sunshine to work – Day #7 – Finished up read Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro – Watched my little sister in Joseph & his technicolour – Day #8 – Wish magazine arrived! – 

    B.O.B ft Taylor Swift – Both of us

    Hectic week was hectic! Getting used to a new routine was harder than I thought and didn’t help with blogging lol. It also didn’t help that I went to go see my old theatre group do two shows, one of which my sister was in and the other, an entirely emotional affair. One thing I have been finding nice has been delving head first into work wear. I’m slowly getting used infusing my own style into a new environment. It’s also giving me an excuse to do a little online shopping ;) The placement itself has been really good so far, learning lots but lots more to learn in the next few weeks and I have a little handover with the current intern. 
    It was also exciting to get Wish magazine in the post! I’ve already had a little read through and I’m already finding it wonderfully witty and gorgeously illustrated. I’ll definitely need to do a little review of it soon! 
    Trying to write this post while watching the Olympic closing ceremony so forgive me if it’s a little disjointed :P

    Keep on wishing…
    R.xoxo

  • This Week…

    – Manic train journeys on Monday – Travel prep for placement – New wake up call (wah!) – Costa hot chocolate on my first day – Day #1 outfit – Day #2 outfit – Pasta! – Plot planning for my Camp NaNoWriMo novel – Nandos on Thursday – End of the week treat – Day #3 outfit – Mocha, tuna melt and Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro after my shift on Saturday – 

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    Soundtrack: Kate Voegele – Inside Out


    So I’m 3 days into my work placement now and I’m already shattered lol 6am starts are harder than I thought. I’m really liking it so far and have already learnt a lot too. With working in an office comes a brilliant opportunity for work wear and I’ve started to document what I’m calling ‘A Year In Work Wear’. I’m going to do a quick snap of what I’m wearing in the morning every day for the next year and post the outfit to my Tumblr with a couple of details. I figured as I’ll be wearing less casual wear this would be a nice alternative and saves me time having to pull together a full outfit shots (plus you’d all get bored of constant photos of black trousers and collared shirts right?). 
    Aside from work I had a nice catch up with friends over a Nandos on Thursday, have been plodding along with my Camp NaNoWriMo novel (check out my post about it from Thursday) and am fully addicted to watching the Olympic coverage (how amazing was Jessica Ennis yesterday!) 
    Also apologies for becoming another blogger to subscribe to using a weekly Instagram post, but I honestly don’t see what’s so bad about them? It’s an easy way to document my daily life and even easier to pull together for a Sunday summary post! 
    So I’m gonna get back to writing then my first full on working week commences tomorrow! Bring It!

    Keep on wishing…
    R.xoxo

  • Writing with abandon: Taking on the Camp Nanowrimo challenge as a blogger

    It’s the 2nd of August and I’m on day 2 of Camp NaNoWriMo. 
    What is Camp NaNoWriMo I hear you cry? 
    Camp Nanowrimo - It's like Nanowrimo, but in June! Works better for students, teachers, and those who have more time in June than November. Want to write your own novel this summer?
    [Image sourced via Pinterest]
    Well It’s a month long writing challenge that has participants from every corner of the globe aiming to write a 50,000 word novel from scratch (or scratch-ish). It can be any genre, you can be any age and it doesn’t even have to be written on a computer (though I’d advise you do so you can count, your word count). 
    I’ve briefly mentioned my participation a couple of times on this blog, but I’ve never fully properly talked about it.

    Writing is something that I’ve always done since I was very young. I have an over active imagination and do find myself daydreaming stories. The only problem is finishing any of them.
    That’s definitely what drew me to blogging. It was quick and easy and posts have small word counts, you can publish your work within a matter of seconds and have dozens of people reading it within a few minutes.
    This changed slightly after participating in NaNoWriMo 2011. Alongside University work I completed a  whole novel (albeit a very bad one). The accomplishment felt amazing. I’d never finished anything to that length before.
    Pen and paper.[Image sourced via Pinterest]

    So what does this have to do with blogging?
    Heard of blogger’s fatigue? Blogger’s block? Or feeling a severe lack of creativity? I’m pretty sure all of these symptoms have been faces by bloggers at some point or another. And these are all things you need to fight against when participating in a challenge like NaNoWriMo. 
    The basic ethos of the challenge is to write with literary abandon and sometimes when you’re feeling uninspired by the world of blogging you need that. I feel like sometimes us bloggers forget that this is our domain, it can be good to loose one’s inhibitions and simply write like no one’s watching. The principle’s the same with photography, crafting and art. 
    There’s so much emphasis on reaching out to your audience that many of us bloggers can loose perspective on why we started in the first place…because we loved doing it!

    That’s really what a challenge like Camp NaNoWriMo is about: letting go and enjoying the unpredictability of writing and creating. 

    So it may already be day 2 but why not take on the Nano writing challenge? 
    Or take on the challenge in your own way. 
    Write 500 words of nonsensical fashion commentary, doodle with abandon or throw paint in the air and see where it lands. 
    Break the rules and bury your insecurities in the sand. 

    Keep on wishing…
    R.xoxo

    *If you’re trying to find me on NaNoWriMo (both for Camp Nano and the Novement event) I’m RCagz on there :)