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Tag: Lifestyle & Travel

  • Postcards from Oxford

    Postcards from Oxford

    It’s been almost two years since I packed up and moved to Oxford. Can you believe it? Living in a place for so long can make you feel a bit jaded. You start seeing the cracks in the city, you always find something to complain about, you forget how excited and new everything felt when you first moved. It’s easy to nit pick about the snobbish nature of Oxford, the masses of tourists/cyclists/annoying buggers on the high street, the constant construction, but as much as I bemoan I have to admit that I am really lucky to live here.

    I take snaps of Oxford all the time, with the most wanderlust worthy living on my Instagram anyway, but I rarely actually highlight them in one big set. So here’s a few of my favourites. Have a wander through the cobbled streets with me.


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    Make sure you follow me on Instagram (@RCagz)  if you’re after more Oxfordian snaps. And if any of you lovely lot are in the area, hit me up. I love playing tour guide!

    Ria

     

  • 3 Reasons To Start A Personal Journal

    3 Reasons To Start A Personal Journal

    As the new year rolls in, I’m sure you’re inundated with dozens of self-improvement posts across the blogsphere – and are probably sick to death of them already as well (and if you aren’t check out my writing goals and one word resolution *wink wink nudge nudge*). Whatever your resolutions this year I want to suggest one very good one that you can keep going for as long as you please.

    Start a personal journal.

    There are many very good reasons to start one but here my own, personal top three:

    1. You can be completely honest with yourself

    You know those thoughts you have in your head that you feel like you cannot tell anyone for whatever reason? Get them down in that journal. You can be as crass, gross and unapologetically honest with your journal because it’s literally just you reading it.

    2. You can use it to clear your head

    Whenever some ‘big’ happens to myself in my life or if I feel overwhelmed, I journal. Just the act of getting thoughts out of my head and onto paper works wonders in terms of trying organise my thoughts – like a Pensieve!. I’ve often found a session of physically writing out my train of thought in my journal ended with me coming up with a resolution to the problem I was writing about.

    3. You can see how just far you’ve come

    Whilst my blog is fantastic for documenting my current passions and interests, and my social media is good for documenting those more public ‘ life’ memories, my journal chronicles my mindset, how I really felt and my mental health through all of this. Reading back journal entries from even a few months ago makes you realise just how much you’ve changed as a person, good and bad, and can provide you with an idea of just what you need to do to move forward.

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    Do any of you keep a journal? Will you now? And what will you use it for?

    Ria Xx

  • Autumnal Snapshots

    Autumnal Snapshots

    “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

    —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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    I”ve been feeling a little fatigued about writing and blogging lately, so I took some cliched advice and went for a walk in my local park. The weather was the perfect kind of chilly, cold enough to wrap up but not cold enough to feel as if your nips are gonna drop off and wasn’t raining. I had a wander listening to podcasts, sat on a bench to read a book, and took some snaps of the changing seasonal colours. Autumn is great and hell I’m not apologising for being that blogger who loves this time of year.

    Ria