Anybody in a creative field will be all too aware of the dreaded burnout and the fear that goes alongside it. We’ve all probably experienced it at some point where we feel like we’ve created every single thing we can think of and have no idea how we could possibly dream up anything else. It’s something that I know I end up going through every few months and naturally, I always get through it but at the time it feels like my little online world is imploding and I’ll never be able to do anything good again. So just in case you’re currently going through a little lull, here is everything to get that creative fire burning once again.

Did you know the standard working hours of 9-5 date back to the eighteenth century? They’re the hours that the vast majority of the country work but more than ever companies are introducing more flexible working hours and giving their employees the option to work from home, which is brilliant. And ever since I’ve worked from home I’ve tried so many different ways of working but something that I’ve always worried about is that if I’m not working 9-5 then am I working hard enough? And the answer is obviously yes and here is why I’m finally comfortable in not working a strict 8 hours and why I don’t think there should be so much guilt surrounding it.

2018 marks the year I seriously fell out of love with Instagram. My constant decline in followers has knocked my confidence so much and as much as I wish it wasn’t the case it is, and I know it’s not something I'm alone in feeling. And it’s taken me months and months to feel like I could happily go on the platform and use it the way I used to, whilst I realise these statements might sound a little dramatic they’re sadly true. In around September, I decided enough was enough and I’d go back to basics, try and stay away from the numbers as much as I could as and it’s made me fall back in love with those squares and this is what I’ve done.

Typically a post like this would live over on The Adventures of Josie & Edie but as I don’t plan on any gift guides apart from this one and maybe one celebrating small business it felt right to hit publish over here. By this point, we’re all well aware that I’m utterly obsessed with my sighthounds Josie & Edie. And subsequently something I’m very passionate about it good houndwear in general. As the festive season is edging closer and closer than that means only one thing, a purchase for your pet must be made and here are some things that are on my list. All of these stores and services are small businesses which I’m excited to be able to support this season, as there is nothing better than seeing where your money goes.

As we’re slowly approaching new years resolution time I thought I’d get ahead of the game and try and take a serious look at my daily habits. Some of them are pretty great if I do say so myself but some, well some are pretty questionable and I want to change that. Weirdly, one of my favourite topics of conversation is the little things that everyone does daily as you never know what might work for you and your lifestyle. And this is everything that I'm trying to work on at the moment...

One of my favourite conversations to have with somebody is ‘what would you do if money was no question?’. Because although we might not like to admit it to ourselves or to anybody else money controls a lot of what we do. It might mean we’re forced to work a job that we cannot stand or we might have enough financially that we are completely free to do what we please and that is most definitely the one thing that money does buy; freedom. So think of this post of a conversation between friends about what you’d do if money wasn’t something you had to worry about and this is what I would do...