31 Aug 2025
Ten Years of Blogging
In a way, that moment signified the start of my ‘proper’ adult life. I was 23, had been out of uni for 18 months and floundered about a bit in a way that we probably all need to do. Lived at home, went on some questionable dates, drank a lot of wine with friends, did two internships, an admin job, one random shift at an event venue (which somehow ended up with me on the back of a stranger’s motorbike… but that’s a story for another day) and 6 months at what I thought was going to be a dream job and ended up being slightly hellish (did pick up my future husband though so all was not lost). But by summer 2015, I’d just landed a job that essentially kickstarted my career, was three months into my relationship with my now-husband and just felt like I was… on my way, I guess? I have always kept diaries or journals in some capacity, always put together scrapbooks and photo albums, but this is the most consistent I have ever been, and I think it’s pretty special that I’ve got my first decade of adult life documented like this.
That first post was a list of things that had made me happy recently and whilst I am so far away from that 23-year-old woman sat on her bedroom floor, ultimately this blog is still, and has always been, about capturing the good stuff.
There have been a few times when I’ve debated putting it to one side - particularly now that my life looks so different – but, whilst I’m sure one day the time will come, there’s still something in me that wants to write here. I don’t think my small-town life as a mother of two young children is as bloggable (that’s a word right?) as a twenty-something experiencing lots of new things and places, and I am certainly more cautious about what I want to put on the internet these days, but writing and documenting is still in my blood so I will keep doing so here for as long as it feels right (I do also write over on Substack these days if you want to come and join, you can subscribe for free :))
If you read this little blog and particularly if you’ve read it since the beginning, thanks for coming along for the ride; it’s been so much fun to have you here.
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