Category: Personal
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My First Bullet Journal
I cannot tell you how often I’ve been told to ‘just get a planner’. It’s one of those endlessly annoying rites of passage everyone with ADHD experiences at some stage. We get it; we forget things. 🤠The problem is, like basically every other ADHDer out there, I’ve tried my fair share of planners. Sometimes,…
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Accidental Accent
Okay, the title might be confusing, considering we moved to this country almost six years ago. 🤠But this topic feels like a natural extension of my post about our citizenship. While living in Germany, we could get by with things we regularly said in South Africa. ‘Ja’ is a staple there, pronounced identically to…
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Summer Vacation Pics
We’re super thankful to have had the opportunity to travel to the UK again this year. We got to catch up with family, sightsee with Kayla, and have an absolutely lovely time. And since our brand new passports cut the need for travel visas and our connecting flight brought us to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, we…
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Revive – Instagram Challenge
In a sunken hollow beneath myriad dust bunnies and cobwebs lies the bony remains of my author account on Instagram. My blog proves I can revive dead things (I spent loads of XP points on healing in the past few years ðŸ¤), so it’s only fair that I attempt the same revival on my author…
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Citizenship Achieved
In August 2015, we left everything we’d ever known. That’s a big statement. A heavy one. Full of unknowns, challenges, and anxiety. But it didn’t hold us back; we were determined. Our adventure led us across continents, exposed us to diverse cultures and languages, and tempered us in ways we couldn’t imagine. But it took…
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Half-Year Life Update
This post is a triumph. After the longest-ever absence from my blog, I wrote to you on the 20th of February 2023 and committed to one new post every week. And I kept it up. We’re in July, and I’m still here. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I’m coming to you live…
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New Experiences – Spring Market
I attended my first ever craft market as a vendor on Saturday. Was I a ball of anxiety/anticipation? Yes. Yes, I was. But was it worth it? Totally. You know, putting yourself out there in this way is super scary. What if people don’t like my product? What if I don’t sell enough to cover…
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Auroras From Our Deck
Everyone in my house is slightly aurora crazy. Okay, not ‘slightly’. And last night, the sky basically exploded. We were out there in the cold until well after midnight, totally overwhelmed by dancing ribbons of light. These were the most vivid auroras we’ve ever experienced. Up until now, we’ve only seen whispers of light on…
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Reconnecting Creativity
Okay guys, it’s time to get real here. If you’ve been around the blog, you’ll have read all about my struggle with writer’s block and the burnout that caused it. I’ve tried to be as honest as possible about both things (without sacrificing my personal space) because I feel like I have the platform to…
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A Writing Update
So, I mean, we all know there was supposed to be another book by now. The crickets that used to hang around A Curse of Venom & Scales have either died or moved along to chirp in some other tardy writer’s office. 😅 And I’m lucky to have a really supportive group of readers, who…
Yolandie Horak 