Over the years, I've become really interested & slightly addicted in tech-based posts, especially on apps. As a self-confessed phone addict, I'm always on the hunt for awesome apps. I like to have a good mix of programmes that can help me with my workday as well as ones that I simply use for pleasure too. 

I never thought I would be writing that I missed school and university, but here I am doing just that. Since I graduated I've really missed learning new things and it's hard to find the time when you're working and trying to maintain some sort of social life. As I'm always attempting to push myself to learn new things I thought I would share some of the creative things that I want to learn & do in 2015.

Something exciting happened on my birthday, I finally upgraded my DSLR! I've owned the same camera since I was 16 or 17 and it was coming to the end of its life. As it was the first DSLR I ever owned it holds such a special place in my heart and it always will but I really needed to upgrade. So between me and my family we clubbed together and purchased the

One of my biggest aims this year work wise was to work smarter, not harder. Even though my workload grows by the day and I'm constantly setting myself new challenges I don't want to be working even more hours than I am currently. When you're your own boss it's easy to work long hours with very few breaks, whilst I'm still finding a better balance here are a few ways that I've been smarter with my workload.

Overthinking situations was the bain of my teenage life, I would sit and waste hours just going over the same situation. After all those hours, I still wouldn't be further along and would have just worried myself into oblivion. Ever since I graduated university I've been on a long journey to try and get out of my overthinking mindset and here are a few things I've done.

I've spoken about my relationship with money in the past, I used to be a bonafide shopaholic and it took me a long time to realise that shopping didn't equal happiness. Living on a smaller budget for the past three years has taught me a lot of lessons. Even though I'm reformed from my emotional shopping days I do still enjoy it, I mean who doesn't love picking up a new striped Breton? Over the past couple of years, I've worked out how you can still be money savvy and still buy a few new things now and again. 

As we are nearly half way through the year (say what?) it's always a good time to look at your goals. I'm sure we all made a bunch of goals when New Years hit and I know that I always feel super excited in January & February but then I fall off track. I think having goals and aims are so important as they can help us grow in all areas of life but keeping on track can be difficult. As I've recently tried to back on track with my own resolutions I thought I would share how I did it.

Last week I spent the day with my partner in crime Jen and we touched on a topic that is important to us both. We're both self-employed so know the importance of being your own encouragement and just how difficult it can be to get into that mindset. We all need encouraging in all aspects of life, so today I wanted to talk about being your own encouragement.