September Journal.

September. Is 'spring has sprung' the most overused phrase in September? Quite possibly. I suppose it's also another way of saying 'thank god we've made it to the other side of winter'. Both expressions reflect my current state of feelings for the month that was. The sun is rising that bit earlier (hello imminent day light savings), the days are a little warmer, and fractionally longer, and everyone just seems to have a bit more of a spring in their step... pun shamelessly intended. 

To pick up where we left off last month, with a sourdough starter coming into my possession, I think I've discovered a whole new passion in bread making. Whenever someone asks me "what have you been up to?" I reply excitedly saying "making sourdough bread" like it's an achievement of the same status as moving home or getting a new job. Like most good things that end up happening for me, I was really nervous before starting the bread making process. Mostly it's a fear of failure, which is probably my biggest fear if we're being honest, and if I failed making the bread, then the whole exercise would have been for nothing. After combining all of the ingredients and then kneading the dough I felt like I knew my bread was going to be somewhat of a success. Pulling out the golden loaf from the oven and hearing that hallow sound as you tap the bread was like winning the lucky door prize when you never win anything. For a moment there I felt so silly for having doubted myself and for having let my irrational fear of failure infiltrate something as meditative, enjoyable and humbling as making bread.

Since then, there have been some challenges with my breads not really rising so I've had to adjust my starter and things seems to be working better now. I've also started experimenting with making olive loaf, and plan on making a potato and rosemary bread very soon. 

The other highlight of the month was my trip to Brisbane and most notably staying at the divine Calile Hotel. It was an Instagram influencer's playground and aesthetically pleasing to all of my senses. From the marble and gold detailing throughout the lobby, to the curved archways in the room and the brass finishings in the bathroom all the way down to the pool and it's chic daybeds and matching umbrellas, the level of design and detail everywhere you turned was both thrilling and assuring. I truly felt like a queen staying for two nights at the hotel. It was worth every single cent. To make it all the more special it was Ruby and I who were staying and we had a lovely girls weekend. We went to GOMA, had a long lunch that turned into dinner at Greca, and then saw one of our favourite bands, The 1975, the following night. Brisbane had a real vibe to it that even Sydney seems to be lacking at the moment. I will most definitely be going back!

It wasn't all perfect breads and perfect interiors, there were some lows as well. At the beginning of the month I had some really intense feelings that everything I owned was gross and old and that I in turn was gross and dishevelled. I really feel this pressure, mostly put on by myself, of having to look and dress and speak a certain way to be worthy of my job and where I live. These sentiments were mostly true of my activewear and how it would make me feel getting ready to go and exercise. I knew going into my self imposed 'buy nothing new' year that I already needed to upgrade my activewear back in December. In my defence, I hadn't bought new activewear in over three years. It's not something I feel the need to be 'on trend' with because exercising to me isn't something that is a show. It's about moving my body and keeping it fit, healthy and strong. But my clothes were really starting to show their age and making me feel sloppy and unkempt every time I got dressed to go and exercise which isn't very nice. I knew I had to upgrade things and so I did. I recycled some of my old tops by cutting them up into rags to use around the house... yep, that's how bad they were! My new items, whilst not ideal and not in line with my goal this year, have made me feel better about myself when I get dressed to go and workout. And in turn, have made exercising all the more enjoyable again. I also haven't thought about wanting to buy anything new since I made those purchases. In fact, a part of me feels like I might even have my capsule wardrobe in a really good place now.

I'm also happy to report that I stuck with my meditation and morning routine for most of the month. I'm really enjoying having cared for myself and my personal interests before I set out into the day. It's a fairly simple practice - wake up, make tea, meditate, then drink tea and read a book - and I think that's what has made it work. I was so worried when I was doing the High Vibration Challenge last month that I didn't have a 'ritual' but I do, it just took me some time to realise those small things, and doing them daily makes a ritual - A series of actions or type of behaviour regularly and invariably followed by someone.

~ New In - sadly not the secondhand edition this time... ~

Girlfriend Collective set - I bought the Compressive High Rise leggings in black and the Topanga bra in black. I love this set so much, it's incredibly comfortable, the leggings really suck you in and make you feel supported, and both pieces are made with recycled plastic bottles and came in plastic free packaging. Plus you can send the garments back to GC when they've lived their life so they can be recycled!

P.E Nation singlet and t-shirt - I bought the Shuffle Tank (white) and the Ignition Cropped Tee (black) for the fact that I have access to a brand discount through work and that I know I'll wear them again and again and again. They were close to the cut and style of tops that I was after to complete my activewear line up. 

Kowtow White t-shirt - the need for a white t-shirt was always going to get me. I can't tell you how heavily I rely on my white t-shirt throughout spring and summer. I wear it at least three times a week. My current white t-shirt from Uniqlo is starting to become see-through so it was time to upgrade before my dependency sets in. I went with my morals and ethics and bought from Well Made Clothes.

Away suitcase - Oh I really did have a breakdown to have a breakthrough this month. I also upgraded my year 11 and 12 pink Country Road duffle bag, that I have been using for the last six years as my carry on luggage, to an actual hard case suitcase with compartments and four wheels. It has been revolutionary and an excellent investment.

~ Read, watched and listened ~

Normal People by Sally Rooney -  I have been thinking about this book and its characters ever since I finished. I feel like we all know a Marianne and Connell couple, or have even been in a relationship like theirs. Now I fully understand the Sally Rooney hype, I can't wait to read Conversations With Friends!

The Loudest Voice on Stan - The Academy should make an exception for this show and give it an Oscar. Russell Crowe is terrifyingly good as the Fox News founder Roger Ailes and Sienna Miller is unrecognisable as Ailes' dutiful wife Beth. The show charts the events that lead to Fox News becoming the media behemoth it is today, and the tactics it uses to shape American conversation and in turn the American political landscape. 

~ Eats ~

Greca, Brisbane - owned by Sydney's The Apollo and Cho Cho San it goes without saying this restaurant would live up to the hype and millennial pink interiors. Make sure you order the saganaki cheese, it's to die for!

I'm going to finish this post with some pictures from The Calile because it really sparked joy throughout my entire being...

x.

August Journal.

August. I think I thought about writing this post for the entire month because I really had such a great time! Instead of entering the month thinking that there was one more month of winter left, I tried to embrace the season and enjoy the last month of the cold. With global warming, who knows how many more winters we'll get! I spent a lot of time doing indoor activities like eating at restaurants (which I really do more often than I thought I did), visiting art galleries, going to the cinema and seeing a musical.

I also went on a beautiful of walk through the Royal National Park to prepare for The Bloody Long Walk that I am doing in September. The day we (myself, Nicola and Tash) went walking was another perfect Sydney winter's day without a cloud in the sky. We kept stopping along the way to see all of the whales frolicking in ocean as they make their way up the coast.

During the month, and some of last month too, I felt like I needed to create some more space for myself to do the things I want to do more of, like reading and meditating. May sound boring to some but those two things are like my salve. In the way the world, or maybe just Instagram, works, I came across The Broad Place's two week High Vibration Challenge. The High Vibe Challenge was two weeks of meditating twice daily, no alcohol, no coffee, no sugar, mostly plant based foods, exercising five days per week and no negative communication (gossiping etc). That is an intimidating list, but two weeks, in the grand scheme of a month and a year, is not a very long amount of time. I'm very proud that I was able to stick to nearly all of the requirements. I honestly felt so amazing, clear, and in charge of myself after those two weeks. I've managed to keep up the meditating, only now once per day, and have even established a kind of 'morning routine' where I wake up, make tea, meditate and then read my book for 30 minutes before getting ready for work. Just having done something for myself, that I enjoy, before going about a day of doing everything for everyone else is a salvation that I am relishing.

During my two week High Vibe Challenge I went up to the Gold Coast for a glorious weekend with my family and friends. I attended the Eden Health Retreat Open Air Pilates class out the back of Currumbin Valley with my two sisters and two clients. I'd never been to a 'health retreat' property before but now I have and I want to go back and never leave. Even though we were only there for a few hours, I was awash with calm from being submerged amongst trees deep in the valley for at least a good two days afterwards. Pilates was really hard but I didn't actually mind it. I do still prefer yoga though. And in a crazy turn of events my sister Phoebe ended up winning a weeks' stay at the Retreat for two people.

With the deep sense of calm following the visit to Eden, Ruby and I headed down to another slice of heaven, Kiva Spa and spent a couple of hours in the bathhouse. Needless to say we probably overdid it with relaxing as we both couldn't keep our eyes open at 7.30pm that evening and both had deep 10 hour sleeps that night! The next day we ventured back out to Currumbin Valley for breakfast with Dad and Ashleigh Jane. Then I headed to North Burleigh for Meg's 30th picnic party. It was another stunner of a day. After the sun set, we packed up and headed out for pizza and wine to further the celebrations. It was one of those perfect dinners filled with silly jokes, laughter and love that you wish you could frame it in a photograph or relive that kind of night over and over. It was so perfect that I couldn't not participate in sharing the bottle of red wine, or the dessert. I would have regretted not doing that and so I broke my little challenge, but didn't feel at all guilty about it!

Meg's step mum also made me a sourdough culture that I brought back to Sydney on the plane. Levi and I have diligently been feeding the culture and I'll be able to tell you how it works out next month after we've attempted making our first loaf!

To finish off the month, my Mum came back down to Sydney for a girls long weekend. We did so much, wasted no time and ate ourselves silly. It was so lovely being able to have my Mum to myself and just do all of the things we like doing.

~ New In - The Secondhand Edition ~

I had the op-shopping fairies on my side when I went thrifting in Newtown last weekend. I spent under $100 and came home with: a pair of vintage Levi's 501s, a vintage pair of sass & bide jeans, a Veronica Maine midi skirt in excellent condition, a cream knit cardigan (inspired by Katie Holmes) and a gold glomesh over the shoulder handbag.

~ Read, watched and listened, featuring exhibitions! ~

Rake (on Netflix) - this show is fucking hilarious and brilliant and I only wish I had of discovered it sooner. I love Clever Greene. I really love seeing Sydney and Kings Cross on screen.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood... - I watched this movie with stars in my eyes. I loved it. Everything about it. It was fabulous and made even better by the fact you were watching Leo, Brad (shirtless), and Margot all on the one screen.

Vicki Lee Gallery - I was lucky enough to go along to the opening of artist Vicki Lee's own gallery. The gallery is in a sublime space in Surry Hills near The Beresford and is definitely worth a visit.

The Archibald at the Art Gallery of NSW - I think sometimes The Archibald can be a bit hit or miss and this year, for me, it was a hit. There were so many stunning portraits that I loved.

Shaun Gladwell at the MCA - Shaun Gladwell is an Australian artist who makes these incredibly expansive videos involving body movement in wide open spaces. His piece Inceptor Surf Sequence is a mainstay at the MCA and one of my favourites.

Mystify: Michael Hutchence at Golden Age Cinema - I haven't thought so much about a documentary this much since Amy. It breaks my heart that such a talented and deep soul wasn't able to see through his life and work to it's full potential. Highly recommend seeing this documentary if you're a fan of music, culture or even fashion (there were lots of fabulous outfits!).

~ Eats ~

Cornersmith, Annandale - The cinnamon waffle. My only complaint is that I wish there were multiple waffles with the order!

Paramount Coffee Project, Surry Hills - So cool it hurts. Mum told me to get the pancake and she is usually right so I followed her orders and she was right.

Chin Chin, Surry Hills - Order the 'Feed Me' menu and don't look back!

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July Journal.

July. The first day of July was spent on a boat with old and new friends, driving around the Sydney Harbour, drinking beer and eating snacks on a clear and sunny winter's day. In terms of what Sydney has to offer, a sunny day out on the Harbour is very close to perfection. It rivals the constant stream of European Instagram posts that are flooding everyone's feed at this time of year. The ocean is a magnificent deep blue, and the vistas of the harbour are just as good as those looking back on Positano.

After such a busy June, I spent the early parts of this month trying to settle back into my routine that keeps me on track, but it didn't last for long. Mid-week events kept popping up and throwing me off course. In the beginning, I was resistant and frustrated with not being able to keep to the things I normally do. Routine keeps me on track with my exercise, nutrition and spending, but after a while, it does become repetitive and monotonous. With encouragement from my Co-Star app push notifications - there was something about shaking up routines - I eventually let go and ran with whatever came my way.

Levi's grandmother sadly passed away and we attended her funeral on the Central Coast on a Monday. That night we drove back to Sydney, returned our hire car, and took up the offer of free tickets to a Mark Ronson DJ set at The Star. After the day we had, it felt like a fun, freeing and frivolous way to shake off the solemn day we had.

I also went to see a play at Hayes Theatre, which is around the corner from our apartment, with Katie and Tash. We saw Razorhurst, a play set in Sydney in the late 1920s about the two women who ran the underbelly of the city and started razor gang wars between their two fractions. It was a fantastic two woman show that really pulled you into the tension and sinister nature of the time in Sydney.

We also had a trip to the Gold Coast. The occasion was to celebrate some dear friends who are having their first baby. At the end of the afternoon, after the co-ed baby shower had wrapped, it was just the six of us left - me, Levi, Rachel, Jackson, Sarah and Jay. We all lived and fell in love with our respective partners in the same house. It was our first home out of home, it was our very early 20s, it was the beginning of our lives. We share memories and moments that will intertwine us close to one another forever. Even though we don't live together anymore, we aren't each other's housemates any more, we share the same feeling that no matter what, deep down, we have one another, and despite times where we don't get to see or talk to one another as much as we'd like, we always have one another. The type of friends where you just pick up from where you left off.

Before and after the baby shower was spent catching up with all of our close friends who squeezed us in for a fleeting visit. I had breakfast with Ashleigh and baby Evie, we were also joined by my Dad. Mum was busy walking 60 km through the Gold Coast Hinterland for the Kokoda Challenge. Levi and I also got to catch up for coffee and croissants with our dear friends Meg and Ben before they headed off on a road trip for the weekend.

On coming back from the Gold Coast we had the week to be lived like we're in Europe on summer holidays and not at work, grudgingly trying to get through winter. We ate dumplings and had wine and beer at the cheap and cheerful Chinese Noodle Restaurant on a Monday night before seeing the ultimate high-summer vibe band Friendly Fires. They haven't released new music or toured in a really long time so the gig almost felt like a battle to win the crowd over. The crowd was all diehard fans who were in it for the long haul. Friendly Fires won us. It was the best concert I've been to in a long time. Then on the Wednesday night of that week we went back for more, this time starting our night at the new Mary's in Circular Quay. We had burgers before heading to the Opera House to see Tycho, an American producer who makes this wonderful ambient tempo driven music. In all of Tyco's older music there are no words, just instrumentals, and I often put it on to work to as it gets me into this really deep mode of concentration. Tycho were great however I didn't think the Opera House was the right venue for them, as my much as one loves the Opera House! It was too big, and it was all seated, and the music made you feel like you wanted something smaller and more intimate where you could move your body more.

To round out the busy month, my Dad was in Sydney the last weekend for a friend's party. He has been wanting to try Totti's since Merivale took over The Royal so this time I booked in advanced and we got a table, on a sunny Sunday out in the terrace no less. We were joined by our family friends Ross and Janine, and much to my relief, everyone loved the food, the service and the terrace.

After so much eating this month, I am straight back onto my trusty broccolini, mushroom, tempeh dish.

I have tried to stay on track with my budget as much as I can and I think I am doing OK. I know I splurged a bit last month but I figure that I'm not going on holidays any time soon so I may as well enjoy myself. After not buying clothes, I seem to buying more and more tickets. In some ways that's great, because it means I'm having more experiences, but they are also quite expensive and add up after a while!

My yoga practice has also taken a hit. I have been going where I can and feel this overriding guilt of knowing I should be going when I am doing something else.

~ New In - The Secondhand Edition ~

Two new secondhand pieces from eBay, a Witchery knit top ($30) and a lovely white linen dress for summer ($40). Both are simple, in excellent condition and I know I will get  lot of wear out of both. I've stocked up on my knit jumpers now so I am happy with where my winter wardrobe is. The only thing that could improve it is a pair of black skinny jeans, but they're proving difficult to buy in good condition second hand!

~ Read, watched and listened ~

I saw The Lion King and Booksmart, loved both!

To Live and Die in LA podcast - I gobbled up this podcast over the course of two weeks. It's been some time since I've listened to a crime podcast and this one reminded me how incredibly thrilling they can be. In this podcast, you follow journalist Neil Strauss and a private investigator Jayden, into the disappearance of Adea Shabani, an aspiring young actress who goes missing without a trace. What unfurls is a meticulous real-time account that pieces together close to exactly what happened.

~ Eats ~

Despite all of the dining out this month, I managed to make a new recipe. We bought a box of risoni for this pasta salad I'm obsessed with but I was looking for what else I could do with it. I tried this Tomato Risoni with silverbeet, feta, walnuts and honey from Good Food. It was pretty good... Levi said it was a little confusing but it still tasted good.

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June Journal.

(All pictures this month edited with HUJI app)

June. My favourite month yet and I can't believe I just said that about the first month of winter, my least favourite season!

It all started off on the very first weekend of my Mum, Nana and my youngest sister Phoebe all coming down to Sydney to join Ruby and I for a long weekend to celebrate Mum's 50th birthday. We hired an AirBnb terrace house in Darlinghurst and set off exploring the city like tourists with local knowledge. I'm very proud that we didn't settle with tourist fatigue and give into eating at any tourist traps. Instead we made the bit of extra effort to go somewhere that was worthy of our empty stomachs and special to Sydney.

My Nana was the MVP of the whole weekend. On the first day she, with the rest of us, walked 15km around the city from Martin Place, to the Royal Botanic Gardens, then the Opera House and finally The Rocks. We stopped and scored a table on the rooftop of The Glenmore and ate our lunch under the warm winter sun. After heading back to the Airbnb for a rest, Nana came out and backed up all that walking with a stroll around Vivid. We decided to forgo all of the Vivid food carts, with their long lines and marked up prices, and head back to Darlinghurst. It was an incredibly chilly night and all we felt like was something warm and nourishing. It was the right time to try out #eatfuh on Victoria Street and it didn't disappoint. We each had a regular (more like a large) bowl of the most delicious pho I've ever eaten. The broth, which is what makes or breaks a pho, was light but warming with lots of star anise.

(l-r: me, Mum, Phoebe, Ruby & Nana)

(Nana walking to the Opera House)

The following morning we tried our luck to see if we could get a table at Bills in Darlinghurst. There was five of us, and everyone knows Sydney loves brunch, so I thought our chances would be slim. As luck would have it, we were seated after waiting only 10 minutes. Basically a miracle! We splurged on Bills' famous ricotta hotcakes and Mum had their scrambled eggs. From there, we took a ferry over to Manly and wandered around for a little bit. Although still full from the ricotta hotcakes, I really wanted to go to Rollers Bakehouse and try one of their pastries. I'd heard so much about them through my friend and colleague Hamish and they had also had a couple of good write-ups online. They had sold out of most of their pastries before we arrived but they did have some Monkey Bread left. Monkey Bread is the leftovers of their different kinds of dough, mixed with some herbs and cheese. It was to die for.

(Rollers Bakehouse, Manly)

(Happy 50th Birthday Mummy! In her element at Mr Wong)

(Deep friend ice cream is always the highlight of eating at Mr Wong!)

On the Saturday night, we tried our luck at getting into Mr Wong, during Merivale's 49% off drinks month, without a reservation. I love to roll the dice with getting into to restaurants without bookings. You never know where the night will take you. The restaurant fairies were on our side again, we scored a table, and had a one and a half hour window to make the most of all of the delicious food and the electric atmosphere. It's one of my favourite restaurants in Sydney and it didn't disappoint. Mum didn't stop talking about it for days so it really made her trip, like I thought it might.

The Sunday was very chilled. We checked out of the Airbnb and came back to my apartment to store everyone's luggage. We explored my new neighbourhood and had a lovely rest in Rushcutters Bay Park. Then just like that, it was time for Mum, Nana and Phoebe to head back to the Gold Coast. The weekend couldn't have gone any better. We had our way with everything we did, Mum gushed for the whole week after about how amazing her weekend was and even bought flights to come back down and see me in August. Nana had a great trip, her highlight was the Royal Botanic Gardens and her giant fish and chips on the rooftop of The Glenmore.

The following weekend, Dad came down, and it was his turn at all of the dining out and adventuring. It was also Levi's birthday that same weekend. Dad arrived on Levi's birthday, a Sunday, so we went and had a lovely brunch at Bills in Bondi. It was a beautiful sunny winter's day so we walked along the beach and up to the terrace at Bondi Icebergs where we scored a table overlooking the water. We had a couple of beers and marvelled at the beauty of Bondi Beach. I even saw a whale breaching out the back. It was the perfect afternoon. For dinner, we headed to The Corner House in Bondi, where I have heard so may good things. We shared pizza and a bottle of shiraz, Dad's pick.

The next day Dad came and saw my new apartment, then we went for a walk around Rushcutters. The weather wasn't as nice this particular day so we just sat in the park for a little bit before retreating back to my place where I made us lunch and then we do what our family does so well together, watched TV. I don't know if this is just with my family, but there is something that makes me feel so whole watching a television show or a movie with your immediate family members or significant other. To me it's not time wasted but time well spent, and it's times like that that I wish I could have all of the time because they are so simple yet hard to have with others who aren't your family members. I didn't buy enough food that day to make dinner so Ruby and I took Dad to #eatfuh and had big bowls of nourishing pho for tea.

During the week, Dad came over for dinner again and I made a few things from Smitten Kitchen. I found Smitten Kitchen through the Highly Enthused podcast and I am obsessed. The recipes are so easy, with simple ingredients, most of which you already have in the cupboard. So far, I've made: Perfect Garlic Bread, Cannellini Aglio e Olio (my new mid-week go-to), Cozy Cabbage and Farro Soup (made with brown rice instead of farro) and Quick Pasta and Chickpeas.

(Me, Dad, Ruby and her air mattress)

And just as quickly as it had come around that my whole family would be in Sydney over a two week period, it came to an end. For Ruby's last night in Sydney, we celebrated her (and her job offer!) with half-priced drinks at The Beresford, followed by a quick visit to Brix Distillery, and then dinner at Via Napoli in Surry Hills with two byo bottles of red wine. As predicted, Ruby leaving left a hole in my heart. I absolutely loved having her here and really miss her a lot.

The night after Ruby left I had a date with RUFUS DU SOL and it was just what I needed to snap me out of my homesickness. I met up with Hamish and his group of friends because I didn't know anyone going to the concert the night I went. It was so invigorating to have a good dance and release all of the energy that subconsciously builds up. I left with a huge smile on my face and made the trek home in the rain and wasn't bothered by it one bit... until the next day where I felt off, and then came down with the flu that would have me in bed for the next three days.

My recovery from my colds is always slow. In the past few years I've gone from getting throat infections to sinus infections which are not pleasant, nor subtle. It takes me a good three weeks to clear the passages. Thankfully I'm out the other side now and am feeling grateful that having a cold once a year is the only illness I suffer from.

To top off June, Levi and I celebrated our eight year anniversary with dinner at The Apollo. Eight years doesn't feel nearly as long as it sounds. In fact, I still feel like it's the beginning, and maybe that's why we've made it so far. Levi lights up my life. He makes me laugh every single day. Even the days we have that aren't our days, which are thankfully few and far between. Levi is smart, curious, free-spirited, creative, funny and fun. He makes me think, he challenges me and he always pushing me along to have new experiences. I'm not too sure where I'd be without him.

(Levi joking around and stopping us from having a nice picture together)

Looking back on June I can't help but feel so incredibly lucky for the love I have in my life. I have my person, and I have my family, all healthy and happy (including Jaja who is doing better than expected).

~ New In - The Secondhand Edition ~

Yoga Mat Bag (new, not secondhand) - $65 from The OM Shop

So I bought something new... a yoga mat bag, for my yoga mat. BodyMindLife have a policy that all of the mats stored at their studios need to be inside bags. I had been storing my mat without a bag and getting away with it for a little while now. That was until they sent me an email saying my mat had been put aside for me to collect and I wouldn't be able to store it at the studio until I bought a bag for it. The problem with this is the mat I bought off Gumtree at the beginning of the year is actually huge and heavy. I had looked for a bag for it without any luck, and I knew if I had to carry it around with me everywhere that I'd just stop going to yoga, and I don't want to do that. So, after hours of searching the internet for a bag that would fit my mat, I found one. It's cotton, it's black and it just fits my mat. It also ties in with my all black activewear aesthetic that I'm going for.

Viktoria & Woods jumper - $50 from eBay

I'm desperate for some new winter clothes. I feel like I've been wearing the same five outfits on repeat weekly and I'm tired of seeing myself in them already! I also really needed a cosy knit after selling most of my knits in my market sale (which I now realise maybe I shouldn't have... anyway).

~ Read, watched & listened ~

RUSSH Magazine - The Soul Issue. There is a fabulous article written by my friend and former housemate Victoria on 'soul mates' and if they exist. I also loved the article on Vedic meditation.

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (an Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) by Phillipa Perry - I ordered this book immediately after hearing Dolly and Pandora speak about it on The High Low. Whilst I don't plan on becoming a parent any time soon, the ideas that are explored around childhood and how your childhood experiences go on to effect you in later life is something I'd love to understand further.

~ Eats ~

After all of the above eating, I've been craving broccolini, mushrooms and tempeh with some tamari and brown rice. Easy, simple and healthy.

x.