Anti-Bucket List: July

I'm writing this in haste because it's suddenly dawned on me that it's August tomorrow and I want to get this up before the month's over. July has been a bit of a strange month for me because I've started to come to terms with the fact that I'm not a student anymore and I have to start being a grown up soon. Ugh.

Growing Up Online

So, I have a bit of a girl crush on Emma Gannon which I don’t think will come as a surprise if you follow my Twitter. I first came across her blog in November last year when she wrote a piece in response to Essena O’Neill quitting the internet with a cry of SOCIAL MEDIA ISNT REAL! I have been obsessed ever since. I love Emma’s blog, her weekly newsletter and her podcast – she has a really accessible way of putting her points across and I love her attitude to the online world. Her blog post The Anti-Bucket List in December inspired my now monthly posts of the same name and her encouragement to put your work out there has changed the way I think about blowing my own trumpet.

The Half Way Through Review

At the beginning of this year I, like many other people the world over, set myself my 2016 New Year's Resolutions. I also wrote a blog post running through them all and reflecting on last year's so I thought it might be nice to have a little recap of how I'm doing this year. Frighteningly enough it is the middle of July now (and today has actually been hot, say whaaat?) so a half of 2016 has now gone by. With that in mind, here is the half-way-through resolution review.