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Category: Lockdown 2020

My Happy Places

My Happy Places

March 31, 2021March 28, 2021 by Ellie Pilcher

My Happy Places Since we’ve been in lockdown for 285 years – it feels like it at least – I thought I would walk you through my happy places. These are places that I feel…

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A Year in Lockdown | Then and Now

A Year in Lockdown | Then and Now

March 22, 2021March 21, 2021 by Ellie Pilcher

A Year in Lockdown | Then and Now As of tomorrow, we will have been lockdown for exactly one year: 23rd March 2020 to 23rd March 2021. As such, I thought it was prudent to…

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21 Books I Want to Read in 2021

21 Books I Want to Read in 2021

January 27, 2021January 19, 2021 by Ellie Pilcher

21 Books I Want to Read in 2021 Each year I always create a list of books I want to read, in this case 21 books I want to read in 2021. I hardly ever…

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Relaxing Reads for Lockdown 2021

Relaxing Reads for Lockdown 2021

January 18, 2021January 17, 2021 by Ellie Pilcher

Relaxing Reads for Lockdown 2021 I don’t know about you, but for me 2021 started quite stressfully. Not only with the return to work, but also – of course – the UK Lockdown. I decided…

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What I Read in 2020

What I Read in 2020

January 4, 2021January 1, 2021 by Ellie Pilcher

What I Read in 2020 Another year has gone, and another year is here. It’s time to go back over what I’ve read in 2020. I can’t quite believe I managed to read over 100…

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Bookish Resolutions for 2021

Bookish Resolutions for 2021

December 29, 2020December 22, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

Bookish Resolutions for 2021 I’m surprised that this year was such a good reading year for me after everything that has happened. Surprisingly, I’ve managed to achieve most of my Bookish Resolutions for 2020! Now…

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Lockdown Learning | Ways to Fill Your Time

Lockdown Learning | Ways to Fill Your Time

November 13, 2020November 7, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

Lockdown Learning | Ways to Fill Your Time As we enter Lockdown 2.0 I want to share some ways you can use this time to learn new things. A lot of people I know have…

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My Morning Routine | Remote Working

My Morning Routine | Remote Working

November 4, 2020October 29, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

My Morning Routine | Remote Working Morning’s are my favourite part of the day. I’m a bit of an early-bird. Not much, I’m more of an 7-8am kind of early-bird, not a 5am early-bird. But…

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Favourite Feel-Good Films

Favourite Feel-Good Films

October 19, 2020October 18, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

Favourite Feel-Good Films October has been a fairly stressful month, for most of us I imagine. I’m currently at my parents and, as is becoming tradition, we’ve been watching feel-good films. Mostly films I’ve never…

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How to Combat Loneliness | Serendip App Collab

How to Combat Loneliness | Serendip App Collab

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

How to Combat Loneliness | Serendip App Collab About two years ago I wrote an article for Huffington Post about loneliness. It was featured on their website during Mental Health week in 2018 and still…

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7 Reasons Why Book-Loving Introverts Are Loving The Lockdown

7 Reasons Why Book-Loving Introverts Are Loving The Lockdown

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

7 Reasons Why Book-Loving Introverts Are Loving The Lockdown Come on now. You can admit it! You’re devastated by the catastrophic loss of life around the world as a result of the pandemic. You feel…

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My Post Lockdown Bucket List

My Post Lockdown Bucket List

September 9, 2020August 30, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

My Post Lockdown Bucket List Life post lockdown has been pretty interesting so far. For me, I’ve been to a hen do, dress fittings, dinner with colleagues and returned to the office in Central London.…

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How to Keep Yourself Occupied Whilst Social Distancing

How to Keep Yourself Occupied Whilst Social Distancing

September 4, 2020August 30, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

How to Keep Yourself Occupied Whilst Social Distancing We’re all still half in lockdown and half out. While we can out to shop and see friends, we’re all still practising social distancing. Or at least, should…

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Self Isolation Wrap-Up | Books I Read in Lockdown

Self Isolation Wrap-Up | Books I Read in Lockdown

July 31, 2020July 22, 2020 by Ellie Pilcher

Self Isolation Wrap-Up | Books I Read in Lockdown Firstly, I have to deal with the obvious which is that ‘lockdown’ isn’t completely over. However, I’ve moved back to London, after living with my parents for 16…

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