I Adopted a Cat
I Adopted a Cat This post will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, even if that hadn’t already seen and heard about my cat a thousand times before. But it’s official,…
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23 Things I’d Like to Do in 2023 | 6 Month Check-In
23 Things I’d Like to Do in 2023 | 6 Month Check-In As we’re almost halfway through the year I thought I would do a 6 month check-in, into my list of 23 things I’d…
Revisiting my 30 Before 30 List (And Making it Much More Realistic)
Revisiting my 30 Before 30 List (And Making it Much More Realistic) Back in 2021, when I was 25, I wrote a 30 before 30 list. Today, whilst I’m 27, I thought it was time…
Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going | Plans for EllesBellesNotebook
Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going I haven’t done a general update on EllesBellesNotebook plans for a while. After really honing in on what was working and what wasn’t in 2022, in 2023 I’m…
No Spend February | The Year of 30 Day Challenges
No Spend February | The Year of 30 Day Challenges It’s time for my second 30 Day Challenge of 2023 as part of my Year of 30 Day Challenges. This month is officially No Spend…
New Year’s Resolutions 2023
New Year’s Resolutions 2023 It’s the beginning of the New Year. Goodbye 2022, it’s time for 2023. And time to set my New Year’s Resolutions 2023. In 2022 I set myself five New Year’s Resolutions…
Highlights of 2022 | Blogmas 2022
Highlights of 2022 | Blogmas 2022 As we bid goodbye to 2022 and welcome to 2023, it’s my favourite time of year. A chance to look back at the highlights of the year and remember…
22 Things I’d Like to do in 2022 | Nine-Month Check-In
22 Things I’d Like To Do in 2022 | Nine-Month Check-In It’s time for my quarterly check-in on my list of 22 things I’d like to do in 2022. First, a reminder of what’s on…
Reviewing my 101 Things in 1001 Days 2nd Edition | One Year Down
Reviewing my 101 Things in 1001 Days 2nd Edition | One Year Down I’m one year into my second attempt at 101 things in 1001 days. Today I thought I would do a check-in on…
Exciting Announcement | I’ve Got a New Job in Publishing
Moving to Bonnier: I’ve Got a New Job in Publishing! Yes, you’re reading that right. After three years at Avon, HarperCollins I have got a new job. I am now the Head of Fiction Marketing at Bonnier…
My Disneyland Paris Holiday and 27th Birthday
My Disneyland Paris Holiday and 27th Birthday For my 27th birthday, four friends and I escaped on a Disneyland Paris holiday. Originally the trip was for my 25th birthday – my quarter-life crisis – but…
22 Things I’d Like To Do in 2022 | Six-Month Check-In
22 Things I’d Like To Do in 2022 | Six-Month Check-In We’re now six months into the year – where is time going? And I wanted to do check-in on my post about 22 Things I’d Like…
22 Things I’d Like To Do In 2022 | Three Month Check-In
22 Things I’d Like To Do In 2022 | Three Month Check-In As we approach the end of March 2022 – a whole three months into the year! – I thought it would be worth…
101 Things in 1001 Days | 2nd Edition
101 Things in 1001 Days | 2nd Edition Way back in 2018 I set up the challenge to do 101 things in 1001 days. I managed 48 out of 101, which isn’t bad going. I…