Long time, no blog, in fact, no socials. I without realising naturally took some time off scrolling through socials and instead decided to re-focus my energy on working out, doing some DIY around the house and OK, binge-watching Netflix. I recently got inspired by the Netflix hit American TV series, “The Bold Type”. Three career-driven young American Women who work for an award-winning fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine, Scarlet.
You could start by choosing to access your monthly subscription through the post, rather than through your emails. You might decide to go out and pick up Cosmopolitan Grazia or Elle, rather than swiping up’ to read on Instagram. If we physically can access them, then why wouldn’t we?. I believe, we have all taken away something different from each lockdown but surely we have all have a common appreciation of real life, over virtual.
Since first taking an interest in writing this blog post; I had the pleasure of an outside socially distanced coffee with my elderly neighbour Sue. I learnt that as a young single mother, she found herself looking for a job, and an opening came up at Waterstones; the first store based here: in Cambridge. Sue spoke so highly about her working life, how passionate she became about books and how she felt as though a phone could never replace the feeling of holding a book, the smell or the motion of turning the page.
We probably don’t realise that it’s always nice to have options, maybe we’ve taken how accessible everything we want is, for granted. So, next time you decide to buy your favourite read do it by, picking up the magazine, and putting down the phone.
Love H x
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