Megan Time!

Well, you've been a year like no other.  Honestly at the beginning of the year I thought this was going to be the best year ever. Little did I know what was to come.  It wasn't a great start as five days in, my Granddad sadly passed away so already the year was a sad one.  A good thing happened in February after applying for jobs and getting rejected plus one flat viewing which didn't end up going ahead. I decided to apply to a master's degree for September and got accepted. Yay. Things were looking up and it felt like I had my life on track.  Then March happened. Lockdown.  How everything became very different. Face masks were worn. Everyone was sanitising way more than usual. It was normal to sing happy birthday while you washed your hands. Unable to visit people outside your household. Visits to my grandparents were spent in the garden while they sat inside. Social distance was a law but to be honest that is not such a bad thing because I like my personal spa...

I know, after the year 2020 has been it's hard to believe there may be some positive things that happened this year. It got me thinking though as we're slowly coming up to the last few days of 2020 that maybe a few positive things happened this year and I thought I'd make this post to share with you guys five positive things that happened to me. I'd encourage you to do the same as you may surprise yourself.  So as 2020 comes to an end, here are five positive things that happened to me in 2020.  1. Going to university to do a master's degree Honestly I'm so happy I decided to do a master's degree because I had no idea what I was going to do with my life and after numerous job rejections, I decided to take a chance with doing a master's degree. Honestly I'm really happy I decided to do it because now it feels like I have a purpose in my life. Obviously it's very different this year with the pandemic and most of it being online but it's made me ...

This year I did a lot of reading and read over 30 books which is probably the most books I've read in a year. I managed to get through a lot of books I've been meaning to read and some of them I really loved so I thought I'd make a list of my top five books I read in 2020. There is a very obvious contemporary romance theme but that is my favourite genre so let's get started.  1. I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk I've been meaning to start the I Heart series by Lindsey Kelk and I managed to find time during the lockdown to read the first book in the series. I'm really glad I did because this story was amazing. After a break up, Angela makes a spontaneous trip to New York and it honestly was so fun to read. We've all experienced heartbreak in our lives so this story was very inspiring that instead of being upset over heartbreak, you should do something spontaneous and go on an adventure. Obviously in the current circumstances we won't be able to travel. Alt...

Hello everyone! I know it's been two months since I last made a blog post. To be honest with you, I don't really know why it has taken me this long to write a blog post. England has been in lockdown after all so you'd think I'd have time to make a blog post. I guess I've been busy working on assignments while also trying not to get stressed over these assignments. I guess blogging just sort of took a backseat in my life because I was focusing on writing for these assignments, I couldn't focus on writing blog posts. I've come to learn I'm not the best at multitasking.  Another thing really is I wasn't really sure what to post about because nothing exciting has really happened these past two months. My day is even going into uni once a week for lectures or doing an online lecture or going to the library. When it's not related to uni, I'll be doing my weekly trip to the supermarket on my student budget to buy essentials or else be in my room eit...

There's nothing I love better than sitting in my room while the rain is pouring against my room. Especially as my uni room has a big window and my desk is overlooking my window so it just makes it perfect. I always love this time of year because rainy days are the perfect excuse to stay inside which is important in the current circumstances.  Autumn is definitely my favourite season because it's neither hot nor cold. Plus a few of my favourite things happen this time of year. September is the start of a new academic year which is relevant to me as I'm studying my master's degree which is definitely the start of a new beginning for me. Tomorrow is October which is my favourite month as my birthday is this Sunday so I always love October for that reason (who doesn't love their birthday month?). Then we got the excitement of Halloween at the end of October and November is exciting because of bonfire night then it's the start of the Christmas build up. Everything ju...

As you may have guessed, I have finally moved into my halls of residence ready to start studying my postgraduate degree. It feels kind of weird being here and I'm still not used to the fact that this is going to be my home for pretty much a year.  I really love my room. I have my own en-suite bathroom with a shower that is so nice. I also have a 3/4 bed and from spending 23 years sleeping in a single bed, that was the upgrade I never knew I needed plus it's all for me so there's so much space. My room is also very spacious and it doesn't feel too cramped in here. I'm currently the only person in my flat as I think some people are moving in on the weekend. Which is okay because I got first dibs on the kitchen cupboard and fridge shelf plus the freezer drawer. Although it does feel weird being alone in a flat. At least I have had a chance to sort my room out and make it look nice. I have already taken pictures so a room tour will be coming up soon.  I start my lecture...

Tomorrow is a big day for me as I'm finally moving out of my mum's house. Now I know some of you may be thinking, what took you so long? Well, I was originally meant to move in February and March but then my Granddad passed away at the beginning of January so it was a really upsetting time. We only arranged one flat viewing which we had to do during a weekend away in Manchester. The flat was okay but the location was not great so instead of going through the stress of applying, we decided against it because I was unemployed at the time. Apparently having savings that come to half a year's rent doesn't get put into consideration which is understandable as they don't know me so yeah that plan fell out of the window. I then thought I may as well apply for a job up there so that I have employment then move. Which is easier said than done. With a lot of rejection emails and everything, I just didn't feel like it was going to work and I was slowly getting down b...

Just like that we're back at the start of another academic year. I'm kind of just writing off everything that happened in 2020 and making these last four months the best ones yet. September is actually exciting for me because I'll be heading off to university in a week's time to study my master's degree which is scary but also exciting. I'm actually looking forward to having some kind of structure to my life as well as the stress of assignments. It's going to be so great. I know it may be weird to be excited about stress for assignments but I'd rather be stressed over assignments than stressed about what I'm going to do with my life. Part of my degree is an internship so I'm hoping to gain some experience and be able to network plus who knows, maybe they'll be a job at the end of it. This is kind of a big deal for me because I know after this is all over, I'll be finding a place of my own to live in Manchester and finally be living ...

I just wanted to make this post to say thank you to you who are reading this right now. It honestly means a lot that you came onto my blog to view this post. Whether you've viewed my blog before or this is your first time here, I'm thankful you're here. I know my blog is nothing special but I hope you can find something useful here as I've offered advice based on my own experiences but also made some posts that I really enjoyed writing. The fact that I have over 34,000 page views on this blog and over 200 followers on Bloglovin is crazy to me that so many people have come onto my blog. It does mean a lot to me that people from all over the world are clicking on my blog. I mean people have viewed my blog not only from the United Kingdom but also the USA, Russia, Germany, France and even Ukraine plus so many other places. It's funny how the internet is such a big place with so many websites and a lot of people have taken their time out of their day to view my own ...

I can't believe it's nearly the end of August and in just over a week I'll be moving out of my mum's house to go and start my postgraduate course in Manchester. The packing has been really daunting because I'm just afraid of forgetting something and also trying not to pack too much. I'm also a little nervous because we are still in a pandemic but I've been fully reassured by emails that the accommodation and campus is safe and following government guidelines so that makes me feel better. Obviously I never planned to do this during a pandemic because I applied back in February before the whole country went into lockdown but here we are. I just can't believe it's actually happening. Throughout this month I've been slowly packing up my things and figuring out everything I'm taking. It feels weird to be packing up my life again to go to university and I'm so glad I didn't get rid of any of my uni stuff from the first time so that is...

In today's post, I thought I'd share with you guys an old school post but a post I like doing and I also like reading and watching other people's videos on this too. As you can tell from the title it's a what's in my bag post. I haven't done one of these since December and times are very different from then as we are in a global pandemic so I have a couple of different things in my bag to share with you guys. Let's get started. The current bag I love using on a daily basis is my Hogwarts mini backpack. I just love it because it shows off my love for Harry Potter but it's also very handy for me because I like to have free hands when I'm out and about so it doesn't get in my way when I'm out doing my essential shopping. I got this bag from Primark ages ago and it just has a little zipped pocket on the front plus a main compartment with a mini zipped pocket on the inside too. In the little pocket, I just have three pens in there becau...

It's not often where I'm awake at eight in the morning. Yesterday, I was just lying in bed for a bit, feeling relaxed when I thought I'd share with you guys my morning. So as usual my mornings start in bed.  I was mostly on my phone during this time when I decided to get up at 8:23am.  One thing that I always like to do when I get up is make my bed straight away because it just looks so much better when it's made and it's got to be done anyway so I may as well do it as soon as I leave my bed.  It was also a very nice day with blue skies outside which was nice to see.  So my room was a little messy on this day. The cushions on my sofa were a mess (Yes I have a sofa in my room, don't ask how me and my mum got it up the stairs), there were socks and wires on the floor and my desk was a mess so I thought I'd do a quick clean up. Nothing much just makes it look a little tidier. Now my bedroom looks a little more tidier. Now it...