My dog has got me through the last 12 months. I’ve told him all my worries, I’ve cried into his furry neck, I’ve cuddled him, I’ve walked with him and I’ve sat and stared into space with him.
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A Year in a Pandemic: The Unexpected Benefits of Lockdown
Let’s not look at this with rose tinted glasses – the last 12 months have been dreadful. We have had to adapt and cope with the unthinkable and the unpredictable. The world has changed forever and continues to change with each day. Some of us have never spent so much time at home, in oneContinue reading “A Year in a Pandemic: The Unexpected Benefits of Lockdown”
Talking is not ‘Ovaryacting’: The Perimenopausal Princess Papers (Part 4)
Perimenopause and menopause are natural stages of life, not illnesses or diseases so dreadful and fearful that only the brave can whisper their names.
The ‘So Just Be’ Favourite Life Hack List
Life is hard enough right now, so let us make things a little easier. The internet is bursting with life hacks and, let’s be honest, most of them are a little bit shit. We have taken the pain out of the search and compiled our favourites that really are useful: 01 Chill wine with frozenContinue reading “The ‘So Just Be’ Favourite Life Hack List”
Sick of Clutter? Maybe it’s time to find your Tidy Place!
We all have items lying around the house – the projects you mean to start or finish, the clean washing that you keep meaning to take upstairs, the magazines that could be recycled. Each individual group of things on its own seems quite harmless, but as you walk from room to room looking at thingsContinue reading “Sick of Clutter? Maybe it’s time to find your Tidy Place!”
Lazy Brain: Is your mobile changing how you think?
Have you noticed your attention span is getting shorter? Do you find yourself picking up your phone more often? Turning to Google or Alexa whenever you have a question? If you have answered yes to any of these, then you might need to read on … Those of us of a certain age will rememberContinue reading “Lazy Brain: Is your mobile changing how you think?”
Crafting: A Whole New ‘Spooniverse’
At So Just Be, we are big fans of anything that promotes self-care and wellbeing and the great thing about self-care is that there is no right or wrong way to do it! Any activity that gives you feelings of having that glow around you like the ‘Ready Brek’ kid falls into the category ofContinue reading “Crafting: A Whole New ‘Spooniverse’”
50 Things to do Before You’re 50
We’ve got some big birthdays coming up in our So Just Be family over the next few years, and it got us thinking about what we should be doing to mark the occasion in style. Do we go for big pressies, mid-life crisis purchases, big holiday (remember them?), party (if we are allowed to mingle?),Continue reading “50 Things to do Before You’re 50”
10 So Just Be Blogs you might have missed …
We are feeling quite proud of ourselves at So Just Be. In fact, we might just give ourselves a pat on the back. And why do we feel like this? Because of you lovely lot! If you told the two slightly inebriated women who came up with the idea for all this (we’d had ratherContinue reading “10 So Just Be Blogs you might have missed …”
Easily Irritated: The Perimenopausal Princess Papers (Part 3)
These days most people get on my tits. In fact, not just people; noise, smells, tastes, theme tunes, phone notifications, radio DJs making small talk, the postman taking a shortcut over my front lawn that is the size of a postage stamp (lazy bastard). I hadn’t thought anything of it – just assumed I wasContinue reading “Easily Irritated: The Perimenopausal Princess Papers (Part 3)”
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