This month marks three years of blogging on The Life of Lilly. It sounds super weird to say, but I feel like this blog has become like a close friend. I've been able to share thoughts and feelings on here about quite deeply personal issues and I never thought that, in this blog, I would …
One of the first things people ask you at networking/blogger events is what kind of blog you write. This is a question I usually respond to with the generic 'a bit of everything, I guess you could say lifestyle' answer. The truth is, after a couple of months away from it all, I've realised that's …
One day we won't exist anymore, ashes, memories, faded photographs, illegible handwritten notes. Are we to be remembered? Will they recall faces pulled across the table, hand squeezes in tough times, brief kisses somehow unforgettable? Whether past loves were real loves, or pretend loves, practise loves, you're now the one to make me fuzzy, dizzy, …
It's not ok that I feel afraid. It's 7pm, and I'm getting off my train. It's about 15 minutes walk from the station to my house. But it's quite dark, even so early. It's not ok that this 15 minute walk makes me wonder if I should get a taxi instead. With no money and …
Angry. That's an emotion, isn't it? Because it doesn't always feel like one. It doesn't feel like one right now. It feels like... Like my body has become one with anger. I am anger personified I am anger beaten into the shape of a human being. when Will it stop? The kind of angry that does not …
I'll be honest, today has been a bit of a dud. I woke up feeling awful, somehow managed to get through work and then got home and collapsed on the sofa. Lovely Joseph had put the sheets in the wash so with a very quick team effort, I've now got soft, fresh sheets on my …
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I've already written to my future self, so it only feels right to write to my younger self too. Teenage Lilly, It's been a long time since I thought about you. I've stopped dwelling so much on most of the things that you find yourself concerned with. Don't worry, you'll get into university, you'll graduate …
Continue reading "A Letter to my Teenage Self – Day 15 of Blogtober"
When I saw Fictional Living's post about joining NaNoWriMo, I decided that I too could do it. I might be wrong, as I've always had trouble getting to the end of writing a novel, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to try. I graduated with a 2:1 in English and Creative Writing, so I …
*ok, so I know it's technically day eight now, but it's been a busy day. You'll hear all about it in the post for day eight of Blogtober!* This week hasn't been easy. It began with me limping around on my poorly foot, continued with a heavy workload and peaked yesterday with some unexpected conversations. …
