Staying on top of your budget helps foster a healthy relationship with money. Through careful planning and regular tracking, you can make your finances go further, understand where and how you spend your money, and ultimately reach your saving goals. Thankfully, budgeting doesn’t have to be boring. There are plenty of creative ways to inspire…

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As we welcome in the New Year and outline our goals for the next twelve months, you may be wondering how best to go about achieving them. One way to keep your productivity in check and visualise your ambitions is with a manifestation journal. Attract more positivity into your life by writing down what you…

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2020 was a sad year and effectively a write-off for most, so many people are feeling a glimmer of hope when it comes to the thought of a fresh new year. What better way to plan your new year out than with a beautiful diary? In this article, we’ll walk you through how to choose…

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The chances are you don’t quite see yourself the way others do — something which can be exasperated and negatively impacted upon by common mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. However, even those of us who have generally good mental health can get stuck in a rut when it comes to how we…

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As a tween and teen, I wrote every single thought and feeling down in a diary — this book would now be referred to as a journal. This journal felt like a friend, and within its pages I explored who I was and all of the life experiences I was having. Growing up is hard…

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Your journal can be an excellent tool for getting to know yourself. You might think you know yourself fairly well already, but these journal prompts will encourage you to think about things you normally wouldn’t, and from an entirely different perspective. Read through the prompts, then work through them one-by-one over the next year and…

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It’s the most wonderful time of year! It’s also an excellent time to reflect on Christmas and what exactly it means to you and your family. If you journal, Christmas is a great topic to think about — after all, you may very well have celebrated it every single year since you were born. Have…

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Diaries and journals are often confused with each other, the words used interchangeably, however there are some big differences between the two, and both can serve very different purposes. In this blog post we take a closer look at both books, and help you decide which is best for your requirements. What is a diary?…

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Anxiety is a normal part of life that is brought on by periods of high stress, however it is possible for anxiety to present itself without a clear ‘reason’ and for it to persist for an unknown and often lengthy period of time. This is problematic and unpleasant for the person with anxiety. While there…

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A bucket list is essentially a list of things you’d like to do in your lifetime. This can include activities, events and places you’d like to visit, people you’d like to meet, skills you’d like to learn, and more. Your bucket list is personal to you and reflects your life’s goals. We all have thoughts…

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