I started the blog as a hobby. A way of letting out my thoughts and anonymously sharing a bit of me with the world. Writing is now my career and as a freelancer, it has taken me away from...
Holy shit balls, It’s Character Building is two years old! I write from a Quaker retreat. Nope, I’ve not dropped out of normal life and joined the movement, rather I’m at a songwriting retreat led by my favourite musicians...
Writing something meaningful every week gets hard. It brings about a mini crisis of confidence every time I put hands to keyboard. After 62 published blog posts for It’s Character Building, as well as a fuck tonne for other...
When I started blogging a year and a half ago, I did so with the intention of doing something creative that might make people happy. I was inspired by Emily Coxhead who’s quite literally in the business of making people happy...
Sober October seemed like a really good idea at the time. I love a challenge and if I’m raising money for one of my faveourite charities, (Macmillan Cancer Support), along the way, then everyone’s a winner. I knew it’d be...
Right, I’ve got a confession to make, I’ve been a bit naughty. So you know how I’m this self-proclaimed “positivity blogger” and life is fucking amazing and we should all be grateful for every second, even the shit times?...
A year ago I fucked up an entire wall in my spare room, brainstorming what I could do to make the world a slightly better place. The only thing I could think of (that I might be any good...
I’ve been lucky enough to write an article for the amazing Happy Newspaper which is out now! I recorded my response to seeing this article and read it out for you all too. If you’d like to take a look at...
It’s New Year’s eve. Finally, 2016 is ending. (Thank fuck). With the closing of a year and the start of a new one, I’ve been seeing on Instagram, New Year’s resolutions and the obligatory “New Year, New me” bullshit....