A Fortnight in Photos [From May to June]

Since the end of exams, I've been trying to make the most of the time I have left at university. That means jam-packing every day with outings, food and shopping. These past couple of weeks have been blissful; that is partly because of the recent appearance of some beautiful weather, as well as spending all these moments with the people I love. I managed to capture some lovely photos whilst all this was happening to feast your eyes on. May you all be enjoying wonderful summers!

Blind date with a book, a spontaneous pick from Waterstones with a flat white and a good friend // Loving the 

colourful interior of Scribble in London

Tea and lemon cupcake in Crumbs Cupcakery in York whilst visiting a friend // Found a lovely mason jar in a bespoke shop, 

perfect for throwing in some lemon slices and ice cubes with plain water // Seeing wild bunny rabbits all over campus!

In Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-Upon-Avon // A five-hour picnic on the first day of real summer weather

Some greenery surrounding campus // Started my first Vonnegut novel // Beautiful stained 

glass windows in a National Trust property

(Inspired by the "Week in Photos" posts by the lovely Rhiannon Ashlee)

A Week Without Wifi

So if you're reading this, you're probably quite similar to me: the internet can no longer be classed as a pastime, or a hobby, but rather an alternate life, that simply runs alongside your regular one whilst they dip into one another occasionally. Although I wholeheartedly agree with this viewpoint, it can get a little concerning when I think about how much I can rely on the internet for everything. It becomes a platform that I spend way more of my life on than doing things away from the screen and this very dependence had me worried that I couldn't function normally without it (starting to sound like an addiction to you? Me too.)

The other day, when I met up with one of my close friends, Ellie, we started discussing this fairly bleak habit that we both harbour. Cue a pact: go an entire week  (Wed 1st April - Wed 8th)  without using the internet. None, nothing, nada. Even the thought of it was nearly insurmountable. An entire week?! Yet this very reaction prompted us even further, for it shouldn't be that hard or shocking to go a short seven days without logging into the nearest Wifi hotspot.

This is the story of how I tried, did fairly well at and then ultimately failed this pact. Yet there's a lot to learn here about how certain aspects of the internet are crucially useful or necessary (without being dramatic) and how others can be easily suspended if we put our minds to it. However, more importantly, this challenge also allowed me to take a step back and enjoy the beauty of the outside for a change. Here we go: