by franky-loveaudrey | Oct 24, 2023 | Creative Living, Creative Working
I remember exactly how I felt when I wrote Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. In those first few weeks after my return from Australia, I used words like ‘ease’ and ‘spaciousness’ to describe my experience of taking six weeks off. What I called my ‘summer of radical...
by franky-loveaudrey | Sep 14, 2023 | Creative Living
I always planned to write about turning 40. I even scribbled down some notes at the beginning of the year, thinking I’d eventually turn them into some kind of long-read. I had visions of it going live on my birthday, capturing exactly how I was feeling as I reached...
by franky-loveaudrey | Jul 25, 2023 | Creative Living
As I write, it’s day two of the summer holidays. Izzy is in Cornwall with a friend, staying at my aunt and uncle’s house near Falmouth. So far, they’ve been paddle boarding and survived an exhausting surf lesson. Jesse is at a holiday club hosted by a cookery school....
by franky-loveaudrey | Jun 12, 2023 | Creative Living, Creative Working
I’ve been thinking about quitting. Mainly because Lisa Congdon has too. This post stopped me mid-scroll and stayed with me for days. ‘I’ve been on a systematic mission to examine and quit everything in my life/work that feels finished or draining or...
by franky-loveaudrey | May 18, 2023 | Creative Living
One of my favourite niche genres of content right now is Sunday reset routine reels on Instagram. I’ve always enjoyed learning about other people’s routines and rhythms and these {often heavily romanticised} mini-vlogs are addictive viewing. I don’t...
by franky-loveaudrey | Jan 4, 2023 | Creative Living, Creative Working
This time last year, I was waking up at home after a long night spent in A&E. A cyst on my left ovary had ruptured and I’d nearly passed out from the pain, the like of which I’d never experienced. A few weeks later, still recovering, still feeling fragile, I...
