Holly Wootton

If you had read my last blog post you would have seen in my photo that I was currently reading Fearne Cotton 'Calm'. Well, around 15 minutes ago I read the final pages and felt a complete inner peace. Essentially, the book is fabulous and it deserves to be shouted about! I had never read a book by Fearne Cotton but her style of writing and way with words is truly amazing. She explores deep into topics that affect and improve our calm and stillness and what we can do to improve or maintain this, depending on your own circumstances. A word that really stood out to me throughout this helpful guide was the word ' Chaos '. Fearne explores the way in which we are all living in chaos and completely forgetting about our calm moments and taking time out for ourselves... Chaos is different for everybody as we all have our own individuality and quirks but, we do tend to be all in agreement with certain concepts deemed as chaotic! For example, my chaos could be spending a j...

Due to the recent circumstances of COVID-19 we are all currently being asked to stay indoors and only leave the house when essential or for one hour of exercise... But, self isolating isn't all bad... We should take these moments of being indoors to really work a lot more on ourselves where we can. These next tips are things I have been doing in the past couple of weeks of staying indoors (Whilst not at work)... I hope this helps! Listening to the radio and upbeat podcasts -   Radio 1 for example, they are really trying to make a conscious effort to keep things light hearted with funny conversations & great music whilst also acknowledging peoples anxieties and concerns. Keep a gratitude journal -  I already keep a little notebook listing what I feel grateful for, almost, each day but if you don't you should start! it keeps you busy for a good 10 minutes and really gets your mind actively engaging. Also take notes of goals you want to get done by the end of the y...