Day One

So this is all a bit new and incredibly daunting.

I didn’t think I would ever find the energy to be able to write again, but here I am sat in front of the screen with words pouring out of me as if nothing has changed.

Well things have definitely changed.
We are currently in the midst of a worldwide Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak and the world we live in is not what it used to be. Our lives have stopped functioning in the usual way, we are unable to leave the house, perform normal daily tasks outside of the home or see friends and family. We are relying on technology for everything and I’ve never been more thankful to be so well equipped for keeping in touch. It does however highlight how bad most of us are at communication in the modern age. I mean considering that we have everything we need at our fingertips 24 hours a day to enable us to check in with the people we love and care about and we just don’t do it. We should all be a little ashamed at ourselves for that!

So why am I here?
Well my Dad sent a message on our family WhatsApp group yesterday to say that he had started writing a list of what he wants to achieve with when the world returns to a state of normality. We joked that it was a bucket list, but he described it as a new beginning, which I thought was quite poignant. He asked my Brother and I if we would do the same and share with him what we would like to achieve post pandemic. The first thing that was on my list was to rediscover my passion for writing. So here I am.

I used to love writing. It used to bring me joy like nothing else could. Being able to pour out the inner workings of your mind on to a page was like a form of therapy to me. I used to write a fairly successful beauty and lifestyle blog, but one day I just stopped, put a stop to my relationships with companies and didn’t make the time to come back to it. I’ve decided that now is the time for that to change.

I logged into my old blog this morning and immediately cringed at the 21 year old self obsessed young woman that wrote those words. So I decided that space wasn’t the correct platform for today’s words and decided to find a new home for my musings.

I’m not really sure what I’m going to write about here. I suppose a little bit of everything I love is a good place to start. You will find a bit of DIY, beauty, travel (when we can safely do that again), music and even a bit of talk about films and TV here to begin with and then we will see how this evolves and what feels natural. I’m excited to try and get back into writing so let’s see where this goes.

Welcome to The Flick and thank you for being here on day one.

C x