Blog Relaunch! + Long overdue life update...

Hey everyone!

Wowzers it has been ages since I last wrote a blog post! I swear I haven't forgotten about you all, life's just been crazzzyyy!

At the beginning of this year I left Edinburgh and moved home to Cambridgeshire to start a 6-7 month placement as part of my university degree (Events and Tourism Management). This was going to be my year! I was so excited to finally be getting some industry experience working as an Events Coordinator at one of my favourite Visitor Attractions. In the time I was there I was thrown in the deep end and learned so much! Every day brought a new challenge, a new experience and I'm so incredibly grateful to the amazing team for giving me so many opportunities. Unfortunately the circumstances of 2020 meant we all had to leave the office and I now find myself furloughed with a lot of extra time on my hands...

Since we all had to leave the office, my family's moved house to North Yorkshire (I know, fab timing!) so we've been busy trying to feel at home in our new house! It's definitely been interesting trying to explore a new area and get to know neighbours whilst being in Lockdown...

And now it's May, and for the past 2 months we've found ourselves in the weirdest time. Many of us have never experienced anything like this before and it's been very hard to find a new normal. I find myself at home with far more time on my hands than I could ever wish for. ALL my plans, be they travel plans, event plans or even life plans seem to be thrown out of the window. Looks like 2020 is going to be a very travel-less year :(

Covid-19 has hit the travel industry hard and right now it seems impossible to imagine how we can continue travelling whilst social distancing. I've just cancelled my big trip for this summer (Thailand, Singapore and Bali!) and am pretty gutted to say the least. I definitely suffer from 'notripophobia' and hate not having a trip to look forward to. There are so many unanswered questions surrounding the travel industry at this time and I feel like nobody's really prepared to book anything until we have the answers... Not only "when will I get money back from my cancelled holiday?" but also "when on earth will I be able to get on a plane again?!". This post definitely won't give you the answers, because sadly I don't have them!

I've realised though that whilst I may not be able to travel, or see my friends or really go anywhere more exciting than a supermarket, there are lots of things I CAN do that I haven't really had time to do in ages! One of those is really focus on Travelling With Style. This blog has been an on-going project for a good 5 years now and truthfully I just haven't had the time to set aside and really dedicate myself to it. But now I do! Whilst I can't travel anywhere new, I want to use this time to reflect on some of the amazing adventures I've had so far, and remind myself that there is light at the end of the tunnel! There WILL be a time when we can get on a plane again. We WILL be watching the fireworks at Disney World again and we WILL see our friends again. And heck, when we do I am gonna travel, party and write TWICE as hard just to make up for this year! Until such a time, I have an incredible, potentially once in a lifetime opportunity to slow down, focus on the foundations, whether that be learning new skills, restructuring this blog or dreaming about where I'll travel as soon as I can. The planning never stops, the research never stops and the memories certainly never end!

So welcome back!

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C xx