(Char) Emily Writes

  It's been a while since my last Book Club, three months to be exact. I'm excited to be back with another Book Club, even if it's only one book this month. Slowly but surely, I have emerged from an awful reading slump that seemed impossible to get out of. Looking on my Goodreads , I noticed that I've only read one book so far this year (well, two now) which is shocking. As I said above, I only have one book to share with you this month as that's all I've read this month. But I still wanted to share something, it's been too long! This is a book that I have found to be a very heart-warming read. It's something that takes you away from the horrors of the world right now. Which is funny because my next read places you exactly in said horrors (you'll find out more next month). The book I read this month is called The Flat Share . You may or may not have heard of it. The Flat Share is a novel about a woman called Tiffy who moves into a flat with a man ca...

For about two years now, I've been working on my first novel (well, second if you count the one I wrote when I was ten years old). After starting multiple first drafts and throwing them out when I felt like they weren't good enough, I'm ready to just completely write out a first draft. No distractions, no editing, no giving up. With that, I've decided to take part in my first Camp NaNoWriMo with the goal of writing 40,000 words during April. For those who don't know, NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is an annual writeathon that originally took place in November. The goal was to write 50,000 words of your novel within 30 days. For April 2021, you can set your own word count goals, and I've decided to aim for 40,000 words. With my busy schedule, it would be hard to reach 50,000, but I still want to get a good amount done, among a few other goals. Fall in Love Again | My main goal is to fall in love with writing again. It's not so much that I don...

  There was a quote from YouTuber, Linda Sun’s, video: “I don’t want to spend time counting calories instead of making the time I have count.” I felt that. Over the last few weeks, months, years, I’ve been trying and failing to lose weight. Well, I haven’t been completely failing, but I feel like a failure because I’m not at my goal weight yet, because things aren’t moving fast enough. You see, I want to be skinny by the summer. My heart rooted itself in the ground when I realised that it wasn’t going to happen, because I failed again. Because I took too many weeks off, because I allowed myself to have that biscuit or ice-cream or takeaway. Instead of counting calories and working out, I binged and ate McDonald’s for two weeks straight. Now look at where I am: nothing but a failure. Why do we talk to ourselves this way? Why do we place so much worth on our weight? Like the quote said, I want to make the time that I have count, instead of spending all my time counting calories. Rece...

Lockdown life is hard, there's no sugar-coating it. Trying to keep busy is one way I help myself stay afloat and keep on track with my mental health recovery. I set myself a schedule every day that I semi-stick to. It's just there so I have something to fall back on if I don't know what to do. Today, I'm going to be taking you through one of my days in the week to show you what I typically get up to. Every day is different because I have lectures at different times. So, I'll take you through a typical Wednesday. 06.00 - Wake Up It's somewhat rare that I actually manage to get up at six a.m. lately, but I try to wake up early every day so I can get things done. Usually, I just lay in bed for ages trying to force myself out of bed. But, if I'm feeling productive then I will take the time to get some writing done, usually for my novel. 07.30 - Workout, Breakfast and Shower I like to work out four times a week, first thing in the morning to help wake me up and g...