HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE (YES, I'M BACK!)

When I post this, we will have officially entered a fresh new year - 2022. Can you believe that? 2022! I've been completely out of touch with my blog since July, but the arrival of a brand new year felt like the perfect time to get back on it. So, here I am - I'm back! 

So, where have I been? Well, truthfully, and I know everyone says this, but I really have been extremely busy. My 12 month maternity leave came to an end in August, and before returning to work, I really wanted to focus all my time on Eric and making sure that I was making every moment of that quality time together count. So, as you can imagine, blogging naturally took a backseat for a little while. 

And then when I did return to work,  I instantly became incredibly busy - juggling motherhood with a full-time job, a clean freak, dog mum and wifey for lifey. My time has been very well spent, and I've barely had a moment, to be honest! 

And whilst I do love my blog, I really have enjoyed the break. There have been times in the last few months where I've just been itching to share something, but being a creative writer full time, as well as being a freelance writer for multiple businesses, I've struggled putting pen to paper with my blog. I'm writing so much all the time - which is great! - but it also means that when I finally sit down at 9PM at night, I find it incredibly hard to put pen to paper all over again.  It's really important to me that my blog as interesting and enjoyable for you guys as possible and I feel that with how busy I have been recently, I wouldn't have been giving my blog content 100% of my energy and effort, which feels a bit ingenuous, to me.

But anyway, the good news is I am back and just like everyone else, I am really looking forward to embracing a brand new year. I’m actually not a huge fan of new year celebrations and so on - it’s all a bit cliche if you ask me - but I do like the fact that new year presents this notion of a fresh, clean slate. Stepping into a new year feels like a really momentous time and an opportunity to focus on the things that we keep meaning to do, but not actually doing, if that makes sense? 

I’ve already got a list as long as my arm of things I want to achieve this year,  and, ever the optinist over here, I really do have a great feeling about 2022! Marc and I have had a couple of pieces of really good news recently and I just feel really positive about the future. Things feel like they’re heading in the right direction and I'm excited to see what this new year will bring for us.

I’m going to draw this post to a close, anyway, as it was always intended just as a little hello / ice breaker after being radio silent for such a long time! I can confirm that I haven’t given up on blogging (as if!) - I've just been taking a much-needed extended break whilst I've been learning to manage my time effectively. The break has left me inspired, energised and now, ready to share lots of amazing and inspiring content with you all. 

I really hope you all had the most wonderful start to 2022 and I can’t wait to be back with more blog posts for you all very soon, 

Lots of love,

Grace