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Life

Advice For Starting a New Job During Covid

I’ve been working from home now since the 17th March this year. Thats almost 7 months of my home being work, and work being at my home. It was a weird transition at first but one I have come to appreciate. I get an extra 2 hours in bed, I don’t have to do a commute, finishing work doesn’t involve a train journey home. There are so many benefits, but with anything there are downsides too. The lack of social interaction with colleagues, not having a break between home life and work life, feeling like I must be available 24/7. But please know I am so grateful. Grateful that I have been able to work all throughout this pandemic, and that my job is secure.

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Life

5 Ways To Be Productive On Rainy Days

Featuredby Olivia44 Comments

Do you like rainy days? I like them in moderation, especially if I don’t need to go anywhere that day! Sometimes it can feel so hard to be productive on rainy days. I just want to curl up in a blanket with a movie and not move all day. I always find it hard getting up in the morning too and making sure the day is productive. So today I thought I’d share some ways we can all become more productive, especially on those dark, rainy gloomy days.

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Life

A WordPress Giveaway [CLOSED]

Featuredby Olivia38 Comments

A few weeks ago I posted about a giveaway I was doing on my instagram, well today as promised here is a giveaway for my WordPress followers and blogging family! I want to take this time to say thank you and show you guys how much it means to me that you’re here with me.

THE PRIZE

In this giveaway one lucky winner will receive a business/blogger logo by me! The logo will be fully customised for your brand, down to the text font, colour and logo design. Below I have showcased some previous logos so you can see some of my work.

THE RULES

To be eligible to win you must do the following;

You MUST be following me on WordPress
Like this post
Comment on this post your favourite thing about blogging

And thats it! Those 3 easy rules and you will be entered into my giveaway!

OPENING AND CLOSING DATES

This giveaway will run from 26/09/20 – 03/10/20. The winner will be contacted on the 03/10/20 and has 24 hours to claim their prize.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This giveaway is international. you will NOT received the logo in print form, it will be a digital logo ONLY. You are not to sell or copy these designs without the creators permission. This giveaway has no monetary value. If the winner doesn’t claim their prize within 24 hours of the announcement a new name will be drawn. The winner must be contactable via email or via their blog. This giveaway has no affiliation to WordPress, this is self funded by http://www.olivialucieblake.com

Relationships

How to Lovingly Let Go of Friendships

Featuredby Olivia37 Comments

I wrote a post a few weeks ago called ‘How to Lovingly Let Go of Relationships” and it mainly focused on relationships in the sense of romantic relationships. And I thought it would be good to talk on the subject again, but this time about friendships in particular. I think at times when friendships end it can be harder than relationships, depending on the reasoning behind the friendship ending.

Letting go of any type of relationship isn’t easy, especially when you can feel that things have shifted or changed between you. I hope to make it easier for you by going through some advice from when I have been through it myself. Its not easy letting go of anything, but we should do things in love always.

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Guest Posts, Life

How to Overcome Criticism, Fear & Disappointment

Featuredby Olivia27 Comments

[GUEST POST]

Hello, my name is Zorana from www.beautyvoyagerorg.wordpress.com. I am a travel/ lifestyle blogger writing about my travel experiences, beauty industry, mental health and self-esteem & growth . I am excited for this amazing collaboration with Olivia and at the same time I will be publishing her post on topic “How to Overcome The Challenges of Life ” on my blog so please go and check it out after you have read this post . Thank you and let’s get straight to our topic.

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Life

The Truth About Self-Love

Featuredby Olivia63 Comments

Self-love is such an up and coming topic seen on blogs in 2020. Self-love and self empowerment is raging now more than ever. I wonder why that is? I think it’s because for years and years society has shaped a mould of how we should be living our lives and so many more people are coming out to say they don’t fit the mould and don’t want to. I am here for it. In todays post we will go through a quick lesson on what self-love is, what it looks like and some truths about it too, which will hopefully teach us all a little more about the topic.

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Interior Design

How To Choose The Best Decor To Compliment Your Home

September 22, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia31 Comments

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It’s a known fact from the people who know me, that I love everything interior design. Im constantly looking at interiors on Pinterest and have far too many boards with design ideas. I have spoken before on this blog about how the way you design your home can have a real effect on your mental health, and I think what you choose to decorate your space with is as equally important. Today were looking at how to choose the best decor to compliment your home! Lets get started..

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Life

4 Ways To Deal With Unkind People Gracefully

September 18, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia97 Comments

You’re probably reading this title, like Olivia why would I want to show grace to people who are unkind? Well, research shows that there are several reasons why someone is a mean or unkind person. A lot of it has to do with how people have treated them in the past, a lack of self confidence, treating you how they feel about themselves – this is called projection and various other psychological reasons. I think that unkind people need the most love. It can be hard to do this, because how can you force yourself to show someone love who was mean to you? Well todays post talks about how we can take steps to be more graceful to others.

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Life

How to Find Pockets of Peace In Your Day

September 17, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia40 Comments

Recently I have become addicted to Tik Tok, I’m not proud of it but they say the first step of beating an addiction is admitting you have one. So here I am. Haha I’m totally kidding but I really do love watching Tik Tok videos. A few months ago I stumbled across a page where a woman called Nabela, who shares these amazingly put together videos showing pockets of peace in her day. Even if she doesn’t have a great day, she finds even the small positives and I thought it was such a great idea and such a great way to remember to be grateful and see the goodness in each day.

So today I thought I would share how you can find your pockets of peace in each day. Then I thought we could start a conversation and share with each other our pockets of peace. I’ll start by sharing mine and then you tell us yours in the comments!

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Guest Posts, Life

10 Things I’ve Learnt In My Twenties

September 14, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia32 Comments

[Guest Post]

Hello everyone it’s me, Shayla from thedailyshayla.com. If you don’t know anything about me, I’m a 22 year old mother from the UK with a lot to say (hey that rhymes!).
I am so happy to be collaborating with Olivia on my first guest post! We have come together and created an awesome list of 10 things we have learnt in our twenties!
Over here on Olivia’s blog, down below, you can read my list of the top 5 lessons I have learnt. Then once you’ve finished reading that, you can pop over to my blog and read Olivia’s list too, how cool is that!?

Although I am only 22, the change from teenage years was definitely noticeable. Being pregnant at 20 and having a baby at 21 made it even more significant and I feel like I have grown so much in such a small amount of time. Here are the 5 things I have learnt in my twenties…all 2 loooooong years of them!

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