Entry 01: New Beginnings

After a few years of feeling I needed a change, I finally made the decision to sell my cottage in Cornwall, pack up the car with what few belongings I had left (including the only one that matters - my dog Bert) and make the 600+ mile journey to Scotland. 

I had spent the past five years renovating the cottage - a project a lot would say was idyllic and they would be right for the most part. But come the end I was exhausted mentally and physically, broke financially and to be honest - completely jaded by what Cornwall had left to offer me. 

It may not come as much of a surprise that woven into years of contemplating such a move is a journey of self-discovery that came from a feeling that something just wasn’t ‘quite right’ with the life I had. Anxiety ruled my days and I could feel myself becoming smaller and more rigid. 

I needed to create a life for myself that was more aligned with the person I wanted to be and to stop trying to fit my square self into a round hole. That process is still very much a work in progress but having made the move away from everything I knew, everyone I knew - I can already feel myself relaxing into a new way of living, a new way of being. 

This site aims to document the ups and downs, highs and lows of making a big life change. From feeling like I was moving at 100 miles an hour daily to consciously trying to slow down both in mind and body. Within which I hope to encompass photography, wellness, lifestyle, travel and probably some random ramblings.

J x