The Story
Careers
Self-Care
Finance
Features
Contribute
Shop
- Shop
- Cart
- Checkout

Mind The Gap Graduates

The Story
Careers
Self-Care
Finance
Features
Contribute
Shop
- Shop
- Cart
- Checkout

Cart

Your cart is currently empty.

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,868 other subscribers

Email Address

It’s okay (and necessary) to make a decision and

It’s okay (and necessary) to make a decision and lose out on other choices in the process ✨

In her latest edition of ‘Dear Dolly’ in The Sunday Times, @dollyalderton addressed a question surrounding running out of time in our twenties. With the question “How do I stop obsessing about my engine of youth puttering to a stop?”

After reading this piece, I wanted to share some of her words that really stuck out to me:

“Worrying about lack of experience means you miss out on the fullness of a singular experience.”

“By wanting to capitalise on our time, energy and opportunities, we waste a lot of our lives thinking about how best to do it and pre-empting when it will all be over.”

“Here is a fact that is initially hard to face but can also grant you freedom: you won’t be able to fit it all in.”

“If we could have everything all the time at any given point of our lives, none of it would have any meaning.”

The article really highlighted to me that it is okay to make a decision that will mean we have to say no to other things. To pursue one goal, one career path, one interest, to ensure that we get all we can out of it, we’ll have to miss out on other things. We cannot have it all.

Are you scared to fully commit to one choice in life? Do you like to keep your options open? ✨

Nothing has changed yet so keep on looking after y

Nothing has changed yet so keep on looking after yourself and being kind ❤️ I for one have definitely felt more panic than excitement about the news and dates given yesterday in England, for this to *all* be over. It feels very surreal. I cannot imagine what life will be like, and there are so many elements of the past year spent at home that I would quite like to maintain.

So for anyone that’s feeling overwhelmed by the news or the increase in posts about returning to pubs and needing to get back on track with exercise, it’s okay to take things at your own pace, both now and when things start to open up again. Sending so much love to everyone and let’s hope we can all adjust to whatever extent of normal we want to by the time June rolls around 💛

How are you feeling about things at the moment? ✨

Thinking back to when I last had a week off work i

Thinking back to when I last had a week off work in September and we went on a lovely trip to Brighton 🌞

I feel a bit strange about how little time I’ve put into my blog recently. I’ve taken on another commitment recently so I’m working / busy 6 days a week and then find that I’m too tired or lack the creativity to do anything with my blog.

Mind The Gap Graduates gave me and so many other people a lot of comfort during the last year, and I feel sad to think that I don’t have the time for it right now. I’m sure it will come back soon though, but probably in a different way!

After all, how long are we actually ‘graduates’ for? In May it will be two years since I finished university and that makes me feel incredibly overwhelmed. I absolutely love sharing the highs and lows of my twenties but I’m not sure in what format anymore... but I’m hoping my week off will refresh my creativity and bring back a new life to my blog and Instagram.

So basically, a long caption just to say - I’m not very consistent at the moment but I promise, in one way or another, I will soon be back to sharing my honest experiences of the world as a 20-something year old.

Has anyone else seen their motivation vanish or their priorities shift recently? 👇🏻

Feeling homesick as an ‘adult’ is a bit of a w

Feeling homesick as an ‘adult’ is a bit of a weird one...

After putting a story up the other day about how I was missing home and my parents after one week of being back in my flat in London, I had quite a lot of messages from people saying ‘I get homesick too’

As a 22 year old that moved out from my family home 4.5 years ago to go to university, I would have thought I’d come to terms with no longer living at home. But apparently not 🙃

Maybe I’m homesick, or maybe I’m just sick of being an adult and want to be 12 again without a real care in the world...

Do you get homesick or miss places you used to spend a lot of time? ✨

Ahh Sunday - the best day for overthinking ✨ Fo

Ahh Sunday - the best day for overthinking ✨

For today’s main topic of overthinking we have: ‘Am I wasting my life?’

With themes of:
• Should I run away to somewhere hot by the sea?
• Maybe I should die my hair blue
• Do I really have to work my whole life or can I retire at 22?
• Is everything a lie? Am I the star of my own Truman Show (if you’ve not seen the film, watch it)

And my main counter argument is: ‘Stop beating yourself up for not achieving things in the middle of a pandemic’ 🙃

But seriously, if you’re feeling negative about your progress, situation, achievements etc then stop - it’s no wonder we’re not feeling very successful or like we’re living our twenties to the fullest at the moment

Always remember to be kind to yourself 💛

Do you overthink life a lot? Do you constantly question things? 👇🏻

Why it’s okay to change your mind about things 👇🏻

Especially after the year we’ve all had, it’s no wonder we’ve rethought our plans and goals at some point, and that’s okay!

I change my mind every single week, or lose motivation with some of my goals and hobbies every month. I didn’t think I’d lose motivation with my blog but, as you can probably tell from how little I’m on here, I have recently.

So a few reminders from me to you:

• It’s okay if you complete a whole degree and decide you don’t want to work in that industry

• It’s okay if you start something new, and give it up after a few weeks or a few months

• It’s okay if you change jobs or sectors a lot in your early career

• It’s okay if you can’t find the right thing for you, just keep trying things and looking

• It’s okay if one week you want to change the world, and the next you simply can’t be bothered to do anything other than sleep

Don’t worry about what other people might think or say if you change your mind, because it more than likely doesn’t actually affect them - so just do what you think is right 💛

Do you change your mind a lot? ✨

#londonblogger #lifestyleblog #lifeblogger #twentysomething #careeradvice #discoverunder4k #discoverunder5k #chattycaptioncommunity #mylifeinsquares #creativegalgang #londonlifestyle #elephantandcastle #elephantpark #studentblogger #lifeafteruni #graduate

ad Let’s talk money 👇🏻 I’ve recently t

ad Let’s talk money 👇🏻

I’ve recently taken part in the @natwest #FinancialFlex campaign which is all about making young people feel more confident and open with their finances.

Looking at how little time I spend on finance apps on my phone compared to social media made me wonder whether I am running away from my finances rather than facing them and managing them well.

It’s so important for us as young people to feel more confident with our money and not hide from our bank balances. When we’re on top of our finances, whether we’re dealing with a little bit of cash or have quite a bit in savings, it’ll relieve some stress from our early twenties that I’m sure we’d all like to be without

NatWest is here to help young people with their money, whether you’re a user of their bank or not, through their Financial Health Check service where you can talk to a senior personal banker to get their advice and help with your money.

Do you actively avoid checking your bank account like me? Or are you quite on top of your money already? 👇🏻

A link to their service is in my bio 🥰

‘I’ll be happy when...’ Excuse the photo of

‘I’ll be happy when...’

Excuse the photo of me from 2019, but here’s a little reminder to enjoy and appreciate what you have right now, and not constantly be searching for x y and z to make you happy.

I’ve realised how much of my life I’m spending looking forward to the future, “when I have” certain things. I’ve fallen into the trap of thinking that happiness and success is waiting for me, and I’ll achieve it only when I have something else

The other day I realised that I currently have something that I was dreaming about last year, working so hard to achieve and I had done it. But I’d not really noticed and I’m feeling no more ‘complete’ or happy with it, so maybe I need to work on my ability to feel happiness and completeness just by being me

Don’t forget to live in the moment and appreciate yourself and what’s around you right now. We might get everything we’ve ever wanted at some point and it might not make us as happy as we thought it would - so let’s just focus on creating happiness and contentment right now ✨

Do you have a problem with thinking happiness is tied to something in the future? That it can only happen once something changes or is achieved? 👇🏻

PS I’m sorry I poured the Prosecco rather than shotting it - are you team pour it or team shot it?

Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2021 Mind The Gap Graduates · Theme by 17th Avenue