I'm back! Let's chat || RANDOM RAMBLE

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back to my blog!! Funnily enough, my hiatus announcement post was one of my more popular ones, which is a good thing, but also sad because that was it for a while and I am not sure how many of you will still be here after a over a month of hiatus. But I'm back, so I hope some of you will be too! Of course if you are dedicated enough to be one of my lovely email subscribers, then you will receive this right into your inboxes, which I hope is a pleasant surprise! 

Now for another Random Ramble. I've done a few of these before, where I just write about whatever, and hope that someone finds even just a flicker of comfort in my words. Let's get into it!

The true reason why I took a break and went on hiatus, was because I was stressed with school, not enjoying the blog anymore, and struggling to keep up with everything. However, it is now almost the summer holidays and so I want to ease myself back into the blog. 

I don't want to reiterate everything I said in that post, however, there are a few points I would like to raise once again, just explaining why I went on a break. 

There is such a huge pressure at school. The pressure of doing well academically, the pressure of behaving in a certain way, the pressure of looking a certain way, the pressure from teachers to get involved and do everything, when really all I want to do sometimes is go through the motions of school. Don't get me wrong, for the most part I enjoy school and I definitely appreciate the opportunity to go to school and get an education. However, the whole system does come with so many unwanted stresses and pressures, which although part of everyone's school experience, are still not a fun thing to deal with. Ultimately, this led me to feel quite overwhelmed, which wasn't helped by the other things going on in my life.

This is why I took a break and why I think it is so vitally important to do so. It was heart-breaking to stop writing, but I wasn't really passionate about it anymore. But now I'm starting to regain that passion for this incredible little space, and I'm so glad I took the time to step away. 

As for the future of my blog, who knows? I have a few post ideas, but I think I'm going to start small and build it back up, so in the next few weeks, I'll be sharing book reviews and catch up posts of the best things I've read while I've been on hiatus. I've read some incredible books and I can't wait to tell you all about them!! 

There are a few unfinished series, which I don't really have the motivation to finish right now, which does make me sad, but I also want to start afresh, so I do not think I will continue them. However, if there is a particular post you would like to see, or a series you would like to see me finish (such as YA Book Of The Month or my holiday posts) then please let me know in the comments!!

I also got a new laptop whilst I was on hiatus and it's a lot better to work on so I'm excited for what I'll be able to do with that. I feel like a proper blogger now!

I'm also changing the posting schedule to Top Ten Tuesday on a Tuesday and other posts on a Saturday. I hope I can keep this up over the summer, although I will be very busy so we'll see how it goes. I think I'll probably drop Top Ten Tuesday over the holidays, but as I say, we'll just have to see!

If anyone takes the time to read this, then THANK YOU!! For still being here and for not having given up on me, I truly can't thank you enough. 

I wish you all very happy reading!

How are you? Do you have any post series you would like me to continue, or any you would like to see? What have you read recently?

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p.s. casual magic of the day:

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I  went to pick up a friend from the airport and as I was walking through a corridor, there were little rainbows cast by the light along the floor. It was a magical moment!