Welcome to the Blogiverse - The Cotswolds Girl

I am very excited to enter the "blogiverse" to share my life experiences, offer some tips and tricks on how I got through some pretty tricky times and perhaps provide a bit of entertainment along the way.

As I sit, writing this post, I wonder what on earth possessed me to start a life blog and a Tik Tok channel. Why would I, having just turned 45, want to start sharing my journeys in life with random strangers? The answer probably isn't that straight forward, but what in life is, right?

First things first, this is NOT a mid-life crisis thing. This is something that I have been considering for quite some time. I actually started a blog back in 2011 following the breakup of a long term relationship. At the time, I was really struggling with my mental health, my sense of who I was (after 10 years) and extreme relationship grief. I wasn't sure where to turn. I went to counselling for a few months, I tried to reconnect with old friends, but the sense of being utterly alone and dealing with these emotions and essentially having my world fall apart; it was a lot for me deal with alone. So I started a blog, and it actually was a very cathartic experience. It helped to write it down, get it out of my body, tell the story. My story.

So here we are, 14 years down the line. Older, hopefully wiser, and with a lot more life and world experience to be able to (hopefully) give something back to the universe. To share something of myself, of my experiences and perhaps in some small way give something back. Please join me on this journey, and let's create something amazing!