Surviving Summer
Lots of tips!
I jest about ‘surviving summer’. I mean, of course, we’re so very lucky to have a long, hot summer and the freedom to be with family. But it can feel long, and a little exhausting, at times, tending to the needs of everyone. For those of us with children on their summer break, we’ve only just begun and yet it feels like it’s been rather a long time already!
So, I’ve decided to metaphorically put my life jacket on first in an attempt to keep myself sane and my spirits high.
Here’s what’s helping me this week and during the summer stretch…
Happy weekend, happy hols!
Love, Willow
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In this week’s dispatch - all the little rituals - tips & links that are getting me through the summer stretch…
A daytime bath
One of Wolf’s friends came to stay last week and brought me these bath oils as a thank-you gift. Ever since, I’ve developed a glorious new habit.
A bath, in the middle of the day whilst watching Netflix.
It feels wildly indulgent and I cannot recommend it enough. The boys genuinely don’t know what’s happened to me. Me, lying down, in the middle of the day and on a screen? I’ve officially lost the plot.
For night time bathing, Olverum is my usual go-to. However these salts from Dreem Distillery have recently taken the top spot. My sister-in-law, Ruth, introduced me to the brand a couple of years ago when it was just starting out. The founder, Hayley, began by making CBD drops in her kitchen to help people sleep and they were so brilliant that the business has now grown into a full range of CBD delicious-ness. They smell insanely good and also knock me out the moment my head touches the pillow. Magic in a jar.
A good book
The kind that you can’t stop thinking about and would steal any moment to read just a few pages. Callie Coles (read our interview with Callie here) has just released a new book, Tangled and it’s next on my list.
I am also about to go on holiday and am taking Lisa Jewell’s new thriller, It Could Have Been Her, and an ‘edge of your seat love story Crash Into Me by Robinne Lee.
We’ve also included so many of your favourites (and my wishlist) in Summer Book Club in case you’ve already done these!
Please tell me what you’re reading?
A rom-com obsession
I have a new obsession of watching teen summer tv shows (in the bath during the day preferably) - in a nutshell, pure escapism. Beautiful people having emotionally complicated summers set in beautiful, sunny beachside locations.
