Rachel Emily wearing a rainbow Maya Deluxe Sequin Dress and Graduation Hat - Rachel Emily Blog

Hello Strangers.

Rachel Emily posing on a Rainbow stripe dock and bay towel in a palm print Shein swimsuit with zip front.

I know I said it in my last post. But how is it June already?
Rachel Emily outside a cream house with a blue door smiling widely

Having a bad day?

Yeah, it happens to the best of us.
Rachel Emily posing in a wooden bar in a grey coat and pink scarf

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in daily life, that I forget about my impact on the bigger picture.
Rachel Emily Leaping over a bollard into 2020 - Rachel Emily Blog

Leaping into the new year.
A whole new decade.
Enter the (hopefully) roaring twenty's.
Rachel Emily sat under a tiger mural on North Street, Bedminster, Bristol in casual jeans and a t-shirt

Title Image Location: North Street, Bedminster

Bristol is a city that I just can't help falling in love with on repeat. While I love to travel when I can there is something satisfying about being in the city that I love and get to call home. I mean it was voted Best Place in Britain to Live by the Sunday Times too in 2017. It's still awesome too. So here's my little guide of some of the most beautiful and square-worthy places in the city.

Rachel Emily on a bench in a white dress reading Meghan Markle's Vogue Issue with pastel coloured balloons in the background

Another of the topics of my instagram stories discussions was about why influencer now seems to be a dirty word. In my polls 76% said they thought there was a big stigma around the term with 43% of people saying they can't stand it.

Wellness | How to Take a Break from Social Media - Rachel Emily Blog

You might have noticed recently that I've taken a few short breaks from social media, mainly instagram, and the blog. You might not have. But I took the breaks because I was suffering from Social Media (mainly Instagram) Fatigue.

Discussion | Can you be Body Positive but Want to Change? - Rachel Emily Blog

Recently on my instastories I've been starting discussions about a few topic's I'd encountered recently or my bug bears. One of these topics was raised at Bristol Fashion Week in relation to Body Positivity. While the catwalk had models of a variety of sizes, ethnicity and disability there was discussion over how as great as it was, it could have gone further.

YouTube Launch | Rachel Emily Blog

Roll Up, Roll Up, Read all about it.

I have officially launched my YouTube channel.
Lifestyle | How to Maximise on Daylight Savings - Rachel Emily Blog

Daylight Savings to me means the start of Spring Summer. I know meteorological spring started on the 1st March and the Spring Equinox was Wednesday 20th March but for me that extra hour of daylight we got yesterday changes everything. I find i'm more motivated in the evenings after work to do things round the house, go to the gym or run errands and I'm generally more upbeat.
Lifestyle | How I'm Changing my Life Before I'm 30 - Rachel Emily Blog

2021 is the year that I'll turn the big 3-0.

Now I may be a little ahead of myself here as it's only 2019, and I've only just turned 28 today, but time flies when you're having fun and I intend to have as much fun as possible, where possible.
Wellbeing | 5 Ways to Avoid the January Blues | Rachel Emily Blog

Christmas and New Year are always filled with festivities and sparkle that honestly, I never ever want it to end. But if it didn't end I think we'd all get a little bit fed up of all the glitter in our eyes. I'm lucky enough to get time off work over the festive period as work shuts down and I always find it tough going back to normal life after. This year has been no exception as I've gone back to work, into exam season and I have a stinking cold.
Lifestyle | Hello 2019 | Rachel Emily Blog

Hello 2019.

I can't believe we are quite meeting so soon. It feels like it was just yesterday that I was, in the words of Charli XCX, partying like it was 1999. Which for me would be getting hyper on ice cream coke floats and banging pots and pans in the street to see in the millennium.

Reflection | Outtakes of 2018 | Rachel Emily Blog

Morning Everyone,

I hope you had an amazing Christmas, I know I certainly did and I'm 100% about 5kg heavier too from all the cheese, chocolate and wine. I thought I'd do a little post from 2018 looking back on some of the out-takes from the shoots I've done which may or may not have made it to the gram or blog.
Rachel Emily with Rainbow Umbrella in front of Pastel Rainbow Houses

Life is a bit of a strange one. One area of your life can be going well while another area gets hit with a wrecking ball.

This is what has happened to me recently with some bad news. As a result my mood seems to be suffering with whiplash. One minute I feel like I'm on top of the world and the next my mood swings and I'm floating around rock bottom.

To combat these giant swings, I've learnt of 7 ways that I can instantly improve my mood for my own sanity and that of the people around me.
Primark peg board with union jack bunting, flags and glasses flat lay with eucalyptus

If you follow me on Insta-stories then you will know how much I love the royals. It's something I've inherited from my mum and grandmother with pride. When there's a new royal baby I have Kensington Palace's twitter on full notifications and it's on my bucket list to one day meet a royal.

Flatlay with Highlighters, scale rule, NRM2 Book and glasses

So this post is probably a little different to many of my others but being a mature student I've done my fair share of exams. Don't get me wrong they still stress me out but I've come up with ways to survive them with my sanity intact.

Marble Stone Ornate Hexagonal Box Filled with Perfume with Floral Posy with White Rose

As a teenager I truly believed that by the time I was 25 I would have my shit together and be a fully fledged adult conquering the world. I'd have my dream job even though I didn't know what that was at the time. I'd probably have been on the way to getting married, aka engaged. I'd have a house decorated exactly how I wanted with a dog to welcome me home. Spoilers - it isn't all travelling the world, big money jobs and Pinterest-worthy home. I have to say now I've turned 27 that my expectations aren't quite the reality.
Rachel Emily dressed in Pink Instagramming a beautiful hot chocolate

Back in my post about How Unfollowing Can be Healthy I spoke about how social media seemed to be hindering communication instead of promoting it and Instagram is as guilty as the rest of them.

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