What makes a horror movie successful? Why do some stand out against the rest? Here are three movies that I think got it right.

Just do it is more than a great slogan, it’s incredible life advice. That thing you don’t want to do might be the best thing you do all week. All month. Or, maybe even all year.

Remember being twenty-two in the club, telling thirty-something year olds that they ‘don’t even look that old’?

Gilmore Girls is arguably the best tv show to watch (or rewatch) when you’re feeling the pressure to grow up, and I’m going to tell you why.

When it comes to achieving goals, it’s easy to get caught up in the concept of motivation. But motivation, much like many other things, comes in peaks and troughs. Here are my six top tips for reaching your goal when your motivation just isn’t there.

As much as your body might want to sleep from 4pm to 9am every day during December, most of the time our schedules can’t really accommodate that and, let’s be honest, you wouldn’t be able to squeeze much fun in either.

So how can you make those winter wake-ups easier? Read on my friend…

Cities are constantly changing, and the street art changes alongside. This is why I have made it my mission to capture some of the world’s most interesting and stunning street art in my new blog series: Colourful Cities. This week I am starting with - you guessed it - Melbourne, Australia.

So, the word really is thrown around a lot, and anyone who watches Keeping Up With The Kardashians (me) will have heard at least 3 of them say the words so casually “this is giving me anxiety”. But what actually is anxiety and how can you overcome it? Here, I’ll go through 5 activities that can help you manage your anxiety - some of them might be surprising…

It’s a year since I went through a pretty stressful period in my life that forced me to make major changes. I thought I’d have my life together by now, but I don’t… and it’s okay if you don’t either, here’s why.

While it might never have originally been intended, coffee shops have opened their doors to remote workers, writers, students, and anyone looking for a comfortable environment to get their head down for a few hours. A long-standing debate that I have with myself though, is this: is it actually okay to work in coffee shops?

Whether it is fitness, work, or a creative project, it can be easy to fall into the “I’m too tired today, I’ll do it tomorrow” attitude- which is fine on occasion, but when this becomes a habit of making false promises to ourselves, it becomes harder and harder to pull yourself out of that mindset. I have done some research and compiled a list of tactics to help get you back on your feet (figuratively or literally) and out of the rut.

All art created - whether it is visual, written word, or music - will have both conscious and subconscious influences. While many artists will be unaware of the majority of sources, there will likely be a few notable ones that have inspired them somewhere along their journey as a creator. 

In the same way that reading a book, or working out can help you to focus your mind solely on what you are doing, so can creating art. For me, there are two ways that art can act as therapy: through creating it, and through experiencing it.

Even after the point of creation, appreciating art while listening to the type of music that it was inspired by completely takes it to another level and exhibitions incorporating this as an aspect would be a truly enlightening experience.