Everything Eleanor

As much as I enjoy staying in bed re-watching Friends for the billionth time, burrito-ed in blankets no matter the weather, I do quite like the outdoors. I love going to the beach, I love picnics in the park, I love just sitting out the in the garden and soaking up the sun. So it's a really dreadful thought that if I ever have kids, they might not get to enjoy the outdoors even in simple ways like this. Our planet is rotting away. Climate change, plastic pollution, global warming - it all means we could be saying goodbye to the planet we know and love sooner rather than later, and it has already drastically made a turn for the worse in a fairly short space of time. I don't want to be part of that problem. There are things we can all do to lessen our impact on the planet - from tiny little swaps, to bigger life changes - so here are five changes I've made to be kinder to our pal, planet Earth.  1. going veggie  The first thing I remember consciously doing out ...

I've been in two minds about writing this post all week. Should I do this one, or should I do the summer/bronze-y makeup saviours post I've been pondering (spoiler alert - that's probably next week's post)? But I've settled on this one. And it might be a bit weird, but hear me out.  It's always interesting to hear feedback from people who read my blog, especially about my writing style. People say that I have quite a chatty and friendly voice, which is amazing to hear, because when I write my posts I almost feel like I'm writing weekly letters to a friend - which is why it's signed off with 'From, Eleanor.' There is method behind the madness. I've made posts in the past about body confidence ( here ) and uni advice etc, etc, and I don't do those kinds of posts to be patronising - I do it because maybe I need to remind myself of certain things sometimes, as well as wanting to help out at least one person that reads the post. The inter...