I forgot something…

Photography. Now I’m no photographer and I don’t even have a particularly fancy camera (yet), however it is something I was hoping to get my teeth into while I’m back in the U.K. I had actually arranged a little photoshoot with a friend, sadly I think that may now not happen. However I’m going to make sure I get my camera out every single day of this lockdown.

I find the whole editing part of photography rather relaxing, the photo taking kind of stressful. I know what I want it to look like and finding that is harder than it should be! I also absolutely love having lots of photos to look back on. I was always that girl taking the photos when I was out with friends.

Another reason I really want to get some nice shots over the next month is I want to make my mum a wall of pictures for Christmas. I know she wants lots of black and white prints and I thought if some of them could be taken by me of the local area and of my sister etc. that would be really awesome!

Sometimes I struggle with confidence and taking photos. Taking my tripod our and getting photos of myself does scare me if someone can see. I also have the fear that someone might judge me for my basic camera. But I need to put my big girl pants on and get into it so I can justify buying a more expensive (still entry level LOL) camera. Practise does make perfect.

Do you have any ‘secret’ hobbies?

Here are a few of my photos from my iPhone and rather basic camera. Want to see more? Head to my Instagram @harrietkristina

HK x

Today I’m annoyed

Lockdown 2.0. I’m mad about it. Sort of. I completely agree that something should be done, I understand this is an impossibly difficult decision. I am so sad for all the small business owners and everyone else impacted (us included). But today I’m simply mad because I don’t have a horse in the U.K. currently and riding schools are having to shut.

Its ridiculous and childish I know, but I’m letting myself be annoyed today. Tomorrow I’ll be positive, but not today. I’m sad for the lessons I’d planned and hacks I was looking forward to, selfishly it really is my happy place. However, I’m also sad for riding schools that need regular business to survive.

It’s healthy to be annoyed, frustrated and upset. Personally the best way to cope is to give myself an allotted amount of time to feel that emotion and then pick myself up after. This works for me and I believe it’s important for us to all have coping mechanism’s in place for our mental (and physical) health. We’re all so different, this could be talking to someone, writing it down etc, however we should all have a way to ‘feel’ and ‘live’ these emotions so we can properly experience them and let them go. Do you have an emotional coping ‘plan’?

Fingers crossed this lockdown won’t be extended too much and we’ll be back doing the activities we love asap. I’ll certainly be off on horseback the second I’m allowed!

HK x

I’m back! And it’s been crazy.

2020. The dreaded 2020. I think it’s been a year of madness for everyone, huge change and uncertainty. As I’m writing this we’ve just been told we’re going back into lockdown. Oh golly gosh.

I managed to avoid the first UK lockdown as I was in Barbados, arguable that lockdown was far worse, but that’s a different story. I don’t want to go into too much detail with lockdown or hugely political but I am sad about this lockdown and I don’t hold much hope that it will be four weeks to solve the problem.

Adaptation seems to have been what we’re all having to learn this year and I’m hoping that my platforms with reflect this. I’m a girl with a love of horses, shopping, travel, photography, the outdoors and my family. I don’t want to be limited to one box. I want to share it all. With that in mind that’s what I plan on sharing, a little of everything.

So welcome to Lockdown 2.0 Diaries. I hope you can stay a while.

HK x