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Nicola

@beingbuttons

Bristol based Treats and Travel blogger 🌍🍰

 England, United Kingdom
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Joined May 2015
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I stopped eating meat for Lent but I’m not vegetarian yet beingbuttons.com/2023/04/07/…

I stopped eating meat for Lent but I’m not vegetarian yet - Being Buttons

Apart from a two week period when I attempted to be a vegetarian in primary school because I was easily influenced by what my friends were doing, I've been pretty happy as an omnivore. I don't eat...

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Celebrating Holi as a tourist in Jaipur beingbuttons.com/2023/03/15/…

Celebrating Holi as a tourist in Jaipur - Being Buttons

Holi is a Hindu festival of colours, love and spring which is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. As soon as we found out that Holi was just over a week after the wedding we were attending in...

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Impressions of India – notes on the journey home beingbuttons.com/2023/03/10/…

Impressions of India – notes on the journey home - Being Buttons

I started our trip writing on the way to the airport about how I was feeling about our upcoming travels, so it seems fitting to spend the journey home capturing some of my impressions of the country...

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Thoughts about going to India from the bus to the airport beingbuttons.com/2023/02/21/…

Thoughts about going to India from the bus to the airport - Being Buttons

I'm writing this post on the bus to the airport, but it hasn't quite sunk in yet that I'm going on holiday. I'm not quite sure at what point it will - the whole lead up to this current trip hasn't...

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Review: Kurios by Cirque du Soleil beingbuttons.com/2023/02/15/…

Review: Kurios by Cirque du Soleil - Being Buttons

We booked our tickets for the Cirque du Soleil Kurios show a few months ago as something to look forward to at the start of 2023, when Christmas felt like a distant memory and it was still cold and...

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Review: Wake the Tiger, Bristol beingbuttons.com/2023/02/09/…

Review: Wake the Tiger, Bristol - Being Buttons

Wake the Tiger opened in Bristol in the summer of 2022 with a lot of cryptic marketing. Billing itself as an amazement park, it wasn't really too clear what to expect from a trip to see it. We...

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A few things I’d like to get out of 2023 beingbuttons.com/2023/01/01/…

A few things I’d like to get out of 2023 - Being Buttons

In addition to my review of the year, it’s time for my short round-up of hopes and aims for the year ahead. 2023 feels like it's going to be a year full of potential - possibly because it's the first...

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A Review of the Year and Lessons learned in 2022 beingbuttons.com/2022/12/31/…

A Review of the Year and Lessons learned in 2022 - Being Buttons

Well somehow another year has come and gone, and 2022 certainly seemed to fly by! To say we started the year in fear of the rise of another COVID strain, and we've ended it with COVID barely being...

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Catching up on 2022 beingbuttons.com/2022/09/06/…

Catching up on 2022 - Being Buttons

Hello friends - it's been a while hasn't it? I can't believe more than half the year has gone since I last wrote something and published it here, but that seems to be the way 2022 is going. Life...

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A few of the things I'm hoping to do in 2022... beingbuttons.com/2022/01/01/…

A few things I’d like to get out of 2022 - Being Buttons

In addition to my review of the year, it’s time for my short round-up of hopes and aims for the year ahead. I went into 2021 with my yes wide open and pretty realistic expectations about what was...

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My review of the year and some of the lessons I've learned in 2021. It's not been the easiest year, but there have still been some highlights! beingbuttons.com/2021/12/31/…

A Review of the Year and Lessons Learned in 2021 - Being Buttons

Despite 2021 starting with a lockdown, I began the year feeling cautiously optimistic. I felt refreshed after a winter break of not being able to do very much, people were getting vaccinated and the...

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Returning to the office and an introduction to blended working beingbuttons.com/2021/08/23/…
A few highlights from Summer 2021 beingbuttons.com/2021/09/01/…

A few highlights from Summer 2021 - Being Buttons

Happy 1 September! Call it a hangover from my days at school, or thanks to the fact that I still work in an education environment, but this time of year always makes me think of fresh beginnings. In...

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Freedom is on the horizon: a few thoughts on the end of lockdown beingbuttons.com/2021/07/18/…

Freedom is on the horizon: a few thoughts on the end of lockdown - Being Buttons

What does 'freedom' look like to you? At some point, possibly in May, I optimistically told myself that I wouldn't be writing about lockdowns and coronavirus anymore. I would actually be able to get...

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A little late, but here are some of my reflections on a year of living in Lockdown beingbuttons.com/2021/04/08/…

Reflections on a Year of Living in Lockdown - Being Buttons

For approximately half of the last year I've been living in lockdown. As we pass the anniversary of the first UK lockdown I reflect on what it's meant for me, my relationships and my work.

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It's now been a full year that I've been working from home, and although I've adjusted, in some ways I'm still acting as if it's temporary. So here are some of the lessons I've learned in the last year. beingbuttons.com/2021/03/16/…

Lessons Learned from a Year of Working from Home - Being Buttons

I've been working from home for a year now. It's something I've got used to, but am still acting as if it's a temporary measure. Here are some of the lessons I've learned in that time.

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The Long and Winding Road out of Lockdown beingbuttons.com/2021/02/24/…

The Long and Winding Road out of Lockdown - Being Buttons

So the road out of lockdown has now been paved and for many of us the reassurance of a 'normal' summer will be enough to see off the remainder of the winter. Pubs will be open! Sports venues will be...

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The trouble with time – too little or too much? beingbuttons.com/2021/01/27/…

The trouble with time – too little or too much? - Being Buttons

Time is an interesting concept. It's also one I've been thinking about a lot recently. How much pressure does the measurement of time add to our lives? How many decisions do we make based around...

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New year, new lockdown – Here we go again! beingbuttons.com/2021/01/12/…

New year, new lockdown – Here we go again! - Being Buttons

So here we are in the third national lockdown - feeling like it's groundhog day yet? Here's how I feel about it and why life doesn't feel too different.

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Anyone else hooked on Bridgerton? Here are my recommendations of what to read if you've loved the Netflix series beingbuttons.com/2021/01/08/…

What to read when you’ve finished watching Bridgerton - Being Buttons

Have you watched Netflix series Bridgerton? Here's my recommendations for what you could read if you loved Bridgerton.

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