HeyJaredThe Quiet 20s
Reviews, recommendations and ramblings of a 20-something navigating a quiet life.
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Shrinking to grow (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Quiet 20s, a corner of the internet where we love slow living, books, and navigating the whirlwind decade of your 20s. I’d love to have you here!Life has been more hectic than I would like recently. My weekends are filled with working on our house, while my weekdays are stuffed to the brim with a busy 9-5 and balancing freelance work. Add to that trying to maintain my social life and physical fitness, and keep up with the phenomenal time of year for UK television. It’s been really
Film review: Heart of the Beast (opens the original)
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When I saw the trailer for David Ayer’s Heart of the Beast ahead of a screening of The Odyssey, I’m sure I had the same thought as everyone in the cinema: “another film about a man and his dog”. In fact, you’d be forgiven for not hearing of this film at all.Now, I am a dog person to my very core. But nothing really pulled me towards Heart of the Beast other than its canine star. My boyfriend, on the other hand, thought it looked intriguing, so on Sunday we headed to our local Cineworld for an ad
Pilates pauper (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Quiet 20s, a corner of the internet where we love slow living, books, and navigating the whirlwind decade of your 20s. I’d love to have you here!Fashion has never been my forte. Though I will happily soak up Fashion Weeks and flick through pages of Vogue with awe, when it comes to putting clothes on my own body I am somewhat tame.One place that does change, however, is when exercise comes into play. After one (very sweaty) game of pickleball earlier this year, I spent countless ho
In the kitchen (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Quiet 20s, a corner of the internet where we love slow living, books, and navigating the whirlwind decade of your 20s. I’d love to have you here!I was a late bloomer when it came to my adoration of cooking. A foodie from birth, I didn’t learn to appreciate just how magical it could be to create a meal until I was well into my 20s. After moving out of my parents’ homes for good when I was 23, I quickly fell in love with being in the kitchen. The motion of chopping veg into uniform
August reads (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Quiet 20s, a corner of the internet where we love slow living, books, and navigating the whirlwind decade of your 20s. I’d love to have you here!Wishing you a belated happy September! This post was meant to go out at the start of the month as per my usual posting schedule, but a kitchen reno has delayed almost everything in my life - including the very piece you’re reading.Nevertheless, it is here now and I’m very excited to share my August reads with you. At face value, it looks
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