Last year I shared a review on a book called Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. This was the first book in the Chronicles of Ixia series. Although I was quite spectacle after the first book and had heard some bad things about the next novels I decided to go on and finish the Study series (so far) and ended up started on the Glass series too which this 'review' is about.

Recently I've been kind of feeling down about my work and been in a bit of a slump. I've still got work done, including my #create365 but I just haven't felt completely happy with it. But I feel that today I've started working myself out of it by doing things that have been working my mind in different ways and have really made me think about my work in a different light. 

#1 Getting feedback | Both this week and last week I had two presentations for two of my modules, mainly the modules I've been feeling a bit off with recently. Having a time to get feedback has definitely helped as it's been from people with fresh pairs of eyes.

#2 People with a kick-ass attitude | Mainly for this point it's just been watching and hearing people be extremely passionate about their subject and hearing how they work. This week I've watched the James Victore Bold & Fearless Poster Design video series and it has really made me think about stuff a lot! 

#3 Stepping away | Although I haven't done this fully with all work and all projects, stepping away from projects that have been making me feel a little suffocated and working on something else has helped me kind of procrastinate from doing it and in the process let me think through new ideas.

#4 Play about | Every week I make multiple doodles during the times I'm doing stuff for my #Create365 and in a weird therapeutic way, doing random doodles just helps clear my mind of junk and even just lets me play about with my materials in new and interesting ways. 

#5 Not looking for inspiration | I'll admit it I am a inspiration/research-holic! I will forever look through Pinterest, Instagram and tumblr looking for awesome things to influence me. But stepping away, reading a book and getting lost in real life just opens your eyes up to the influences and the inspiration around you. 

This week there has been a bit of a bump in the road for some reason I'm not too sure why. It was good at the start but in the middle of the week I had a bit of a slump, may have been to do with being ill but yeah anyway! Hopefully it gets better.

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Over the past week I've been busy working my ass off and now at the end of it, I've spent it curled up in bed relaxing. I'm not exactly being lazy due to being at the Doctor's on Friday and being told I have tonsillitis! It has been pretty horrible to have but I'm actually glad to have been told I have it. This is literally the first time in my life I have been diagnosed with tonsillitis even though I battle with extremely bad sore throats and coughs +4 times a year! 

Other than being ill I've had another visit to the DCA this week, spent a full day in Uni, had lunch at the Pancake Place and had a Presentation for my Communication & Interaction Module... actually that was all Thursday! I've really not had busy week which shows on my Instagram with only sharing two photos (not including #Create365) this week! 

I've been thinking recently about streamlining my posts including this and my Favourites of the Week post so I have more days to share awesome goodness but now sure. I would realistically probably do it a similar fashion to The House That Lars Built post. Would you prefer these posts together or seperate?