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Francesca’s Life Advice

22/08/2023

A Guide to What You Should Take to University (featuring some things that aren’t things)

Hark, what is that? The sound of a thousands of first year university students receiving their email login details and finding out their timetables? Lo, but it is. Fresher’s week is around the corner, and after folk on Patreon suggested it might be fun for me to write about uni life or studying, I thought Continue reading

Francesca’s Life Advice, Lists, School

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04/04/2018

The Beginner’s Guide to Working from Home

Try as I might, I can’t seem to stop being a freelancer. Sometimes I go to an office, but usually I don’t, especially now I’m getting into the final stages of my Open Uni course and working on dragonnovel. I’ve learnt a lot during my time of commuting down a set of stairs or across Continue reading

Francesca’s Life Advice, Internet, Lists

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