🌻 little self care tip this week: 

I went through my knicker drawer and threw out all of my pants that don’t ‘spark joy’. I’m talking period stained pants, front and back wedgie knickers, primark knickers that lost their colour after 1 wash, pants you’ve had longer than certain friendships and pants that just aren’t you anymore. Repeated this with old socks. Then I treated myself to some nice new ones from M&S. It was cathartic. Highly recommend my male huns do the same x

Dear Margie,
I’m only a few years out of school, but I already feel like I’m stuck in a dead end retail job, I tried college but ended up dropping out as I found it so overwhelming, I know I can always go back but it all just feels like so much and seeing all my friends moving up in the world while I’m stuck on minimum wage feels like I’m falling behind. Have you any advice on how to deal with these feelings? Xxx

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Hey hun,
It seems like you don’t know what you want from life yet (who does though!) so I promise you’re not wasting time working retail while you’re still figuring it out. You’re only a few years out of school, and you’ve got so much time! 💖 I’ve had mates who spent years doing a degree, then realised they hated it. I’ve had mates who spent years working in finance and then realised they had no work/life balance and left their huge salary for van life (no kidding). I learned so many people skills from working retail and it’s one of the best things to have general experience in on your CV.
 
I think you need to switch up your daily routine hun. Would you or could you ever look into doing a year in Auz or NZ? Or if it’s not possible for you to travel, could you look into getting a retail job that pays a little more? At least then if you’re being paid better and working with new people it might just give you a little boost. Or what about switching into a different sector completely? You have options hun! 😊 You need to give yourself more credit for holding down a job and being a hard working hun. Once you have the courage to make that first little change - you’ll attract so many more new experiences and opportunities into your life. No experience is wasted, what’s meant for you won’t pass you by, and as me neighbour Tricia says: ‘You are exactly where you need to be on your own journey’.

Love your mate,
Margie xxx

If you want to submit a question to Dear Margie you can hit reply huns. Make sure you mention your question is for the hunmail - otherwise I won’t assume permission to share it. If I don’t answer your question this week, keep an eye on the following weeks - otherwise I’ll reply to you personally when I can 💓 x

Every week me nan selects a tip from one of her real life magazines especially for the huns! This week’s tip:

WE NEED TO PROTECT ANITA AND HER DAFFODIL HAT AT ALL COSTS HUNS 😭 I feel like this may also work for unwanted male attention. Let’s arrange a proseccy and silly hat making night soon x

Margie, Give Me Something to…

👀 Watch

Holiday showdown: Menorca vs Jamaica Classic UK TV from 2003 where two families who have never met go on two holidays together, and for the week they’re on holiday they have to abide by the other family’s choice of food and activities. This episode is a total disaster because the families can’t stand each other so it’s V entertaining huns x

Sasha: Beauty Queen at 11 Follows a girl from the UK who’s mum enters her and her little brother into a USA beauty pageant. I watched this BBC3 doc years ago as a teenager and thought it was about the little girl, but then you watch it again as an adult and realise it’s really all about the mum living vicariously through her daughter! Such a good watch huns, but awful how Sasha's dad speaks to her and how her mum awkwardly forces her to practise her little dance routine in a Chinese restaurant for no real reason 😕 bless her, I hope she’s happy now x

BONUS link the same family also went on UK Wife Swap a few years prior to this doc! The parents let 9 year old Sasha drink red WKD at family parties! Sasha and her mum have matching pink outfits and fluffy boots! It’s peak 2000’s British telly! x

Also Hunmail reader Aaron has kindly recommended we all watch The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City because it’s full of the drama so I will defo be adding that to my list huns. Thank you Aaron hun for the recc 🥰 x

📖 Read

There are two types of hun - Audiobook huns and reader huns, or maybe you’re both depending on how you’re feeling x

I'm Glad My Mom Died - by Jennette McCurdy
I LOVED THIS BOOK HUNS. Jennette McCurdy was a child star most known for her roles in Nickelodeon Sitcoms iCarly and ‘Sam and Cat’ alongside Ariana Grande. Jennette is super frank about her struggles as a child actor with an abusive and overbearing mother, an eating disorder, addiction and her difficulty watching her co-star Ariana’s career flourish into adulthood while hers stagnated in kids tv. You know I love a good memoir huns and this is one of my faves! I listened to it on Audible (I have an active subscription) read by Jeanette and it’s perfect to listen to while you’re going on a walk or running your hun errands. You can listen to it for free with an Audible Trial. Otherwise if you’re reading the book, I guarantee it will be so hard to put down! x

Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts
Right Now - by Jaron Lanier
Let me clarify huns, I don’t judge anyone for using or even enjoying social media, however - if you were considering deactivating or even cutting down on your usage of it - then this is a great read by a Silicon Valley insider. If there’s certain things about our usage of SM as humans (and huns) that makes you uncomfortable, but you’ve never had the words to explain exactly why - Jaron does it with humour, logic and fact and so it’s a dead engaging read. Gives you lots to think about and a better understanding of what SM is doing to our brains. It’s not a self help book or an escapism read though, so this is more suited to huns who are interested in human behaviour and technology x
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Full disclosure huns: if you click an Amazon link and buy the item on Amazon specifically - or do a free Audible trial - I will receive a small commission, which just means I can dedicate more time to making hun content for you. Bar Amazon, any other links in the hunmail are not affiliates. I will always disclose affiliate links. I never recommend things I haven’t read or don’t use and love. That’s a Margie promise huns x

👂 Listen to

For any huns who missed it, I have a Spotify playlist with all of my favourite tracks - perfect for a bop around your room or a cleaning spree 🥰 I’m always adding new songs too so ya don’t get bored x

Margie’s Question of the week 💬

Last week I asked - ‘What’s your most irrational ick?’
and here’s what the huns said 😂 you huns make me lol x

“When he bends down to tie his shoe laces - can’t explain it! Just gets on my nerves so much I have to look away x”

“When they talk awful about their parents, like unless they are in jail or have done something awful like don’t do it!”

“When people say your name like it's an insult, when they tap you on the shoulder and when they talk about you in the third person like you’re not there”

“Male wedding singers! They just seem dead slimy to me.”

“When boys wear flip flops. Like…consider me out hun, absolutely not. Or when they say “hehehe” over text like are you Michael Jackson, why would he say that”

“When you're watching the trailers before a film at the cinema and after every one you hear someone say 'well that looks good!' Like I don't want a play by play of your every thought! Or worse when the movie ends and your friend IMMEDIATELY asks 'SO WHAT DID YOU THINK??' Like give me a minute to process it Hun! Definitely irrational but I refuse to discuss a single thought on the film til I'm well outside the cinema complex! That's what dinner/drinks after the movie is for!”

Next week’s question is - ‘What’s the naughtiest thing you ever did as a kid?’ Hit reply to this hunmail if you’ve got an one to share with the hunlist huns 💓

Margie Merch is here! 🥰 

Head over to my online store to get yaself a nice mug or tote if ya fancy it! No pressure to buy huns, but if ya do see something you like - you can use code MARGIEHUN10 for 10% off your order  💞

That’s all from me this week huns, have a fab week! 💕
Love, your mate Margie xxx