I'm Kate; a late-twenties sensitive soul, full of good intentions and high anxieties.
Spending my days within a tiny little redbrick end terraced house, you can find me often baking ugly cakes, eating cream cheese bagels and sitting in bed typing every little thought that pops into my brain. Something you should note is that I'm a total over-sharer, over-thinker who worries about well, everything! And, these mostly irrational thoughts almost always spill out into blog content or tweets.
Kindly Kate was initially formed after I had somewhat of a mental breakdown Summer 2019, with an ambition to document everything I deemed important, because when I created Kindly Kate one November night, I vowed that no topic would be off limits, unlike a food blog I'd written previously called Cake and Coast - wisely named after two of my favourite things in existence by the way.
If I'm honest, I wish I'd discovered a blog similar to this way back in 2014 when my mental health first started to dwindle but, I was so preoccupied and in love with with the hellish, hilarious, messy university lifestyle I was barely surviving. I'm not sure how it happened but, several years later, I'm living a life I never envisioned and proving that it's never too late to start. This blog is my home...and yours now too. A place where I can embrace my battles old and new, share an abundance of real life nonsense, and relate to you in ways we didn't know were possible. Growing, laughing and crying together every step of the way.
If you're feeling like you just don't know enough about me yet, that's okay. Here's some extra bits and bobs...
- I have seven tattoos.
- I'm a former picky eater turned chef in my house.
- I didn't know I had a learning disability until I was 22 - excellent stuff for my childhood development.
- I value loyalty and hate lateness.
- Swimming in the ocean is a favourite hobby of mine.
- I don't know how to drive or if I'll ever learn.
- I have a business management degree.
- I avidly play the Sims 4.
- Public speaking and getting lost are my two biggest fears.
- I find Mark Ruffalo very attractive.
- I'm a Sagittarius apparently, but strongly believe I'm actually a Scorpio.
- I live with my partner in a rented house that we adore and will probably never buy because money.
- North Korea fascinates me. I'm also very interested in WW2 / modern history in general.
- I work for the NHS. I used to be a dementia / palliative / end of life care assistant and loved it. Then COVID happened. Now, I work in admin.