I'm not going to lie, this blog is a real struggle. I've sat here watching that blinking cursor for hours trying to just get any words I like down on the page. For the past month or so, I've felt completely stagnant; no ideas, no motivation, no creativity. No points for guessing that the lockdown [...]
It's worth saying now that I never envisioned myself living in London. What is for some people a city of excitement, possibility and inspiration has always been for me a source of anxiety and stress with all its crowds and dirt and busy-ness. In other words, I'm as shocked as anyone that I've been here [...]
I don't normally write much about relationships on here, but I need an outlet so here we are. To cut a long and confusing story short, I got dumped on Monday and then dumped all over again by the same person on Wednesday. So yeah, it's been a week. It's not like I haven't had [...]
One of my favourite quotes from literature is from Toni Morrison's Beloved: "you are your best thing". It's an important reminder to love and cherish yourself, even in some of your darkest and most difficult times. And that's what today's short post is about. If the lockdown has taught me one thing, it's that sitting [...]
In the last couple of days, I've been listening to the radio, where people have been writing letters to explain the current pandemic and lockdown to their 10 year old selves. It's inspired me to reflect on what we've been through over the past few months, and how it's affected me personally. But instead of [...]
It's cheesy but it's true. Most people know now, that when it comes to mental health, it's so valuable to talk about your experiences and it can be the first and often the most important step in recovery. But what's less often acknowledged is the effect that speaking up can have on others. I've been [...]
... because I like plants now. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking of ways to keep myself occupied during the lockdown, and it's been an eye-opener finding out what I am, and am not, good at. I am not good at crocheting. I am good at growing things. A few minor seedling deaths [...]
So, I'm not going to lie: apart from the physical books, sunburn is the only evidence of my reading this month. But sunburn aside (it's turning into tan now anyway), it's been a bumper book month, mostly because of my newly free Fridays. It's also a month that I've just realised is also dedicated to [...]
No, this is not a Jack Black movie. I am stealing the title though, as it seems pretty apt for the "unprecedented times" we are living through. Since the lockdown started, about a million years ago, the word kindness has taken on a whole new meaning. But the meaning has not, in many cases, translated [...]
Like many people, my lockdown started with a list of things I wanted to achieve. With so much extra time to kill, now that commuting, leaving the house, etc, etc is no longer a thing, the last couple of months have provided us all with a perfect opportunity to do stuff we wouldn't normally do. [...]
