Long distance friendships

I love friendships. I love talking about friendships, and reading about friendships, and dissecting friendships. I love being a part of them and starting new ones. However, inevitably it seems, there comes a point where either I or my friend must leave and move. Sometimes this is due to the nature of our friendship –

Down with the single tax!

Now the title of this piece may lead you to believe this is going to be me moaning about being single in a subconsciously envious of couples way. I hope it won’t be that, but I guess I can’t make any promises. This concept came up when reading some form of feminist literature over the

Calling?

There were no trumpets No red carpet and fancy shoes No announcement to the world Or lightbulb moment I didn’t jump out of the bath Call my Mum with the great news No one prophesied it (Unless you count a ‘good work!’ comment on a year 3 short story) It was always there Hiding in

7 years later

I find it interesting that over the course of this blog’s lifetime, there’s only one trend or pattern I can really see in the posts I’ve shared and what people have responded to. Every May, I reach record views, particularly with my most popular post which is a silly little poem I wrote about missing

Bring out the bangs

There’s a narrative that has been built about making drastic changes to your hair, associating it with bad mental states and life falling apart around you. This was probably because there are a fair number of unhinged haircuts that happen both in media and in real life, where a person feels overwhelmed and out of

Coming full-circle

At various stages in life, such as the end of one year and the beginning of the next, we’re encouraged to reflect on our progress and look at the journey that brought us to where we are today. Some of us do this more than others, taking every new year, birthday, new job, new term

Timidness

Over the summer, I took a leap and went to work for a family in Italy. I didn’t know them beforehand; although I knew I was staying with them I wasn’t entirely sure where that was. I hadn’t been told a lot about what I’d be doing, but had been given the umbrella term of

Friends are well worth the hype

My big revelation on turning 24 was that most things are improved by having friends around. This may seem like an obvious revelation, however, I find myself isolating myself from friends again and again for one reason or another. Often, this is due to feeling burnt-out and the only solution seems to be watching films