I’m not quite at the big 3-0, but my turning 29 in under a month feels important. Like it’s my last chance to send off my 20s with a big hoorah. It’s sort of like wrapping that decade in a bow and saying “this is what it meant; this is what I learned” and taking… Continue reading Growth, spring and what it all means for me this year
Category: Mental Health
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A few things I’m trying for spring to improve my happiness
Spring is slowly creeping in (although I’m still wearing my big coat when I’m outside!), and so I am thinking about what I can do to ensure I’m more productive and happier. Winter (and the start of 2024 in general) has been rocky for me. My mental health has fluctuated a lot. I’ve allowed myself… Continue reading A few things I’m trying for spring to improve my happiness
The Age Panic and Our Mental Health
Work hard while you’re young. Travel while you’re young. Date around while you’re young. Learn while you’re young. Start a business while you’re young. Don’t wait too long! Have a baby while you’re still young. Settle down into a home you’ve bought while you’re young. It’s embarrassing to wait too long. It sounds like society… Continue reading The Age Panic and Our Mental Health
A love letter to myself
It’s Valentine’s day. The commercial day for proving you love someone(s). It’s cliche now but I want to dedicate today to loving myself. Proving to myself that after all the heartbreak, I still love myself. Because I don’t act like it. In a relationship, I would be deemed the neglectful, abusive partner at times. Constantly… Continue reading A love letter to myself
What does it mean to be good at something?
When I'm being cruel to myself, it's easy for me to think that I'm not good at anything. That everyone I know has some form of expertise or skillset that I just don't feel I have. That everyone else is successful at the things they want to do, and I'm not. But today I wondered,… Continue reading What does it mean to be good at something?
The path is long and difficult – will you journey anyway?
Since I was a little girl, I’ve known I’ve wanted to tell stories. Once, I didn’t know I could make a living from this; the word author wasn’t known to me. But when I learned that word, I grasped on tightly to it and haven’t let go since. And that’s painful. Why? Isn’t it lovely… Continue reading The path is long and difficult – will you journey anyway?
Wintering: how to be aligned with nature and embrace true winter energy
This year, I’m trying to do winter properly. To remember that it’s winter and so I needn’t treat the new year as an invitation to start racing towards my goals. Nature is resting and so should I. Sinking into Winter is something I have never fully embraced. What would it even look like for me?… Continue reading Wintering: how to be aligned with nature and embrace true winter energy
My vision for the New Year
I love new years. I’m one of those poetic and hopeful souls who places a lot of meaning on the blank calendar and sees the end of a year as a closing of a chapter. I like to plan and think in terms of seasons, months and years. It’s neat and helps things feel simpler.… Continue reading My vision for the New Year
Stop Breaking Promises You’ve Made to Yourself
A youtuber I watch called Muchelle B mentioned in a video that a large part of low self-esteem and failed goals is about constantly breaking promises we make to ourselves. And since I watched that video, I’ve seen how true this is. In the half term break from work, I said I wanted to try… Continue reading Stop Breaking Promises You’ve Made to Yourself
Learning how to fall
Anyone who has tried to learn how to do a handstand, headstand, elbow stand or any other complex move of this sort knows that it’s important to learn how to fall. How to fall safely. Therefore I wanted to share with you the idea of learning how to fall figuratively, aka, learning how to fail.… Continue reading Learning how to fall
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