A Simple Life
October 7, 2017
Tag: people
Sick Day
September 11, 2017
I’m assuming the foetal position on the front room sofa. A small square pillow is lodged between my knees, another is pressed against my belly like a shield. Enveloped in my floor length violet dressing gown, hood and all, My silver laptop is positioned on the oak coffee table in front of me. The opening … More Sick Day
Late Night Musings
August 30, 2017
It’s an unbearably humid night and I’m tossing and turning in my bed, unable to shake these random thoughts from my mind: maybe the easiest option isn’t always the wrong option and maybe what we want isn’t necessarily what we need. I know, I know, it’s hardly the breaking story of the century, but I … More Late Night Musings
#AintNoCinderella
August 8, 2017
Slow afternoons at work always result in me making a hot chocolate and having a nose around Twitter to scope out the trending hashtags of the moment. So I was doing just that a little while ago when I stumbled upon #AintNoCinderella. It appeared as though some kind of feminist movement was brewing on social … More #AintNoCinderella
Nishan Panwar Quote
July 14, 2017
Be Informed, Not Just Opinionated
July 7, 2017
As I’ve mentioned in some of my earlier posts, from a young age my dad drummed into my head that it’s better to be a person with opinions than an empty vessel that doesn’t stand for anything. But as of recently I’ve started to pay attention to the repercussions of ‘being opinionated’. It’s all well … More Be Informed, Not Just Opinionated
An Impromptu Q&A
June 23, 2017
So I was looking through my Drafts folder just now and found this half-finished post that I’d started writing during my travels. I’d answered a bunch of random questions from a bloggers’ Q&A website to pass the time during a seven-hour minivan journey from Bangkok to the Cambodian border. That was over three months ago, … More An Impromptu Q&A
Rupi Kaur Quote
June 20, 2017
To Somebody I Used To Know
June 16, 2017
A tagged photo of you came up on my Newsfeed today You looked so different in almost every way. Your style, your hair, even your eyes have changed I could barely recognise you, isn’t that so strange! Remember back in the day, how it used to be When we told each other everything, it was … More To Somebody I Used To Know
It’s Not Luck
June 13, 2017
Ok sometimes it is. For example, you entered the world as a really, really ridiculously good looking specimen, that is in fact a prime example of genetic-based luck. … More It’s Not Luck
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