New Year, Better Me

Somehow we seem to have synonymised the new year with completely revamping ourselves. Go on Facebook, have a little scroll and tell me that you don't see at least one of those God-awful "New Years New Me!!!:)" posts. Yes, a new year is new- it's in the name- but the date is pretty much the only …

$4.50 Icecream and Priceless Aspirations

So it turns out I'm really not a city girl. I spend my life complaining about how boring, inconvenient and soul-destroying it is to live in a tiny, quiet town lying just west of Absolutely Nowhere, but having just spent the last week living and working in London, I'm starting to recognise the benefits. I …

I’m a VBIP (Very Busy and Important Person)

Ah...so it seems that over the last month I have posted...not very often. Certainly not as often as I intended to. But, you know, sometimes life gets in the way! I was over-ambitious with my original plan, you can't rush perfection and all that... Nope. Truth is: I simply haven't posted because I've been lazy. …

Nuclear Family

My home isn't just broken: it's in so many pieces that it creates its own clause in the debate of countable nouns in use of 'fewer' or 'less.' It's not just shattered into a million pieces, it's cremated and the ashes scattered- in several directions, over a volcano, in space. The phrase 'nuclear family' is …

The Problem of Distance

Distance is the biggest killer of friendships, in my opinion. When I was 8, I moved 300 miles up north with my mum and brother in order to live with her fiancee (who hated me and my brother, but that's another story.) At 8, I lost every friend I had. At 8, that's not such …

Ke-fear

I had a kefir smoothie the other day and, let me tell you, it was an experience. The flavour was something I definitely wasn't ready for- partially because I was at first unaware I had ordered a kefir smoothie and partially because I've not had much experience with fermented foods in the past. They've been …

Milk & Sticks and Politics

I really am struggling to be surprised by anything that happens in today's politics: a fundamentally socialist party representative is doing better than one has in decades, a literal Wotsit has been elected President of the Unites States, Boris Johnson is a real person who exists on the same mortal plane as me- the possibilities …

Handmedowns

I love a good hand-me-down. Straight up, simple as. Free clothes in wearable condition? Electronics or furniture without the huge price-tag? You had me at free! I've grown up in hand-me-downs: from my brother's school clothes to pitying gifts from family friends; passed on items just don't get the appreciation they deserve. My family just …

Quick Money for Fast People

We live in a fast-paced world now, there's no way to avoid it. With the 24 hour internet, 24 hour cities and 24 hour imposition of the crushing economy- we're all run off our feet. This running includes that of running back and forth in shopfronts and offices to earn our money, we need the money for …

20 Minutes

There's a lot of things you can do in 20 minutes. Off the bat, I can run 3km in 20 minutes; I can prepare a batch of cookies, I can clean my room or read about 10 pages of a book. Other people can do far more impressive things, like one guy who beat the …