When I went to secondary school, my best friend introduced me to the ‘fandom’ phenomenon. Before this age, I had never heard of such a thing, but being a fan was something my friend shared together, and we bonded over it. I enjoyed the concept and soon began writing my …
‘You are exactly where you are supposed to be.’This is a line from one of the meditations I listen to via the Insight Timer app. Hearing this calms me down every time.My situation is all right, I am okay, there is no need to change. My ever-worrying mind calms down …
Having eye-contact is scary. In a way, eyes give me too much information. I feel like I can see through people, read their intentions and tell if they’re lying. But this is not 100% true. Often enough, I’ve been duped and betrayed.I’m sometimes clumsy in looking at people, doing it …
When considering this meme, I couldn’t really find any closed doors. Sure, I’ve been let go a couple of times, usually because the company I worked for stopped or went bankrupt. Those times were hectic and upsetting, but in the end, I came out better.There is something related to this …
When the lockdown began, I was pretty chill about it. Sure, I can stay at home. No problem. Been doing that for the past four years. How hard can it be?And indeed, the lockdown brought few changes to my everyday life. My husband started to work from home full-time, I …
Labels We interpret the world by using stereotypes. You could even call it discrimination. This is not a bad thing. There simply isn’t enough time in the world to evaluate everyone on a personal level. Imagine walking through the street and knowing, and forming an opinion, on everyone’s backstory. You …
Language is Crucial You could call me a bit of a language-purist. In my defence, I was brought up that way. My mother always insisted that we used the appropriate words. Both my parents encouraged me to read as much as I wanted. I went to university where I studied …
Independence Being independent is a theme throughout my life. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be independent one way or another. I’ve often chosen to form my circumstances so that I was independent. But not always. At the moment I’m the most dependent that I have …
Acoustic Growing up, I listened to a lot of acoustic music. My parents played a lot of classical music, which is acoustic almost as a default. As a teenager, I switched to pop music. It was through this style I connected with my friends, and it was definitely important, and …
Keeping a Diary Writing has always been important to me, both writing short stories and keeping a diary. As a kid, I had a diary. I remember writing short reports of when we went on outings, like to the theatre or to the zoo. It definitely had importance to me. …
