Category: Personal Essays
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I Have Absolutely Nothing to Do Today
An empty calendar used to make me feel like I was missing out. Now, having absolutely nothing to do feels like one of life’s greatest luxuries.
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Surely This Can’t Be It
Life doesn’t look exactly how I once imagined it would. Maybe that’s not a bad thing. A reflection on work, relationships, freedom and wanting more from life.
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I Really Need to Stop Buying Notebooks
I have more notebooks, pens and stationery than I could possibly need. So why does every new notebook still feel completely impossible to resist?
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I’m Just Going to IKEA for One Thing
A humorous look at why nobody ever leaves IKEA with just the one thing they came for and why those blue bags always seem heavier on the way home.
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Never Go Grocery Shopping Hungry
A funny confession about why grocery shopping on an empty stomach always ends with too much food, unrealistic ambitions, and a very full shopping basket.
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Hello again
After a short break, I’m returning to writing with a renewed commitment to share more stories, reflections, and moments from life here on this little corner of the internet.
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The Unexpected Freedom of Getting Older
When we’re younger, getting older is often framed as something to fear. You hear it everywhere. People talking about “feeling old” as if it’s some kind of defeat. Jokes about ageing as if time itself is something we should resist. But the older I get, the more I realise that growing older brings something surprisingly…
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Things I No Longer Care About in My Late 30s
One of the quiet advantages of getting older is that certain things slowly lose their power over you. Things that once felt important suddenly… don’t. Not because you stop caring, but because you start caring more selectively. Somewhere along the way, I realised there are quite a few things I no longer care about the…
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Things I Secretly Love About Getting Older
Getting older is something people talk about in very dramatic ways. There are jokes about it. Complaints about aches and pains. Conversations about how quickly time moves and how suddenly we’re not as young as we once were. But lately, I’ve realised something else. There are quite a few things I quietly love about getting…
