From a young age we start to develop an identity, a sense of self. This is influenced by a variety of factors such as family, friends, books, music, religion, TV and film. And so we go around living our lives with an identity of who we are. But it's often much more complex than that. … Continue reading You might not be who you think you are
Alphabet soup
One afternoon I decided that instead of going to lunch at the usual place with the usual people, I would have alphabet soup. This means nothing more than I sat alone with my headphones in listening to music ranging from The Preatures to Chance the Rapper and The Stone Roses to Amine. I was sat … Continue reading Alphabet soup
A lack of awareness
Sometimes the problem is not that their is no one like us but that we're not aware. Many of us will go around thinking 'there is no one like me' whilst hiding ourselves away from the world. If that's what we're all doing, how are we supposed to find each other. With age you'll find … Continue reading A lack of awareness
Happy then and happy now
There is a belief that the things that brought us joy as kids will be the things that bring us joy as adults, especially after we've gone through low periods. Feeding the birds at the park, reading fiction books, drawing and making daisy chains are some examples of childhood joys. It's interesting that as children … Continue reading Happy then and happy now
The path of most resistance
Most of us have things that we want to achieve in this life and some of us are willing to work extremely hard for what we want. We'll sacrifice a lot of things and even go through periods or excessive stress or discomfort in order to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. … Continue reading The path of most resistance
Good enough and better
When doing something new or something that you aren't familiar with it's easy to get caught in the anxiety loop of not being good enough. 'I don't want to lead this project because I'm not good enough' or 'I don't want to contribute my idea because it won't be good enough.' But the irony is … Continue reading Good enough and better
Unexpected ideal circumstances
It's much easier to tell yourself a story about the worst case scenario. 'Of course this won't work out...' But even in those cases we often have this picture in our mind of how we want things to really turn out. We're just too scared to believe in the possibility of something good happening for … Continue reading Unexpected ideal circumstances
The love of reading
I used to love reading and I did it any chance I got. I'd stay up late with a torch reading a book under the covers until I could keep my eyes open no longer and as soon as I woke up I'd start reading again. It was something so simple that brought me so … Continue reading The love of reading
Everybody’s got a thing
Everybody is going through something, you're not alone. It's like that Pfunk song goes 'I've got a thing, you've got a thing, everybody's got a thing, And so if each one of us has a thing that we're dealing with alongside living our lives then we shouldn't use that as an excuse. It is so … Continue reading Everybody’s got a thing
Your new life is here
Imagine that you could order a life refresh online and it would come in the post, perhaps same day amazon prime delivery. Maybe it would come in a sachet with fun 80s graphics on the cover. You tear across the top, pour it into a glass of water, stir and drink. It'd put you to … Continue reading Your new life is here
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