We so often spend so much time and energy focusing on the things we don't have. And despite all my (frequent) intentions to keep a gratitude journal (and not for a lack of notebooks) it never becomes an actual thing. So I'm just going to jot down a few things that I'm...
Two months ago, I took a beta blocker, and being cheered on by two friends, I drove to the other side of Johannesburg to meet a man I’d been chatting with for about three weeks. Yes, this is the guy I met on Tinder. Since I’d finally gotten the courage together on...
This is the conclusion of my depression chronicles. If you want to know anything more, you can leave a comment, or get in touch some other way. This is enough me-me-me-ing. If you really want to catch up, click for part one or part two. Tall, dark and BFF In May 2016...
My last post ended just as I started working at the internet centre on campus. Tall, dark and now my best friend showed me the ropes on running the centre, and every Sunday I’d go in reformat all the computers to rid it of all the crap the students would leave behind....
Depression. Not an easy thing to talk about. A couple of weeks ago I asked (on Twitter, because that’s where I get up to all my social shenanigans) if there was anything specific people wanted me to write about. I only got one request, and it was a tough one....
I did this recap in 2015 and decided it’s a good way to end a year. Encouraged, as always, by Nafisa. Share your own review of 2017 in the comments below, on Twitter, or Facebook. I’d love to read it. What did you do in 2017 that you’d never done before? Two things...
I've done it. I've finally joined the inked ones; the creative ones; the ones left behind. We have tangible reminders of people, places, experiences. Because sometimes, when things are bad, you need to be reminded that they can be good. And often when things are...
Nafisa does this annual overview like clockwork. I often can't be bothered, but this is a year that's set up a kick-ass 2016, so next year I'd like to look back at this and see how my life's changed. Let's see how it went: 1. What did you do in 2015 that you’d never...
This was meant to be my last post of 2013, but thanks to limited internet access, it's now the first of 2014! I hope this is a great year for all my readers and supporters, and that we will all prosper and find our own happiness. Nafisa does this post every year, so I...
