Do you remember when I took an oath of transparency last year? Remember that it was fulfilled - that I was honest, and as transparent as a clear glass wall? Well, it was pointless. Okay, maybe that's dramatic. I'm a drama-romance fiction writer, a poet, and an actor so overdramatising everything is sorta my thing. …
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We've all heard the term forgive and forget. Most leaders have said this. Most tweeters have tweeted this. Most religions believe this. But up until recently, I was saying boldly and unapologetically 'forgive but don't forget'. Why would you forget what someone did to you, giving them the opportunity to do it to you again? …
I don't know why I do this but I can never come up with a New Years resolution before New Year's Day. It will always come to me at the end of the first fiscal quarter. Last year, around mid January I came up with my oath of transparency and then in February, I had …
On February 20th of 2019, I wrote and published a blog post titled 'I Don't Want to be a Coward'. Today, on December 20th of 2019, I think I can officially say that I no longer am. So, how did I do it? How did I become acquainted with courage? 1) I wrote it. …
I watched a sermon online recently by Pastor Ben Stuart from Passion City Church in Washington DC and he proposed the concept of clarity as something you give to someone; an act of kindness. The sermon was about dating. It was a revision of the fundamentals of dating; the 'how to'. While this blog post …
It's a funny thing when the word 'nice' starts to feel like an insult.I mean we've always been taught that the word is the most basic positive adjective and this goes back as far as primary school. So, what is it about being called 'sweetie' and 'honey' by complete strangers or people that we vaguely …
I was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder when I was 15. And by that I mean I diagnosed myself using the symptoms that the characters in the Wattpad teen fictions were experiencing before finally going to an actual doctor and getting a real diagnosis. I struggled with it for a bit, did the whole therapy …
The worst thing the universe can do to a creative is cut off their juice supply. Here's how to get those creative juices flowing again. . 1) Rest This seems obvious but it's worth saying. A lot of the time, us creative workaholics tend to attempt to force content even when our brains are just …
When I was 13 years old, I started a YouTube channel. I had spent the past 2 years watching Grace Helbig, who was known as DailyGrace then, and iisuperwomanii and I decided I could be an online comedian, too. I think I must have posted two vlogs and one comedic video (and I really have …
The insane thing is I am a nineteen year old Londoner but even still, when I think of London youth culture, I place myself outside of it. Maybe it's because I grew up in the outskirts where 'London' can be interchanged with 'Kent' in my postal address depending on how I'm feeling. But I always …
