New Happiness
George Floyd was murdered at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis earlier this week, sparking protests all over the US. The people of the UK have since held demonstrations in London and Manchester, standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter (BLM) and protestors in America. The attention George Floyd's death has garnered unfortunately [...]
Zoom meetings in pyjama bottoms are the new normal. I have been looking for work in the creative industry for about six months, and I am trying desperately to stay motivated to keep applying for roles during the pandemic. The interview process has evolved in recent months, but what has actually changed? First of all, [...]
If you leave your home to exercise at present, you'll definitely feel the lack of life on the streets. What you might notice a little more, however, is that the people you do encounter are far friendlier than usual. The UK as a whole is a very polite, yet moody, nation. If you've ever been [...]
I'm sure, like the rest of the world, if you're reading this, your country is on lockdown. And, again, like the rest of us, it's probably the only thing you can think about, read about, and talk about. As stifling as it is to be told you can't leave your home, you can try and [...]
Photo: coyot - Pixabay If you're amongst the hundreds of thousands of us who are either on lockdown or voluntarily self-isolating, you are technically alone, but we're all in this together. Virtually. Following the closure of all restaurants and bars, like many others, I am now temporarily out of work. For those of us whose [...]
Journalist, content creator, waitress Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I'm exactly as described above, and I'm here to document the realities of being a creative in a 9-to-5 world where I also need to make money. I’m just getting this new [...]
At some point in each of our lives, we will do a job that doesn't fulfil us. Usually, many of us will get our "in between" jobs out of the way during our student years, or shortly after. For those of us who come to find employment in unfavourable establishments later in life, we can [...]
This blogpost was co-written by Mia’s Musings. Before Coronavirus, eating out was a favourite pastime of mine. During the last few months, we’ve had to swap eating out for Deliveroo. Now we are told to eat out, support our businesses with our appetites and wallets. This has ignited a passionate discussion of money versus lives. [...]
Writer’s block is no laughing matter; it’ll leave you feeling deflated and unimaginative. I’ve taken an unintentional media hiatus for a few weeks and this is why: having spent the last three weeks applying and interviewing for jobs, I’m subsequently struggling to find any inspiration for things to write about. While it’s a rare occurrence [...]
It might have reached the point for some of you, like me, where you've started noticing changes you weren't expecting to see while we're on lockdown. Bad skin and weight gain are side effects of being locked indoors for weeks on end. While it's not surprising that we're experiencing changes along with our shift in [...]
It's coming into the third or fourth week of social distancing and isolation for a lot of people in the UK, and the cabin fever is kicking in for most. My household currently consists of my parents, my younger brother and his girlfriend, and I; we haven't really argued yet. I've had a think about [...]
In September 2019, I visited the Big Apple for the first time with my best friend. As you'll know by now, we stayed in Harlem for the week we were there. Some time after the trip I decided to write a blogpost on Medium about the experience, which you can read here: What I learnt [...]
