Navigating Adulthood – One Obsessive Thought at a Time
In July 2023, I will have been working on the Marketing Communications team at my local hospice for two whole years. It feels like I’ve been there so much longer than that, though. I don't want to be dramatic, but t’s the first job I’ve ever worked in where I actually feel happy. I feel… Continue reading Life Lessons from Working at a Hospice
How has it been a year? A year since I walked out of that hospital. The same hospital where I was born, where I had multiple blood tests as a child (one of which was in my goddamn hand) and was later rewarded with a trip to the Disney Store. The hospital where I had… Continue reading I Remember It All Too Well
Rewritten from 21 January 2019 - formerly Lessons I Learned at University When I first wrote this post in 2019, it’s safe to say that I was pretty bitter. Of all the universities in England, I had personal beef with the University of Northampton thanks to a pretty negative three years and subsequent bout of… Continue reading Lessons I Learned at University – 10 Years On
Back in June 2019, when I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed new blogger on the scene, I wrote one of my most successful posts - a letter to my younger self. It was a prompt I kept seeing when searching for content ideas, and I kept putting it off. I wasn’t sure about the logistics.… Continue reading Another Letter to My Younger Self (2023)
Rewritten from 29 April 2019 - formerly Ten Songs I wrote a post back in 2019 about my favourite songs. My definitive list of ten songs. My eclectic Spotify library is incredibly varied and always has been. One minute, you’ll have the upbeat, happy tones of Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid, the next… Continue reading Ten Songs (2023 Version)
Rewritten from 17 March 2019 - formerly 2 Years On 17 March 2017, I had my final session of high-intensity CBT after previously being diagnosed with OCD. My OCD was largely contamination based, but I also experienced intrusive thoughts around harming others, as well as health-anxiety related compulsions (long story short, I had major health… Continue reading Six Years On: The Ups and Downs (but Mainly the Downs) of OCD Recovery
Yes, she’s still back on this shit. Let me elaborate. Back in 2019, when I first launched my blog, one of my key posts was my 30 Before 30 list - pretty self explanatory. Following the absolute shitshow that was 2020, me just generally being lazy and having no self-belief, I ended up revising that… Continue reading 30 Now I’m 30
Today has been a shitty day. After a few (okay, a lot of) drinks last night, I started crying, and I don’t remember stopping. I just remember waking up this morning, feeling tired, drained, and empty. Most days I consider my biggest achievement getting out of bed. Today was one of those days. It took… Continue reading The First Christmas
Ask anyone who’s gone through a bereavement - grief makes you do some weird things. Iwasn’t particularly aware of that fact myself though. At least not until it actually happened tome. Looking back over the last few months, it was clear that grief had me doing a few thingsthat to the outsider may have seemed… Continue reading Look What You Made Me Do: Random and Just Plain Weird Things I’ve Done as a Result of Grief
Working in the job I do, I’ve seen a lot recently about Dying Matters’ #IRemember campaign. The campaign is running from 7-13 November and provides us with a chance to share memories and stories of loved ones we’ve lost. Different cultures and faiths all over the world have their own ways of remembering and honouring… Continue reading I Remember
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