Now it’s three months later (keep up people), and I am back in the specialist's office. After 5 minutes of silence and tapping at the computer, she spins around on her chair and rather flippantly states, ‘Yes you have Narcolepsy. You know it cannot be cured, right?’
Read MoreThe notion that pole dancing is easier or even specifically ‘made’ for skinny women does not hold any merit – look at the amazing Nicole Byers. The truth is that pole dance is not easy, period. If it were, we would all be paid professionals! Your body type does not determine your pole journey.
Read MorePhotographs have always helped to remind me of and feel connected to my own lived experience and anything that can achieve that sense of knowing is definitely worth being grateful for.
Read MoreThe warmth, the campness, the glitter, the critical, sarcastic humour, the unspoken sadness- there is a comfort I find in the entertainment we Brits watch through our boxes, and this year more than ever, I am particularly grateful for it.
Read MoreThis year I turned 25. And for the first time, I thought of that as a quarter of my life, rather than twelve, ten, eight years after I was supposed to die.
Read MoreI started a blog, that sadly wasn’t taken care of enough (but maybe to be added on my new year’s resolutions), but then I found The Everyday, and it really offered me another chance to write. I’m incredibly grateful to this magazine for getting my creative juices flowing, but also for challenging my ideas of what writing needs to be and how it needs to be done.
Read MoreI'm not going to dwell on the bad stuff. We don't need reminding what has happened. We're all living it, but in amongst the pile of steaming horse manure, there have been some gold nuggets – if you move too fast you may have missed it twinkling in the sun. And that's what I am grateful for—the ability to slow down, to just stop and take a collective breath.
Read MoreFast forward to March, and everything grinds to a halt. There were some withdrawal symptoms to begin with – a sense of never-ending boredom, a restlessness that lead me to start running every other day. But after a while… I started to get used to it. I’ve been saying for years that I want to slow down, to really appreciate life day-by-day, and this year I have.
Read MoreTo my cats, having moved out, lockdown is the longest we’ve spent together in years. Your quirks, cries and catnip induced crazes got the family through a difficult time.
Read MoreIs it still that simple to have an attitude of gratitude in these uncertain times?
Read MoreThere is definitely something in the Bible for every mood. There is romance (The book of Ruth), there are wars, battles, kings and beggars (Most of the Old Testament), and there is magical, wonderful Jesus (The New Testament. I would particularly recommend the book of Luke). And this is all wrapped up in everyday life.
Read MoreFamily zoom calls became a weekly highlight, offering more regular connections than we have had in years. Postcards, phone calls, videocall coffees and wine Wednesdays became essential and strengthened ties to friends and family.
Read MoreYou don’t need me to tell you that 2020 has been a shocker, but the more I dwelled on what the hell to write here, I realised that like many tough times, good things have come from 2020, and as winter settles into its seat and 2021 approaches, I realise I have a lot to thank 2020 for. I found my strength.
Read MoreHow does one make friends as an adult? Where do I find them? Is there an application form? An “I’m looking for friends” badge I can wear? More importantly, who do I want to make friends with? What type of people do I like? Jeez, what kind of people might like me? It was proving to be a bit of a friend-finding minefield.
Read MoreAs part of IDPWD 2020, #PurpleLightUp was established in order to draw attention to the economic contributions that 386 million disabled people of working age make and could potentially add to the globe.
Read MoreI never really imagined being self-employed, I definitely didn’t imagine owning and running multiple businesses: working primarily as a freelance writer and then having a side hustle.
Read MoreWhat we don’t see behind the magician’s curtain is the huge, poorly built factories, where garment workers for Primark are forced to work eighty hour weeks for way below minimum wage. This may not be news to you and you may walk out of the high street shop with a big bag of “bargains” and have a slight edge of guilt, but has this changed our perception of the value and cost of a piece of clothing?
Read MoreWhen someone passes away you don’t lose them, they are taken from you. They aren’t wandering around Tesco, or milling about a shopping centre, they are gone. Before this year I hadn’t ‘lost’ anyone for around ten years and the more recent years I have had a pit in my stomach knowing that my next loss would be substantial and potentially life altering. Safe to say I was right.
Read MoreIn my senior year of college I started a career in law enforcement working nine years as a Sheriff's Deputy. I became a Federal Law Enforcement Officer in 2014. I have served in several States being Vermont, Texas, Georgia, and I am now currently serving in Huntsville Alabama.
Read MoreThe story of Island Life Productions could potentially start in several places. It could start in the rice fields of Bali, Indonesia where my sister and I decided we wanted to make something together. It could also start in the theatre office where I began life as an arts professional.
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