Is There a Library in Your Future?
I’ll be honest. My attention span has dwindled drastically since my voracious reading days of high school. I can’t blame social media and short-form content completely for my lack of...
Lifestyle provides an inside peek into the varied ways we shape our own lives and experiences. How we choose to live, breathe, and navigate our everyday lives is exhilarating to explore.
I Can’t Not Use It
How come it’s ”insufferable” but not “unsufferable”? Why is “irregardless” an accepted word? Is it “sneaked in or snuck”? Who...
Love and Learning in Oslo
Sagene, maybe midnight. Maybe just before. It’s late. I had my usual spot at the local park, up on the...
So This Is You Apologizing?
“Human beings don’t like accepting that they are at fault; instead, they would rather blame others.” This statement just sounded...
Mother Goose and Uncle Charles Perrault
Writer’s Note: Charles Perrault’s stories contain mature themes, specifically: violence against women and girls, sexual violence, xenophobia, cannibalism, and negative...
How Therapy Gave Me My Eureka Moment
Archie and Riley and Me – Who Rescued Who?
When Fun Got Lost in the Crowd
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LIFESTYLE
The Long and Short Game
Crushes What exactly is a crush? Can it be quantified? Measured? Narrowed to a single description? I used to think that a crush was an attraction you felt strongly and...
The Timestamp That Changed the Way I Practice Journalism
On November 5th, 2021, Brazil was gripped by breaking news. A small aircraft had crashed in the countryside of Minas Gerais. On board was Marília Mendonça, one of the country’s...
My Rescue Rescued Me
In a blanket I’ll never forget waking up on that special Christmas morning, five years old and excited as any kid would be on Christmas, then walking into the living...
Running My Self Criticism Into the Ground
A fun fact about me: I hate running! I have always walked briskly and hiked a lot. Running was not a priority for me because I was always paralyzed by...
Sidekicks: Who’s the Real Master Around Here?
My cat is my dog. Well, he’s a cat, but he acts like a dog because the first year or so of his life, his only exposure to other pets...
No Thank You, but Thank You
Are flags red, or are they just reddish? For my first relationship, I feel like, looking back, I wore rose-tinted glasses to hide all the red flags I didn’t want...
Custard Power!
A couple years ago, I found myself in a London bar I knew was one of Camden’s primary independent music venues. And without trying to sound pretentious and cool, I...
So… How’s Your Horse, Then?
Making comparisons Sometimes, when I think back on my own experiences, I turn up a severe lack of stories to tell other people. This becomes especially bad in public scenarios...
My Comfort Turned Cage
Perceived freedom I remember as if it were yesterday: the feelings of doubt deriving from low self-esteem, the sense that something needed to change, my dissatisfaction with the way I...
One More Resolution and I’ll Explode
To say that the last few years have been stressful would be an understatement. Between COVID, the cost of living crisis, and global conflicts, the state of the world has...
Doomscrolling At Its Finest
Some day I will die. But I will not die with a phone in my hand. That is my motto for 2026. I refuse to lose myself to the six-inch...
The Eternal Quest For a Good Night’s Sleep
I haven’t always had trouble sleeping. About a decade ago, whilst studying for my master’s degree, I lived in a cramped room in a student house in Sunderland. For a...
Resolutions, Schmesolutions
I have a lot of hobbies. I started cross stitching in middle school and knitting and crocheting in college. So, for most of my crafting life, I have been balancing...
Why Can’t We All Exercise?
The motivation of wanting to work out – including eating right – often attacks me in full force before the New Year begins. I refuse to start new routines of...
We’ll Always Have the Cinema
After 30 years living in my childhood home, I finally moved away last year. Moving was in the cards for a while, with the cost of living in the UK...