My tips for university success

A few weeks ago I completed my first year at University. For those of you who might have been following this blog for a few years, you'll know just how big an achievement that is for me. For somebody who spent several years living like a hermit, hiding away from the hustle and bustle of…

Hopes & fears.. Mainly fears

This blog was always intended to be both a place where I could showcase my writing work and a place that I could use to empty the troublesome thoughts from my head whenever it was required. Well, today is one of those times when I feel I need to use it as the latter. The…

Life. Rewritten.

I have previously mentioned that I believe our lives to be similar in a way to a soap opera or a piece of fiction if you like. Different storylines run independently and concurrently, while characters come and go as each of those storylines run it's course. Some of those characters might have been only required…

Face masks make me anxious. Here’s why.

It baffles me how 8 months into this wretched pandemic people STILL don't seem to understand how to wear a face mask in the correct way.

Coping with Covid fatigue

It feels like an absolute lifetime since we all enjoyed a Covid-free life. No matter which way you turn you're faced with the consequences of the ongoing global pandemic. It has affected everything from the way in which we interact with our fellow humans to the way that we buy our weekly groceries. Nothing is…

Funding. Not Clichés. #WorldMentalHealthDay

There's always so much emphasis put on to talking about our problems when it comes to dealing with mental illness. But you can't paint everybody with the same brush.