I nearly threw out a struggling houseplant. Fourteen years on, it’s outgrowing my ceiling, and reminding me not to judge things by one bad stretch.
Life Lessons From My Yucca Plant
How Dare You Send Me Food
We're taught that when someone from our past contacts us, we should feel and show some warmth. It doesn't matter how much time has passed or how things ended. At the very least, we're expected to be gracious. But when someone I hadn't spoken to in over six years sent me a package of food... Continue Reading →
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What Do You Hope Never Changes About You?
I’ve changed a lot over the years. Some of it deliberately. Some of it because life didn’t exactly ask for my permission. But there are things about myself I don’t want to improve, fix, outgrow or reinvent.
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Questioning the “Authentic” Self
Is authenticity just another product we’ve been trained to market? I’ve started diving into "You and Your Profile" by Moeller & D’Ambrosio, and it’s already challenging my assumptions about "being yourself." It turns out that the harder we try to be authentic, the more we might actually be performing for an invisible audience.
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Social Anxiety. Running a Mental Marathon
We often talk about comparison as a thief, something that steals our joy or our confidence. But, staring at my old notebook, I realised I’d been using it as a specialised survival tool.
