Love? Life? Joy!
Newly graduated, I’d been on the dole just a few days when I was invited to interview at a company I’d never heard of before… No job title was given, and I wasn’t sure what “outsource marketing” meant (a thorough googling didn’t enlighten me much further), but I went along, curious, hopeful, and determined it would be good interview “practice”.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Wise up!
“So Beth, what do you think about immigration?” Now before I tell you my answer I’ll tell you of the circumstances. I was working in a pub in London. I had just walked into the pub’s kitchen where three of its chefs were discussing current affairs as they placed over-priced fish in the deep fat fryer.
Categories: Beth Teverson Rant Wise up!
Oh the joys of networking! If you are, like me, aspiring to make connections in the entertainment world, you will have gone to many a schmoozing event. In an industry where it’s all about ‘who you know’, being a struggling writer in the city has its advantages, I guess. Yes, I do consider it ‘work’. I don’t particularly feel qualified... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up! Yazmin Joy
It happened a week ago. There I was casually browsing the interweb (Facebook stalking) when what should happen but a little Digi Dinosaur and a message pops into the centre of the screen: Unable to Connect to the Internet. What do you mean? I can’t look at the next picture along of him and his new girlfriend? But it could’ve been... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
Aside from January being a month of fresh New Year’s resolutions and extreme weather, it’s also a busy time in academia. Millions of students are anxiously applying to university (or waiting for responses), cramming for exams, and deciding on what to do with their majors. And while choosing a career may be exciting for some people, it can also be confusing. Luckily, there are tons of guides to make the process a little easier.
Categories: Erin Johnson Wise up!
Take a chance and with it risk minor humiliation. If you don’t, you could end up regretting it. So, I met this guy on the train home, two days before Christmas. Having fallen asleep against the window, I woke up as the conductor announced that the train would go no further than the next station. We weren’t even half way... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Love & Relationships Wise up!
It always seemed so distantly in the future, right? But it’s here. It’s New Year’s day; it’s the first day of a brand new year. It’s hard to think of these brand new starts, these fresh-faced days when all you know of 2014 is that it smells like what remains of last nights’ indulgences on your clothing. We are all... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Wise up!
In 2012, 28 million 15 year olds worldwide took the same test to assess their skills in maths, science and reading. The results of this test, known as PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), show that the UK failed to reach the top 20, ranking 26th in Maths, 23rd in Reading and 21st in Science. Oh very dear. So who... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
Almost everyone I know is stuck in that part of life where they’re happily bobbing along in their early twenties and then realise that 25 is just around the corner. FIVE YEARS UNTIL 30. Eurgh. Anyway, the mid-twenties crisis has popped up on my Facebook news feed a lot recently. “10 ways to get out of your quarter-life crisis”, “12... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Wise up!
How many times have you heard a friend mention how grossed out they are by the idea of sex on menses? Actually, how often does anyone even speak openly about ‘riding the crimson wave’? ‘Hardly ever’, do I hear you say? I’m not saying you should have sex on menses – it’s a personal choice to make under specific circumstance... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Love & Relationships Wise up!