Love? Life? Joy!
So I have been a working, tax-paying member of society for about a year now. Yes, it’s good to no longer be spending frustratingly long periods of time filling in job applications, stressing over what to wear to interviews and freaking out about the prospect of being unemployed forever. But I don’t deny that I miss being a student. Everyone... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian
The other day I was kicking back drinking some herbal tea, preparing for a day of job hunting, when my phone began to ring. It was my dad. ‘Yazmin.’ He was using my unabbreviated first name. Something was up. ‘….Dad? What’s wrong? Is it grandma-’ ‘No.’ he interjected. ‘Worse. I have your phone bill here’ Oh shit. It turns out... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Cringe Factor Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
So I’m lying here like some kind of beached whale on the sofa, temperature sky high, my back fiercely sweating like a pork chop, my tummy is swollen and I’m majorly sorry for this over-share but I have what many medics refer to as ‘loose motions’. I feel icky, sticky and nauseous. My appetite has long gone and I am... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant
The other day I was walking through town with my mother when she suddenly announced that she thought I was a control freak. Beg your pardon? A what???? Moi? ‘Don’t be ridiculous,’ I said, before suggesting that she pick up her feet because we were running late by approximately 8.5 minutes. As I briskly power walked along the pavement, tall... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant