Love? Life? Joy!
Can you believe it’s almost September already? The summer season is almost over! And many of us are already feeling bitter sweet about it! But this week I got to thinking about seasons we encounter in our lives? Many of you are embarking on a new season. Just finished uni? Starting a new job? Some of us are still in... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Their beady little bodies scurried around frantically. I stood, startled at the unexpected company of 300 ants emerging from a tiny crack in the fireplace. And more were coming. ‘We’re under attack! Zip up your clothes. Seal that marmalade. Conceal those Ferrero Rocher – that’ll be the first thing they’ll go for – I just know it! What do I... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Photo via The sun is shining. La la la… Life can be so wonderful can’t it? La la la WHEN YOU DON’T LOOK AT THE NEWS. ‘Whatever you do, DON’T turn on the telly’ my mate exclaimed, appearing in the kitchen as I groggily brewed a cup tea Sunday morning. ‘What? Why?’ I said. Only when someone says don’t... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant
It was the last day of an internship with a prestigious up and coming film production company, and I had rapped on my boss’ door to say my goodbyes. ‘Yaz is it really your last day today?’ He said with what I like to assume was disappointment. ‘So what are you up to next?’ I have to say I was... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
1. Unruly children in tightly confined spaces. Walking around the city in the heat of summer break is probably the best contraceptive you can get. I was on the tube and this kid was in the middle of a Pomm Bear massacre. As I sat down there was a *crunch*. I shuffle. Yup – definitely got Pomm Bear stuck to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Rant
Image via One chilly Monday morning, two introverts stood in line at the coffee stand outside Giles Church in the heart of London’s West End. I was letting off some steam to my collegue Eugine* as we waited for our morning cuppa joe… Me: I don’t know man… it’s hard living with family because they wanna do ‘family stuff’ all... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Life is full of challenges isn’t it? While it’s a well known saying: life is a race. John Maxwell argues that life is in act life series of races. Every day we are met with obstacles, challenges, annoying people, ass-cracks… ‘Wait! Hold up sister!’ I here you say… Don’t worry this is not that kind of blog. Let me explain.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Cringe Factor
Remember that Madonna song Borderline? I frickin’ love that tune. I used to dance to that song in my pj’s when I was a kid and sing into a hair brush! SHAMONE!! I guess I didn’t understand the significance of the song when I was a kid but over the past few years I have come to understand the importance... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Image via Anyone else finding it hard to find a job at the moment? I don’t mean just any job. I mean a job that is actually going to aid my life either financially (but allowing me to do what I love) or advance my career towards my dream job. Sometimes I just want to run away to Thailand and... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland
Image via The more I step into life the more I realise nothing is simple. I can feel ecstatically happy, utterly petrified and completely vulnerable all at the same time. I can be passionately in-love yet perfectly unavailable, courageous yet fearful, content yet restless, dumb, smart, aloof, alert, grounded, skeptical, unpredictable, completely predictable… I mean, sometimes I sit in my... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Adventureland