Love? Life? Joy!
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!
I went out for dinner with a very old and very good friend of mine on Friday night, and we somehow ended up talking about what we were doing this time last year. And my word, how things have changed! I don’t think I’ve ever gone through a 12 months of such emotional turmoil, of such epic personal achievements or... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland From the Heart
I spotted her heading my way towards the bar with all the determination of a Salmon fish swimming upstream. I tried to look for an escape but it was too late. I was cornered and she was moving in like a hungry mantis to the place I (ironically) had come to drown my sorrows and forget. But no sooner had... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
‘I kid you not, my mate from Canada sent me this one and it’s about as big as my arm.’ said Jake. Passing over a his phone to Dom who was the other side of me. We were at work and I was standing between my two male colleagues who were showing each other pictures of shit. No, not hypothetical... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Love & Relationships Yazmin Joy
Every year I swear never again and yet every year I do it. Going to festivals is a rather peculiar tradition when you think about it. Basically you pay an substantial amount of money to pitch your own tent in a field and survive for 4 days against the elements. Image Via I went to Latitude this weekend (it was... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland
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