Modest, prude, naive… I’ve been called it all. I suppose, like most of us, I’m a product of my upbringing and I was raised in an environment where, despite what the rest of the world was doing, we were living a modest life. I think it’s because of this that I’ve always kind of been […]
Month: April 2018
I Don’t Read
I have always been an avid reader. When people would ask what I liked to read, I would honestly tell them “anything and everything I can get my hands on”. When I moved, I donated two huge boxes of books to the city library and still moved three huge boxes of books with me, not […]
Sensitivity Is Not Weakness
It’s taken me a lot of years to be able to admit, even to myself, that I’m a sensitive person. Because I’ve always associated sensitivity with weakness. I feel things deeply, I take things personally, I care a whole awful lot about a whole awful lot. Sometimes the best way I can describe this is […]
Here’s to 29
I thought I would have something profound to say as I reflect on another year of life, but it turns out that’s not quite the case. In fact, I’ve started this post a handful of times now and have ended up scrapping every attempt so far. I guess sometimes, that’s just the way it goes. […]
Tall & Skinny
I don’t know why, but it seems the majority of women I know (in real life and online) struggle with some form of self-image in regards to their bodies. Including me. “I’m too fat, too skinny, too tall, too short, too plain, too _______ (fill in the blank with whatever makes you feel not enough).” In […]
Dear Teenage Me
Dear Teenage Me, The world is far bigger and far less scary than you think it is. While we’re on the subject, it’s beautiful and it bares exploring. Don’t box yourself in. Your earth-shattering problems are not that important. Ten years from now, nobody is going to care about what you accomplished, or did not […]