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Category: Long Reads

Sometimes you want to read… and read… and get some meaty content that has something to say.

How to cope with a “wasted day” | written by a lazy flop

5 min read best read when you feel all sad and floppy

britishwinterinlockdown, feellikewastedday, havingalazyday, improvingproductivity, lackingenergytodothings, losingmotivationwinter, motivationtostartmyday, notdoneenoughtoday, personalblog, SAD, stopbeinglazy, thelazyslinky

Exploring why I never feel “good enough”.

9 min read with introspection and lists

anxietyaboutthefuture, dealingwithimpostersyndrome, hedonictreadmillandsuccess, introspection, notfeelinggoodenough, personalblog, personaldevelopment, reachingpersonalgoals, societyexpectations, strugglingwithmyambitions, thelazyslinky

My Childhood God was the Best God.

4 min read about how I wrapped my head around God as a child.

anecdote, blogger, childhood confusion, explaining God to children, funny stories, longreads, perception of God, personal story, positive religious stuff, religious childhood, thelazyslinky, what does god look like

Why I truly, madly, desperately want to learn how to sew my own clothes

10 min read exploring self-image and fashion

#handmadewardrobe, clothesdontfit, clothingsizes, consofstandardisedsizing, diygoals, giveyourselftime, makemyclothes, nationalsewingmonth2020, pakistanimums, pakistanisewing, personaldevelopment, personalgoals, sewingblog, sewingblogger, sewinglife, standardizedsizing, workinprogress

My brain gaslights me when I fail: you’re not as bad as you think

6 min read. Will help you feel better about your failures.

areepiphaniesalwaystrue, catastrophizingatwork, copingwithfailure, feelinglikeafailure, funnyblog, keeptrying, lemonade, lifegivesyoulemons, overcomingfailureatwork, overwhelmedbywork, stressatanewjob, stressedteacher, teachingonline, thelazyslinky

Pick a side on BLM.

We do not live in Judge Dredd world. Sylvester Stallone can’t go “judgement: death” and pew pew pew at a criminal.

black lives matter, BLM, blogblm, edwardcolston, emotionallabourofracism, icantbreathe, istheukasbadasamericaracism, opiniononblm, pickingaside, policebrutality, racism, racismintheuk, removingstatuesUK, riotsandvandalismprotests, systemicracism, systemicracismintheuk, thelazyslinky

5 Ways Quarantine Has Changed Us

Are we all just hibernating slugs? Yes. Yes we are. And now that we know this. We cannot un-know it.

adaptingtolockdown, copingwithquaratine, dietduringquarantine, funnyblog, lifeunderlockdown, mentalhealthunderquarantine, positivearticles, quarantineimpact, sleepproblemsquarantine

And now, I am become Scrooge

English teachers can make a lot of money in China. Especially if you work in an international school or within … More

career goals, expat lifestyle, frugal, life choices, life plan, millennial, saving money, scrooge

Ducking Disasters: on the demerits of an unprepared mind

Rhetorically speaking, have you ever had a social circumstance sweep you on a wave of obligation whilst in some dark, neglected corner of your mind next to the Solve World Hunger Lever under the Table of Logic and Reason, there is a tiny voice screaming at you to do just the opposite?

adulthood, advice, community, critical thinking, culture, humour, society, Writing

Towering Skyscares: on building upwards

At any given point I am engaging in an active internal battle against the woes that come with being away from the city life.

cosmopolitanism, culture, humour, lifestyle, opinion, society, UK

Mental Cobwebs: On approaching a fragmented state of ideals

Ultimately the major inconvenience of my life tends to be meandering thoughts that empty out into a vast ocean of turgid oblivion.

adulthood, comedy, culture, education, humour, lifestyle, opinion, philosophy, society

Misguided Whimsy: on the complexity of writing a novel

Missed me? In attempts to distract myself from the harsh social withdrawal born from moving out of London, my love…my life, I went … More

advice, creativity, fantasy, humour, novels, opinion, Writing, writing advice

The Complacent Pedantic: on starting a novel

The intent is to write fiction, ideally within the fantasy/sci-fi genre, and get paid for it but the steps are bluntly given, full of vague pick-me-ups and rely on an obscene overuse of dusty quotes framed in filigree with a sunset backdrop.

advice, creativity, fantasy, humour, novel writing, opinion, Writing, writing advice

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