Sometimes I wish so many people hadn’t have left. That’s a lie, really, sometimes I just wish all the people who should have been in my life would’ve been there in the first place.
It’s hard to grieve for a woman who should be called “granny” but didn’t care for your dad or you at all. It’s even weirder when she dies and your dad is devastated and you know you’re going to her funeral – but only…
Everything Now – take two
It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post and even longer since I made my pact to write one every month back in January 2019, which you can read here – Everything Now – Iona Young.
It feels surreal to be reminiscing on a post that I remember writing like it was yesterday.
What I didn’t know when I was 21 was that many obstacles I was facing were struggles caused by undiagnosed ADHD which…
Recently I finished the BBC adaption of Everything I Know About Love, Rachel Aroesti wrote in the Guardian that messy millennial woman have become TV’s most tedious trope which is true to an extent but it doesn’t take away from the warm 2012 nostalgic feel of the show.
Yes the messy 20s trope has been done to death but keep on doing it because for those in their messy twenties these shows, films…
Just now it’s 3;45am I’ve been up for hours trying to silence my mind and get my thoughts to stop spinning so I can fall asleep.
I’m writing a note on my phone like I often do when something comes into my mind that I don’t want to forget, because my mind moves at such a fast pace bouncing from one thing to another I often lose stuff in the process.
I’ve known something was wrong with me since…
Flashback to 2012, I’d just turned 14 was halfway through my second year of high school…
I was an awkward teen, appearance wise I look similar to how I do now but much less comfortable within myself.
Dirty blonde over straightened hair, over plucked eyebrows and always seen in leggings and a hoodie completed with a pair of scrappy converse.
Accessories went as far as heavy mascara coated on,…
Midweek scribblings watching the stormy weather
I vaguely remember the first time I walked into my once bright white room with its high ceilings and fresh feeling on Roxburgh Place.
I was only about ten and it was an exciting move from our flat just down the road on the Pleasance that had walls coloured with odd turquoises and orange shades.
Now writing a property feature I might describe them as brash or harsh but when we lived there they…
“You know, it can be as simple an intervention as this person doesn’t have a pair of shoes to be discharged with followed by many more complex issues and problems.”
Homeless people who find themselves in hospital often face greater challenges than the rest.
Including isolation, often no support system present and going without the most basic and essential items that make a massive difference…
One of the more extreme types of homelessness is long term. Those who have spent decades on the streets and are the most difficult to help.
Due to a mixture of fear and mental health issues these cases are extremely complicated and usually down to a complex history of trauma and abuse that has left the individuals terrified of being trapped.
I came across Jim rooting through a bin on the curb…
Last time I checked in it was New Year’s Day and I had my last semester of university ahead of me.
The feature was on New Years resolutions, fitting as its now half way through the year and despite barely making any this year I’ve managed to once again miss my shorthand goal.
Give it another six months. Remember when Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) said in 13 going on 30 I want to be 30, flirty…
I’m feelin’ rough, I’m feelin’ raw, I’m in the prime of my life
I have not written anything on here in ages, about three months to be exact.
That’s mostly down to being super busy, I’m February I got my first full time job in journalism at a news agency in Edinburgh.
I work in an office, get to travel across Scotland for work and speak to all different people every day. I’ve been absolutely loving it so far.
It’s been my final semester of university and as…
