Last week, over a few days (because I'm an easily distracted Millennial), I watched the film Into The Wild for the first time. If you haven't seen it, pop it on your 'to-watch' list because it's one of those films that'll embed themselves into your being - in a really good way. It's beautifully scripted…
The embarrassed, self-deprecating Brit in me does not want to write this post. The woman who's fed up with hating her own body because it doesn't subscribe in every way to the standard model of beauty, does. I recently wrote about how I'm making a real effort to accept my body after a lifetime of…
Continue reading ➞ Every time I don’t like how I look, I strike a pose and take a photo
The black streets of Zagreb were shiny with rain. Above the traffic, the noise, the movement, almost-frozen raindrops ricocheted off the grand building facades. Their silhouettes reared up against the dead black sky as tall as the cliffs that marked the edge of the island Ana Horvat called home. But unlike her beloved coastline, these…
If you read my last post about what paper airplanes can teach us about failure, you'll know I recently lost a pitch to write scripts for a famous YouTuber. This is the second sample I wrote for them, which I'm posting here in case anyone finds it interesting! As with the other one, it's not…
I recently pitched for a scriptwriting project scripting videos for a massive YouTuber to broaden my skillset and earn some extra money. Unfortunately I wasn't successful, so I've repurposed my sample scripts as blog posts so they don't go entirely to waste. Here's one of them - about failure, funnily enough. I hope you enjoy…
Continue reading ➞ A lesson in failure from a champion paper airplane maker
Throughout this blog's lifetime I've tried several different diets with a mission to excavate through my belly flab and unearth a long-hidden abdominal muscle or two. Why???? Because I'm vulnerable to the images of beauty that bombard women. As free-thinking, open-minded and decently-read as I like to think I am, I tapped into those insideous…
Continue reading ➞ How I’m learning to accept my body, flabby bits and all
There's this song I love by a Cornish band (featuring Ben Howard) called 'Portland'. It's a beautiful song; if you're into music that makes you feel all your feelings, I recommend finding it on YouTube or Spotify and having a listen. Mickey Smith's voice is hard to decipher but there's one lyric that stands out,…
Continue reading ➞ If not now, then when? Wednesday wisdom from my oracle deck
1. Somewhat like lizards and snakes, British people come to life in the sun. After months of hibernation slouching from bed to desk and back again, everyone in the entire country went for a walk on the South Downs today in Hawaiian boardshorts and no shirts, with tinny music blasting cheerfully from their phones. 2.…
Some time at the end of 2018, I ate my last piece of bacon. Never again in my life would a piece of delicious fried flesh pass between my lips...and do I have any regrets? Only that I didn't do it sooner. Vegetarianism came to me quite late (I was 28 when I finally made…
Continue reading ➞ Fine, eat animals if you must but don’t support factory farming
A few days ago I received a celebratory message from WordPress telling me I'd surpassed 200 followers on my blog after just two months of going live. That's more people than I could shake a stick at! Not that I would ever shake a stick at you of course (side note: this saying comes from…
