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head shrinking: a year on
It's been almost a year since I stopped going to therapy. The fact that that much time has already passed, shocked me to my core yesterday when I realised it.
not quite there yet
Lately I've been considering how I fit in. Or more accurately, how my blackness fits in with the whiteness I have grown accustomed to being surrounded by.
the hair step
This week I released myself from my braids. They had been in for way too long due to laziness and mental health struggles (see post on depression), and now I was ready for a change.
podcast your mind back
I'm very into podcasts right now. I know, I couldn't get any cooler if I tried. But I'm into them and it's not just because I'm old.
blocked
I’ve been telling everyone that I have writer's block, and I do. It’s true. But it is not, as they say, the whole truth.
when the struggle is still real
Recently I was at a party. I didn't know many of the people there, so I was in full socialising mode. The usual introductory conversations ensued.
what was I thinking?
What a week it has been. Britain lost its collective mind and left the European Union, I emigrated to France for three days, and the US nominated Donald Trump as their next President of the United States!
vot(in)g
When I was kid I counted down the days until I would be a "grown-up", with a fervour and desperation I didn't often apply to much else. But when I got to adulthood, I realised what a fool I had been to squander the days when I had no responsibilities at all.
