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Band-Aid

I’ve been finding it harder to explain myself as of late. It must be a bad case of mental fog because it hasn’t quite lifted after two months. I would loosely describe this piece as a reflective story, but it is entirely metaphorical for something I’m not ready to talk about just yet. Just like […]

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Poet-Tree

Full-time

Another poem for you because my thoughts feel a bit too abstract at the moment… or maybe I’m still feeling cryptic? Can you tell I have no time To update this little site of mine? I try my best With little success So my life continues to be a mess A lack of organisation A […]

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Just Checking In

How are you doing? Long time no speak, eh? Where the f*** have you been?! So if you are on my mailing list, you would have received an email back at the start of December outlining my plans to finish out the year, blog-wise. As you may be able to tell, that royally flopped. No […]

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Post-Uni Lifestyle

The Strength of Your Confidence Should Not Be Placed in Someone Else’s Hands – A Reflective Piece

I’ve already attempted to write a blog post twice this month, but the words weren’t coming out right. Third time’s the charm, eh? Let’s talk about the link between self-love and self-confidence. It Begins I’ve realised that looking for external validation only is definitely not the way to go. Obviously I knew that deep down, […]

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Post-Uni Lifestyle

When One Door Closes, Another One Opens (Just a Crack)

Hello! I’m unemployed again and job hunting already feels demoralising. Back in April, I mentioned that I would need to figure out what my next steps were in terms of employment and training after my apprenticeship was done. Well, I finally finished the apprenticeship in June and got the certificates in July. Yay me! I […]

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One-Offs

Don’t Overwork the Dough: Struggling with Perfectionism

I have a problem – I always work on something until I hate it. …OK, I might have some explaining to do. Initial Context As and when opportunities arise, I work on projects and create pieces of work. These projects mostly fit into two categories – mandatory and voluntary. For example, projects that involve posting […]

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One-Offs

Voices from the Inbetween

I wrote a short story based on something that happened to me this week. Sleep is a funny thing. Going to bed requires a special table to lie on and special clothes to wear. You close your eyes and eventually fall into a form of stasis… at least that’s how it’s supposed to work. Sometimes […]

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The GOAJ Podcast

Podcast Ep 5: Technical Difficulties with Existence

In this episode, I talk a bit about my absence from my website, my recent troubles with motivation and what I’ve been doing with myself in the meantime. The title is based off the couple of audio errors that cropped up. I don’t know what happened with my mic, but I’ll look into it.  (UPDATE […]

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Post-Uni Lifestyle

Did I Make a Mistake?

Below is a piece I wrote last week, I’m still not sure how to feel right now. I am still in a state of insecurity about all the decisions I have made in life up to this point. Full-time work is hard for anyone to get into, but there is an added level of difficulty […]

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Post-Uni Lifestyle

Life as an Apprentice

Hello, how are you doing? I only start with pleasantries because it’s been a month since I posted anything on my site. Sorry. In fact, I haven’t posted since last year, if you’re being pedantic. For those of you who like to pay attention to detail, I have changed the layout of my site because […]