Happy 2018 all! What are your New Year’s Resolutions? In case you’re struggling to find one, let me share some ideas on how to be a happier you in 2018! 1. Be mindful. In a previous article I wrote I applied the Buddhist concept of no self to the idea of helping others. I’m going … More Happy New Me!
I always wear odd socks. One is pink and purple striped, The other is polka dot. Mama asked ‘child, why not wear socks that are the same?’ And I said ‘mama, life’s too short to pair up socks.’ As we lay underground, with dirt and ant hills covering us, When we are skeletal in a … More I Always Wear Odd Socks
Story time! So a wide eyed little 11 year old girl, about to embark into the big wide world of secondary education put the radio on one day, and she fell in love. To what, you may ask? Oh, it was a Love Story. That day began about five years of ridicule at school of … More Oh Taylor, look what you made me do!
A villanelle by Emma James An hour’s more sleep I wish I were stealing, As I am awoken from bed. Oh, how I hate that Monday morning feeling! I’m jolted awake, my alarm clock is screaming! The sound that I always do dread, Oh, how I hate that Monday morning feeling! The villainous fiend … More That Monday Morning Feeling
A poem by Emma James Sitting in a coffee shop talking to your friend You laugh, The big proclamation: ‘I’m so OCD!’ You proceed to explain Your charming oddity, The funniest joke in the world. ‘How so?’ She asks, You tell her how you slightly moved your coffee mug Three centimetres to the right, A … More Quirks
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’ – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Today is a momentous day. Why, you ask? Today is the anniversary of the birth of the wonderful Jane Austen, of course! And here, on her … More An Ode to Jane Austen
Blossoming Written by Emma James There they stand, Frightening. A sickly bouquet of red, amber and yellow Dancing mockingly on the window shelf. Their happiness taunts me. Vivid rays of smiles Pierce My current state of black. Zombie-like, I crawl to their remote To switch off their singing; Where is the mute button? There isn’t … More ‘Blossoming’
On September 15th, I took one of the biggest steps I have made to date – moving to Cardiff to begin my university course in English Literature at Cardiff University. Despite being relatively local (and by ‘local’ I mean an hour’s train ride away) to Cardiff, there’s a lot you learn when transitioning from a … More A Whole New World
EPIC RANT TIME. Fun fact – I despise the education system. Despite getting moderately decent grades in my school life, I will never dispute that sometimes, it can be a load of crap. I woke up on the 18th of August this year, A Level Results Day, feeling like I was both about to vomit … More ‘I had an A**, what did YOU have?’
IT’S BEEN 13 YEARS. 13 long years since the release of Disney’s ‘Finding Nemo’, a classic staple of the childhoods of many people my age. (God, I feel old!) This year, Disney decided to give a massive fish-shaped present to the world in the form of a sequel to the beloved film – ‘Finding Dory’. … More Finding Dory and The New Ocean I Created with My Tears
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