musings of a twenty-something bilingual
It is both a joy and a nightmare to wake up to the sound of intense birdsong outside of your window. Maybe it's the frustration of it occurring at 5 o'clock in the morning, when you'd hoped for more sleep, the repeated calls and tweets of the same clan of birds as the day before.… Continue reading morning musings to end the month of April
Hello, hello. Sitting down again with a quarter-written post on paper, my one coffee of the day and BBC Radio 4's Woman Hour playing in the background. The neighbour's cat has perched himself on the patio soaking up the sun, and I just thought, if I can spill these thoughts on paper, why don't I… Continue reading from paper to typed-up thoughts
Wherever you can, lean into stillness and settle into presence. AmyAnn Cadwell& The Good Trade Team My wishful attempts at breaking into pure creativity in 2024 have been somewhat hindered by a myriad of reasons. Getting in my own way has certainly been number one on that list. The unfortunate anxiety has decided it won't… Continue reading bittersweet reflections of stillness and intoxicating isolation
A month in now. More than a month. And that just seems crazy. Raging hormones, slight homesickness and just general frustration at life have led me for the second time this week to sitting on a park bench crying. But, I have the best view. The bench overlooks a gorgeous old tree whose trunk is… Continue reading year abroad :: emotion
So I've hit that horrible point of summer. That nearly the end of August therefore nearly the end of summer phase which seems to result in me feeling blue. At the moment this feeling is heightened by anxiety as I'm stressing over sorting things to move away to France. So far, I'm doing okay handling… Continue reading wellbeing :: self-care
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