
A Substack about being present, focusing less on the bad and more on the good, and paying attention to the beauty around and inside us.
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I am writing this at 5:47pm, after a burst of inspiration. I finally have something to say.
But first, let’s go back a month or so. I have just handed in the first full draft of Book #2. The thing that has absolutely consumed the entirety...
I have worn the same dress every day in January. Every. Single. Day.
Why?
To understand, I think we need to first discuss my relationship with clothes.
(But if you’d like to skip to my thoughts on a month of wearing the same thing, no j...
Sunlight and blue skies in Pontypool Park, Wales
There’s been a word circling in my mind for some time now. It kept coming up whenever I felt frustrated, or lost, or joyful. I would think things like, “I want to be more eco-friendly” or “I...
I cannot concentrate on writing today’s Substack newsletter. My second screen is open on The Guardian, the little red bubble above my mailbox said there are 3,543 things demanding my attention, and there is a lot of noise coming from downst...
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m lonely. Well, that’s a lie, but I don’t want to be ashamed. Lots of people across Substack and elsewhere are candidly speaking up: At 31, I don’t have the friendships I’m supposed to – and it feels like I’v...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Author of Pace Yourself: How to have energy in an exhausting world. Science and health journalist. Disabled, LGBTQ writer. She/her.
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