My Year in Review: 2024
For 2024’s Year in Review post, I’d like to trial a new format. Usually I write these posts in the style of an essay, with the aim being to tell … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2024
For 2024’s Year in Review post, I’d like to trial a new format. Usually I write these posts in the style of an essay, with the aim being to tell … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2024
I’ve always been someone with one foot in the past, drawn irresistibly by the pull of expired possibilities. No matter how enticing the present, I can never give myself to … Continue reading Looking Back on My Twenties & Where They Took Me
When the year began, I wasn’t sure what to expect from it. I was a little apprehensive, because 2022 had been so significant—so much had happened—and I figured that years … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2023
It may or may not surprise you to know that I’m a lousy reader. I’ve always loved books, but I’ve always struggled with them too. Not with understanding them, but … Continue reading My Reading Struggles, White Whale Books, & God Emperor of Dune
In my review for 2019, I wrote that the year felt “inbetweeny”, with nothing of note happening- good or bad- that I would likely remember in the future. In contrast, … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2022
I knew from the beginning that 2021 would be different. I graduated from The University of Winchester in 2014 without any plan for my life, and spent seven years living … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2021
The time I’ve spent living here in Kingston so far feels, in my memory, a lot longer than four months. I’ve written about this phenomenon to death already, so I … Continue reading London Vignettes: The Challenges & the Joys of My First Semester at KU
When I didn’t get either of my preferences for student accommodation, I decided not to worry about it. So long as I had a place to sleep near campus, I … Continue reading My First Week Living in Student Halls (Postgrad Edition)
In my Year in Review post for 2020, I mentioned how the COVID-19 pandemic reaffirmed my need for strong guidelines with clearly-defined, specific, and actionable targets. I found that I … Continue reading Lockdown Productivity
Last week I went a little meta by writing a blog post about me blogging. Today I’m gonna double-down on that and write a blog post about a blog post … Continue reading Blogging & Authenticity
Howdy. I feel like it’s been a hot minute since I’ve addressed my readers directly- and perhaps that’s the problem right there. When I started this blog, I wanted to … Continue reading Where I’m At & Where I Want to Be