How to (Not) Fight About the Washing Up

How to (Not) Fight About the Washing Up

We’ve all seen it happen, in television or film if not in real life. The fight that starts with snide comments over some household chore, escalates into shouting and the hurling of unresolved and seemingly irrelevant past grievances, ends in one or both parties saying...
Arguing on the Internet

Arguing on the Internet

The internet can be a difficult place to disagree with people. In some places (naming no names, YouTube comments…) it can be hard to find civil conversation even when you’re basically on the same page as the people you’re interacting with. I have seen people...

The Vital Importance of Community

My day wasn’t going well. I’ve struggled a lot recently with anxiety, and while in general I’m doing better than I have in a long time, I still have the odd bad days. Today was looking like one of those. I didn’t want to get out of bed, and when I did manage to get...

Marie Kondo Saved My Relationship

I am very bad at throwing things away. I suspect this comes from a few things; a fear that I’m going to need or want the thing one day, even if right now I don’t, or a general aversion to the idea of waste. The biggest factor though, for me, is guilt. And not in the...

The Journey Begins…

I’ve set this up primarily because I want to learn my way around WordPress, and if I’m completely honest I don’t yet know exactly what I’m going to use this space for. In all likelihood it will end up being a blog, because who doesn’t...