0912esmé

This is most definitely a diary entry for my eyes only but I’m ready to roll with it and make it a blog post. I’ve just watched a film: “Tout le monde aime Jeanne / Everybody Loves Jeanne” (2022) dir. Céline Devaux. I watched it off my dying laptop curled up on my bed over the duvet, folding the duvet over my legs like a tortilla halfway through. I lit a candle gifted by my friend Mia, scented…

I am on a day off and I am choosing to write about my day off. I work on a weekly-rota basis according to a fully flexible schedule so my shifts can be any time and any day, 5 days a week. It just so happened that I had both today and yesterday off! Two days off in a row! Delectable. Yesterday was Mother’s Day, so I got myself ready, met up with my older sibling Sophie at London Bridge and met…

I’m writing this at 01:39 after a late Monday evening at work. I have only recently again got back into having an hour to myself on Spotify putting on my favourite tunes. Spotify when you’re not commuting. Spotify when you’re not on the go. A moment where I’m on Spotify in the exact opposite circumstance. I am stationary and I am in my leisure time. This blog post is an ode to Spotify. Spotify…

One thing about me is I’ll always have a minimum of 50 tabs open on each device. My mobile phone has 94 tabs open currently and my laptop has about 3 windows each with 20 odd tabs open. That is one thing that is for sure about me. Just so we’re on the same page. I would try and come up with a tab/window/webpage pun more punnier than that but same page will do. One tab I have had open since March…

A no-frills blog post

I am writing this straight into the WordPress word processor. Times before I’ve made it a big thing and written out the blog post on Microsoft Word, then copied it through and formatted it here. Maybe that was a block to me writing more? It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. But that’s not to say I haven’t had any ideas this whole time, I just never got round to executing a blog post…

A return to writing

A return to writing The time is 23.32 which concludes my day off. I had two in a row. Just yesterday I organised a clothes swap with friends in the park. Today I slept in, stayed in my pyjamas, ate my three meals, neglected a hair wash and let my afro hang loose and watched a lot of telly. A nice relaxing day off I will say. I always think I could be the person that could jump out of bed, get…

On organising a clothes swap

Last Sunday, me and some friends organised a clothes swap in the park. 7 people came along but even then it was a success with each of us taking home at least 3 items we liked new. Clothes swaps are a simple yet radical way to approach fashion and it was such fun doing so! The clothes swap was organised by me and two friends from school, Newstead Wood School to be exact, the girls grammar school…

On The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

I’m a French and Sociology graduate and in the weeks before and after my degree finished I considered jobs in the civil service. One department that stood out to me was the ‘Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’. Off the name alone it sounds like a project I want to be a part of, using my skills to support schemes to improve said housing, communities and local government. But…

A new unit in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre

A new unit in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre I spend so much time on Instagram. To be exact… an average 1h11m a day. I have developed quite a curated feed of content I want to see and hear about across all my social media. I’ve had my current Instagram account since 2015, so since the age of sweet sixteen. My Insta feed consists of nail artists, designers I love, creative young people breaking…

After the self-love Valentines

After the self-love Valentines I spent Valentines on a closing shift in work. I sent a couple ‘Happy Galentines’ text messages out to the girliessss and received a jokes Galentines card from my mate Kitty giggling about a past lover. I gave a few mates some Greggs gift cards too to show appreciation. I vowed for my Valentines alone this year to involve a cup of Earl Grey and an episode of my…

Oh Saint Valentine…

Oh Saint Valentine… Valentines is coming. Where’s your boyfriend? You’re inside eating garri, soaking in sorrow. Your friends are wining and dining, with their Prince Charming. Who will solve this dilemma? Ask Oloni. That playful song played in my mind as I got out of bed this morning. Always ignites a chuckle. Another Valentines without Valentines activities planned! I am destined to be…

The start of 0912reads

An Instagram meme by @andhowdoesthat shared by my mate Niloo. I write but I don’t read? I think I’ve got it twisted. In school my Classical Civilisation teacher, who gave his all and set us intensive but effective weekly writing tasks told me my sentences were too long. He said I should read some Hemingway to see how to write shorter sentences. I think I got three pages deep into some Hemingway?…

Towards mundane blog posts

I am good at writing in my journal about immediate personal topics, like how my day’s gone, what I’m thinking about, what I’ve spoken about with my friends. But as far as blogging goes, that’s not what I’m trying to write about to then formalise and publish. Where then do I draw my topics from for this blog? I studied French and Sociology at uni in Liverpool from 2017-2021 and in my final year…

Molly Mae and her 24 hours

Molly Mae Hague and her 24 hours Molly Mae rarely does interviews but was recently a guest on the Diary of a CEO podcast entitled ‘Molly Mae: How She Became Creative Director Of PLT at 22’- you can watch it here. PLT is the leading online fast fashion retailer and Molly Mae Hague is a notable Instagram influencer who featured on the 2019 Love Island series. Across social media one particular…