Writers Wonderings

Ever thought about stopping? Pressing pause on life, and just being in the moment? Unfortunately as much as we would like to, we can’t actually stop time, and we cannot slow down the fast paced lives we lead. However, we can instead train ourselves to stop and just be in the moment.

Whenever people talk about meditation and mindfulness we often think that it’s a load of spiritual silliness, but…

I often wonder about the impact that social media has on us. Whilst it gives us the opportunity to connect immediately with our friends, family and the wider world, I sometimes worry that I become so swept up in everyone else’s business that I can easily forget to deal with my own life. Don’t get me wrong, I love being just a message away from my mates, but I can’t be the only one who finds that…

It has been a crazy busy week, and since it is Brighton pride this weekend I thought it might be interesting to do a post on labels.

As humans, we like to fit ourselves into little boxes, whether they are the boxes within our heads, our personality types from a test, our sexuality, nationality or even our intelligence. It’s incredibly easy for us to squeeze ourself into box after box, trying on…

The impact of our choices on the world

It’s been a longer break than expected, but I’ve decided it’s time to rekindle my regular blog posts; if for no other reason than it gives me time to reflect on my week and the things I’ve noticed and learned. I can also feel my fingers beginning to get rusty, as the lack of uni routine and the enjoyment of sun is leaving me no chance to put my writing out into the world as much. But now that…

Next week is going to be my last blog post for a while. I’m going to have a hiatus to focus on my creative writing and start seriously implementing the disciplines I’ve been writing about for the last five months into my own life.

This week, following on from the unconscious living post, I want to write about making decisions. It’s something that I’ve always struggled with, and while I can blame…

Time, the universe, and unconscious living.

Since I am incredibly snowed under with uni work and other boring adminy stuff, todays post will be relatively short. However large the topic of time may be, I desperately need to keep this short so I can get back to writing poems about dryads and ghosts.

Time flies when we live in a world so fast paced, that if we don’t stop to reflect on ourselves, we end up floating through the months in a…

I sometimes like to ponder big questions that no one has the answers to, such as why humans are so bent on causing havoc in this beautiful world. I like to think that we are innately seeking to do good, however, we have just ended up hating each other and fighting over trivial matters for no reason at all. We call ourselves ‘civilised’ beings, but we are not civil to one another. Instead, we are…

How to go about living your best life

There’s a lot of pressure  in our lives. We have a short time on the planet where we are constantly bombarded by consumerism, while still trying to ‘make the most of it.’ Unless we stop to think about it, life just seems to pass us by and before we know it we are drifting along in our own little stupor, constantly checking our phones and binge-watching TV. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about…

Can we Ever Stop Killing the Planet?

Following on from last week’s post about how to not fall apart from the overwhelming pain in the world, I thought I’d do another post about how we can give back to the Earth instead of constantly draining her resources. Sometimes, I am astounded about how people can go on living their lives, taking from the Earth and not even thinking about it. Did you know that 18 tonnes of litter gets dumped in…

How to not get bogged down with all the crappiness in the world…

Sometimes the world feels so overwhelmingly awful that it is difficult to carry on with our seemingly insignificant lives. There is so much pain and suffering, that it can sometimes be difficult to filter out the bad and focus on the good. But we can, and in fact we have to, otherwise we will just end up falling apart. I’ve often expressed my overwhelming helplessness about the world we live in…