The other week a person I admired, thought of as a friend, went on a spree of meme sharing. But not the funny sort. Not to me, anyway. These memes all said if you still lived with your parents over twenty-five you were a massive failure and a waste of space. One of them mentioned … Continue reading Why is Living at Home in Your Twenties STILL Seen as Failure?
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I Said This Would Be My Year
I said this would be my year, the year I got at least one duck in my row, but alas it isn't. Surprise! My mum told me today there's no way I'm going to have the money to move out in the next three months. No way I'd get one of the thousands of jobs … Continue reading I Said This Would Be My Year
Dear Customer
As of this week I’m back working in customer service. It’s coming into the season here in Cornwall (Easter break!) so a few part time positions have come up around the village. I really didn’t want to go back to shop work, if I’m honest, but I’ve found it a huge relief. Whilst selling pasties … Continue reading Dear Customer
Battling Dragons and Climbing Mountains
When I was trying to come up with something to write about today I couldn’t think of a damn thing. After a lot of mental straining the only word that came to mind was helpless because that’s how I’ve spent a long time feeling. Helpless is how I would describe my mood today. I did … Continue reading Battling Dragons and Climbing Mountains
An Overdue Discussion About Being a Working-Class Millennial
When I published my post about money last week [you can check it out here if you haven’t already] I expected backlash. In my overactive imagination companies far and wide would somehow get my number to inform me I was on every blacklist in the land. Angry mobs of rich people would turn up with gold … Continue reading An Overdue Discussion About Being a Working-Class Millennial
Why We Need Money & Why I’m Done Apologising for It
We live in a world where mentioning money can take you out the running for a job. Fact. It’s happened to me. Mention the word ‘salary’ in a job interview and wait for the hissed intake of breath, the knowing glance at a colleague, and the vague non-answer. You can almost see them mentally scratch … Continue reading Why We Need Money & Why I’m Done Apologising for It
My Disconnected Week
I didn’t write last week because I took a week-long social media break to enjoy my holiday in Belgium. As soon as I boarded the ferry I stuck my phone on aeroplane mode and used it solely as a camera for six gloriously days. No texts, no likes, no DMs, no calls (I only get … Continue reading My Disconnected Week
5 Millennial Winter Essentials
There are a lot of haul blogs at the moment listing items you can't survive the winter without. Usually things like high end lipstick in an ‘winter’ shade make an appearance. (God forbid you spend the winter with pink lips not the cool blue of the recently risen—the disaster of such a thing would be … Continue reading 5 Millennial Winter Essentials
The Bloody Patriarchy
Patriarchy: a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. Events this week have put the patriarchy back in the lime light (not that it was ever out of it) and so there was no other topic to discuss today. I, like most women, have … Continue reading The Bloody Patriarchy
The Truth About Failure
“You can’t live on only X you’ll need way more than that. Well, it depends what your partner earns. You know, when you eventually find one.” “There are millions of people trying to be published authors. What makes you think they’d choose you? That doesn’t happen to people like us.” “Come on. When are you … Continue reading The Truth About Failure
