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Christmasticle - It's a Christmas Listicle

Christmasticle - It's a Christmas Listicle

Since my dad died 4 years ago I’ve accidentally become a fan of Nordic Christmas. In Iceland in 2017 we drank Tuborg Julebryg for New Year and watched the fireworks outside the Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík. I love their liquorice infused chocolate. I treat myself to a bar of

Ho. Ho. Ho.

Ho. Ho. Ho.

Hello there. How are you? Please be ok and remember that it’s ok if you’re not ok. I am… mulls not ok. One of the things I like about writing is using it to process my thoughts. It helps to write about something instead of over-thinking and worrying.

Avoiding triggers with Twitter mute filters

hello computer Merry December and a happy next Thursday? How are you? I’m trying to be ok. I just wrote 1,000 words. Deleted them and made a coffee. Why? I was getting more and more upset with each sentence. I couldn’t pin point why exactly and that

Christmas. It's complex.

hello computer Christmas. What is Christmas? Webster’s dictionary defines it as; a Christian feast on December 25 or among some Eastern Orthodox Christians on January 7 that commemorates the birth of Christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday I was raised Catholic but I found religion to

Video Games and anxiety revisited

hello computer Back in August I was having some trouble with anxiety and I wondered if gaming could help? There are all sorts of therapies that people find helpful these days. Art, music, ceramics, drawing, getting out into nature and wild swimming. But gaming? This week various media outlets reported

How I'm trying to avoid being eaten by zombies in the apocalypse.

How I'm trying to avoid being eaten by zombies in the apocalypse.

hello computer The world has ended. I’m no longer needed. 2020 has shown me that in the apocalypse I’m not going to be a tv star. I’m going to be written off in the opening episode. I find it incredibly hard to “always look on the bright

Journaling as a way to record and let go

Journaling as a way to record and let go

hello computer Hello there. Good week? Another tough one? Anything going on? I’ve spent time this week thinking about the past, present and future. I’m happy to announce I’ve solved time travel and I am out of this year. Cya pals! phwush … If only right? A year