I write good stories. Maybe this is not what your meant to say, but I struggled with insecurities that plagued my enjoying writing and reading for a long time. In the last few years rereading my quick scribbles and thought out pages, I acknowledge, I write good stories. My technique could be better and has… Continue reading dear reader,
what is success?
The first and most enduring measure of success is what we see in the mirror at the end of each day. Have we displayed integrity? Have we done our best to serve the truth?” - Paul Rogat Loeb - The impossible will take a while I found the question of this post planted in my… Continue reading what is success?
what i have learnt from love
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. - James A. Baldwin I have re-written this post a lot of times during the existence of this blog. You know the deal. You get into a relationship… Continue reading what i have learnt from love
#readinglist
what i'm currently flicking through: David Epstein - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Sebastian Mallaby - More Money Than God Caroline Criado-Perez - Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (this was an airport buy for a long flight and I am slightly regretting it, but fingers crossed) Nana… Continue reading #readinglist
#readinglist
some of my autumn reads: Adam Grant - Think Again Paul Kalanithi - When Breath Becomes Air Carol S. Dweck - Mindset (this has been on my wishlist for a while) Lori Gottlieb - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Paul Rogat Loeb - The Impossible Will Take A While Be sure to check out… Continue reading #readinglist
les miserables – on hope.
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. - E.B. White, Letter to Mr. Nadeau I have been recently wondering, if this year is much like last year, what’s my coping plan? Another January has ended and we continue the march on into 2021.… Continue reading les miserables – on hope.
fidem servavi – we have kept the faith
We didn't come this far to only come this far. This week I celebrated a great milestone in my life. I have officially been doing this lawyer thing for a year and that is no small achievement. There’s a scrawny younger me (in the pictures she’s in an oversized blazer) somewhere shocked and proud of… Continue reading fidem servavi – we have kept the faith
What’s in a woman (or Part II)
ode to the slut who doesn't fuck but still a slut for not letting him hit. Remember there are always two ways of looking at a condom in a wrapper, open your pussy and you won't find freedom. Close your legs and you won't find purity. - Alysia Harris, This Woman On Friday I was… Continue reading What’s in a woman (or Part II)
How to build a woman (or Part I)
When I go, bury me with nothing but my own skin. I spent far too many days trying to outrun this thing called mine. - Anis Mojgani, Cradle One day i’ll publish a book. I already know the title of the book; it’s the title of this blog post. It will be a story about… Continue reading How to build a woman (or Part I)
this is what the ancients were commended for
How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another. - Alan Bennett, The History Boys One of my old managers used to love to run and exercise. I commented on this one day saying I would love to have her discipline. She snorted and said she had only started running again a… Continue reading this is what the ancients were commended for
after the wilderness 