Read whatever tickles your fancy! — I have been writing on Medium for two months now. After looking back at a handful of my first ever published stories, I can see how far I have come with my writing which is a wonderful feeling and a beautiful sight to see. I decided to touch them up…

Four reasons why I’ll be carrying on with life in a 9–5 job. — Freelancing has increased in popularity over the years quite dramatically with writing and translation as the third most popular type of freelance job. People are looking for new, easy side hustle income because the economy is crunching down on us all. Many have the dream of being able to quit…

Tips on Medium are a fairly new gift to the platform, and it’s about time too! I set up a Ko-Fi months ago thinking that it would be nice for people to tip me once in a while and I could perhaps save up to go travelling. Not once person…

You swear to yourself you’re never coming back to the mall, but you do every single time. — I hate my local town. HATE IT. I’ve been shopping there my entire life and I’m so sick of the look of it, having to get into the car to grab a few bits or do a full shop, seeing the same stupid faces of the people in my hometown…

I can turn around and say that I will not be going to any bra fitting again. Ever. — In answer to the title above, I can tell you now it’s not nice. I don’t remember my first bra fitting, but I do remember a small number of visits when I was younger. Every time I had to get my boobs fitted, I had to go to a luxury…

Many freelancers await the day that they get a freelancing invite. My day came, and I turned it down pretty much instantly. — I’ve made it clear before that I’m not a huge fan of LinkedIn. I only use it now and again to search for new jobs and to keep up to date with my profile. Recently, I’ve been receiving direct messages from recruiters asking me to get on board with their…

I can’t let it fall now. But I can’t be bothered. — I’m completely out of energy. Writer’s block has me in a chokehold. Mercury retrograde is retrograding hard. Procrastination has me in a chokehold. My aim on Medium is to publish twice a week, but lately, that has not been happening. In total, this month I’ve only published seven times. There…

If that’s the best Christmas gift you can provide then you can keep it. — You should always check your emails regularly because you never know what could come up. Anyone in their right mind checks their emails regularly. My Medium notifications are also received via email so I do not have to click on the app all the time and get distracted by wanting…

The festive season can drive us all up the wall, but here are five mental notes to keep us sane. — They say Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but realistically this isn’t the case for everybody. For some people it will bring back bad memories, for others, it will bring back sad memories, and for most people, it’s just an absolute nightmare. This Christmas will be the…