"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content." ~ Leo Tolstoy You don't have to be perfect, not even by your own standards, and never mind anyone else's. It took me a very long time to learn that, and I still frequently forget it. I know I'm not the only one. It's important to… Continue reading Imperfect Happiness
(Getty Images/Erica Vega/Vetta) "One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do." ~ Douglas Coupland I've been having a bit of a blip for the last week in terms of my mental health. I haven't being doing so good and had to… Continue reading Mirror of Sanity – Why Bad Relationships Make Us Crazy
"It doesn't seem like a smart thing for me to do, and I'm pretty adamant about that, I don't have anything in me that says rush out and have kids. It's the ultimate responsibility." ~ George Clooney While being interrogated, and I mean interrogated, by a relatively new colleague as to why I don't intend… Continue reading Are You Qualified To Be A Parent?
"I'm single because I was born that way." ~ Mae West If the only problem in your life is that you're single, the total number of problems in your life is zero. I want an iMac, I think it would be lovely to own an iMac, but the fact that I don't doesn't amount to a… Continue reading Why You Should Embrace The Single Life
"It's full of easy girls." ~ A friend, disdainfully, while discussing a local dive hot-spot. 'Easy girls' has to be one of my least favourite terms in the English language. I find it offensive on so many levels that I hardly know where to begin, but here goes: 1. This is not the 1950s As… Continue reading 7 Reasons Why Girls Ain’t Easy
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with ass holes." ~ William Gibson You should especially make sure that you are not surrounded by ass holes if a doctor has already diagnosed you with depression. Until you identify them they… Continue reading It’s Not Me, It’s You
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." ~ Anne Lamott, April 23rd 2012. I like that quote. I think it's good advice and I'm going to do my best to follow it in my writing. But it got me… Continue reading Stories
"People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own." ~ Doug Coupland I find myself becoming increasingly irritated by the cult of the family. I don't mean the Charles Manson variety. I mean the nuclear family, the extended family or whatever it is… Continue reading The Cult of The Family
My grandad never liked birds, in fact he hated them. It was a bit strange. No-one ever knew why, if any one asked him about it he'd say he just did. Then last year, when I visited Bangkok, I took a trip out Kanchanaburi to see the bridge over the river Kwai. My grandad had… Continue reading My Grandad Always Hated Birds
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 