Once the reality of being a “single mother” of a rambunctious little furry fellow hit, there have been things that have surprised me, both in positive and negative ways. Here are five things you should expect when you get a puppy.
All in Life
More Than Just A Game
It was a Saturday not like any other. I looked out my windows, feeling disheartened because of the tiny droplets of rain sliding down my windows and the grey blanket of cloud covering the morning sky. Why was I so bummed about it, you may ask? Could the freezing cold weather possibly be the cause of my sadness?
A New Lease Of Life
On June 25th, I cried for solid fifteen minutes after I opened my email and logged into Opintopolku website. There it said, “The University of Helsinki – accepted”.
The Huge Unstable Elephant In The Room
Mental health. Yikes. That’s a subject no one wants to discuss in broad daylight. And why? Mostly because it has become a topic in today’s society which is deemed only to be talked about in desperate moments of drunken stupor between faceless individuals.
Air Plants – The Journey of a Plant Killer Towards Redemption
I am notoriously bad with plants. Gradually I gave up on them. I was sure I just wasn’t cut out to keep plants if I couldn’t even keep a cactus alive. And here I am now, the owner of six more or less thriving air plants.
An Introduction to Bullet Journaling – The Art of Intentional Living
Have you ever heard the term bullet journal? Up until the spring of this year I hadn’t. And here I am in my eighth month of bullet journaling, delighted with the whole thing.
60 Days of Blue (blue-blue-blue) Christmas
Should have realised that buying campy Christmas ornaments is a gateway drug, but I didn’t, and the whole thing just snowballed.
Ode To Freshmanship
”Not nervous even in the slightest”, said no one during their first day. I hyperventilated whilst wandering completely lost. Told myself I am a grown, Independent Woman. Do not need to call out for the most Miraculous Saviour of them all (my mum) to survive the grand expectation constructed upon us all - to find the right hall.
A Mystical Travel Guide to Scotland
I’ve spent the last five months in Scotland as part of an exchange student program, and it could have well been that my experience of Scotland would’ve been limited to the majestic city of Glasgow…
A travel log from uncharted territories
The reality of what I was about to experience didn’t dawn on me until I met grandma at the airport. Me, the vowed backpacker, on a bus with a half-deaf grandmother and 35 other pensioners. For the sake of my mental health, I decided to keep a travel log.