The Unread Book Predicament: A list as long as a novel itself.
The Unread Book Predicament: A list as long as a novel itself. Imagine floor-to-ceiling shelves overflowing with every book you could read in your lifetime, a cosy, picture-worthy nook to curl up in, and most importantly, all the time you need to explore every page on said shelves. Reality: a teetering stack of unread books […]
Introverts and Small Talk: Escaping the Conversational Quicksand
Introverts and Small Talk: Escaping the Conversational Quicksand I put it to you: cheerfully (or less) answering the chatty colleague’s questions or slowly turning the other way, pretending you remembered something important that had to be done right away? Small talk. The bane of an introvert’s existence, the social sinkhole we’d rather avoid. Binge-watching documentaries […]
Graceful, Grateful and Wise
Graceful, Grateful and Wise Between the brave excitement of youth and the reflective nature of old age lies the often-overlooked stage of middle age. It is that time in a person’s life when thirty years ago feels like yesterday, but moving with the agility of a twenty-year-old is long gone. We, in mid-life, start […]