Category: Sincerely, Me
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2022: the year of you
The last few years have been nothing short of mayhem. With Coronavirus and political unrest in all corners of the world, if we have learned anything, it’s that chaos is inevitable, and we have very little control over our surroundings. As pessimistic as this may be, coming to terms with this opens us to the…
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The beauty of buying with a conscience
From buying black-owned to not buying from those who don’t support others, why you should consider the products you consume now more than ever. Despite all the atrocity that 2020 has thrown at us, one thing you can’t deny is that it has made us more conscious and aware. The handling of Covid-19 exposed every…
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Let’s talk about High Functioning Anxiety
“Nobody would ever believe something was wrong, because you always portrayed yourself as being fine.” – the story of my fxcking life. It’s mental health awareness week, and with quarantine seeing a lot of us spending more time by ourselves, it might be the most crucial mental health week yet. I’m going to talk about…
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Lockdown for life’s inbetweeners
To those who were unemployed before lockdown, and are now worried about their future, how are you coping? Lockdown has caused a lot of problems, for a lot of societal groups, since it was implemented back in March. Those who have been furloughed, or who have suffered job losses as a result of the Covid-19…
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Why I’m not apologising for being unproductive during lockdown
I used to be an extrovert, but now I’d say I’m more an ‘extroverted introvert’. That means I’m still outgoing, but my environment affects my mood, and I’m an introvert at heart. In my late teens and earlier twenties, Friday night was every night, and I didn’t let work, college or uni get in the…
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A new year doesn’t need a new you
Why new year’s resolutions are toxic, and the only thing new we need for 2020 is a new attitude. Every new year tends to start the same; we drink ourselves into a stupor on New Year’s Eve, and then we wake up on New Year’s Day with contempt for our choices, prompting us to make…
Sincerely, Saskia 