And boy howdy do I feel good about it — I’m going to call this friend David. That’s not his real name, but David and I were real-life friends going back as far as our teen years. So intertwined were our lives that he went to university (by complete chance) with my sibling, and I later discovered he was also…

I’m a human, not a brand. I need to remember that — Back in the days before the internet became the powerhouse that it is today, the only way to get the word out about your band, book, art or whatever was to print flyers, and take your little circus of joy around to potentially interested parties. It was hard work, and…

Is precrastination efficient, or is a curse in disguise? — I wouldn’t blame you for seeing the title to this article and assuming I’d made some kind of spelling mistake. Many people have never heard of precrastination, only procrastination. But despite their similarities, the two ways of working (or not working, as the case may be) have completely different outcomes…

Advertising is big business, and small ads are a total scam — Being part of the writing community on Twitter, I often see tweets popping up on my timeline from people who have spent their hard-earned money (sometimes up £100 worth) on an week-long ad campaign, only to come back with either zero sales, or a net loss of at least half…

She says, awaiting an interview — I have an interview for a job that I really want on Monday 11th July. It ticks many boxes, and will leave me with more money in my pocket, which can’t be complained about. But first I have to survive the interview process and I need to rant about that…

The Depp v Heard trial is shedding light on a long ignored problem — This case interests me for both personal and academic reasons. I am an abusive survivor, and I have a keen interest in criminology, forensic psychology and law (I enjoy watching a Court case unfold, especially where one or more parties displays complex mental illness). I do not generally care for…

We’ve been lied to, and I’m sick of it — Whilst I would never say that teen movies where an average looking boy wants to get with the hot cheerleader (or an average looking girl wants to get with the hot jock) are a thing I watch as a habit, I have watched them enough for it to spark this…

Or, if you want to get muted, banned or blocked, do them all — Auto DMs This is one of those behaviours that goes into ‘this could get you banned’ territory, but it still seems to be a popular behaviour. It is especially common in the writing community and, fellow writers especially, I beg you to stop. We do not like you for this, and most…

Tear up the Playbook of Adulting already, its gotten old — I am an adult who will turn 39 at the tail-end of June 2022. It’s safe to say that I don’t feel the age assigned to me by whoever invented the concept, and decided that at this particular rotation of the sun, I am this old. The assignment of age For thousands of years…