April is Stress Awareness Month, an annual campaign since 1992 designed to increase public awareness about the causes, effects, and management of stress. It highlights the impact of chronic stress on physical and mental health, offering resources to reduce stigma and promote coping strategies like mindfulness, exercise, and setting boundaries. I can bet there is … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: Let’s Talk About Stress, Baby
On Trying, Failing, and Finding My Happy Again
Bad sad bitches to the left, money happy bitches to the rightYou can be both, meet in the middle, dance all night Who else is moving to the left, to the left with me? Middle fingers up, put them hands high to the happy bitches on the right, longing for the day you can meet … Continue reading On Trying, Failing, and Finding My Happy Again
38 on 8.3
To the rest of the world, March 8th is International Women’s Day. But to me this day has always been, and will always be, my mum’s birthday first and International Women’s Day second. Before I understood what today represents, I was being raised by the kind of woman this day was created to honour. I … Continue reading 38 on 8.3
2-2-2 🩷💘
I don't know about youBut I’m feeling 22 2-2-2 When the clock struck midnight on January 4th, mon husbebé and I stepped into our 2-2-2 🩷💘 Era and I love that for us 😌 You might be reading this and thinking, “I love that for you too 😍 but what on earth is a 2-2-2 … Continue reading 2-2-2 🩷💘
Mental Health Monday: The Tortured Poet Struts Into Her Showgirl Era
Happy last all-my-mornings-are-Mondays-stuck-in-an-endless-February Monday to all who celebrate 🤍📇 For those who do not celebrate and consequently have no idea what I am talking about, I am referencing a lyric from Fortnight, the lead single from Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. TTPD’s primary topic is heartbreak, expressed via themes such as … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: The Tortured Poet Struts Into Her Showgirl Era
Wednesdays Are Back… Kinda, Sorta
Long time no Wednesday post 😅 but that kinda, sorta changes starting today 🥳 Before I get into the reason for the change, I need to say that today’s post builds on my last two posts, Karibu 2026 and 38½ Years Young, so if you have not read them yet, you should definitely do so … Continue reading Wednesdays Are Back… Kinda, Sorta
38½ Years Young
There was a guy I had a crush on in university whose birthday is on February 3rd. From the moment I became aware of that fact, I started paying attention to today’s date because: I learnt to love my birthday from my mother, so birthdays, both mine and those of the people I care about, … Continue reading 38½ Years Young
Karibu 2026
Happiest of happy New Years dear reader 🥳🎉🎊 Yes I know I am late with this, it being 26 days into 2026 (shout-out to the double 26 🤩), but it be like that sometimes 😅 We are 26 days into the new year and I gotta say I am LOVING the fuck out of 2026 … Continue reading Karibu 2026
2025 Reading Challenge
I have been doing annual reading challenges since joining Goodreads in 2015 and, 10 years later, this is the first time I have finished a challenge without reading a single 5-star book 😭😭😭😭😭 To make matters worse, I also read four 1-star books, yet in 2024 I did not read a single one 😫 (but … Continue reading 2025 Reading Challenge
December 13 2025
Dear mum, Long time no write 😅 but today is the eighth anniversary of your passing and because I turned 38 this year (and 3 and 8 are our numbers), here I am. I last wrote you a letter in 2021 for your fourth anniversary, and in the four years since then I am glad … Continue reading December 13 2025
Lwile the Leo 