And just like that, Lwile the Leo turns eight today 🥳🍸🫶🥰♌️🪩✨💃 I remember the day I launched Lwile the Leo like it was yesterday. I had tried, and failed, at blogging before, having started a blog on February 1, 2016, but for well over a year and a half I only put up seven posts. … Continue reading 8, or ∞
Mental Health Monday: Clean (Lwile’s Version)
Happy ten-months-sober-I-must-admit-just-because-you're-clean-don't-mean-you-don't-miss-it to all who celebrate 💃🕺 It’s me. I celebrate 😅🥳 But before getting into my celebration, happy Monday and happy new week dear reader. Long time (47 days, but who’s counting 😅) no post, so I feel it is best to start with a check-in. I hope all is well for you and … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: Clean (Lwile’s Version)
LFG H2!!!
Happy new month, new quarter, new half, dear reader 🥳💃🕺 I hope the second half of the year is off to a great start for you and yours. I kicked mine off with a sub-1h 10K this morning, so best believe mine is off to a rocking start 🤩 I also hope the first half … Continue reading LFG H2!!!
38 Days Left of Being 38 (Send Help Pls)
I turned 38 on 3.8, an age that holds both my birthday and my late mother’s (August 3rd and March 8th) mirrored within it. That serendipitous realisation, which struck me three years ago, is the reason I am anchored in the conviction that 38 is destined to be the most monumental age of my life … Continue reading 38 Days Left of Being 38 (Send Help Pls)
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Book 17/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars All the Bright Places was my favourite book of my 2025 reading challenge 🤩 Going into this, I did not see how Holding Up the Universe could possibly hold up (😎) to All the Bright Places, but hopefully I would have a marvellous time finding out 🤓Everyone … Continue reading Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Mental Health Monday: A Year After I Unravelled
I have had more than my fair share of low moments in life, but the last 11 days of June 2025 shattered my previous benchmark for low moments, raising the bar to new heights. A year ago today, I was smack in the middle of a five-day bender. That bender, my third – and last … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: A Year After I Unravelled
Twenty Years Of Taylor Swift (Lwile’s Version)
Monday June 19, 2006. A mundane Monday in many ways, though history would later argue otherwise. On that day, a then 16-year-old Taylor Alison Swift released her debut single, Tim McGraw, and the rest is record-breaking, culture-making, industry-reshaping history. Twenty years ago today, I was halfway through the second year of my International Baccalaureate (IB) … Continue reading Twenty Years Of Taylor Swift (Lwile’s Version)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Book 16/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be … Continue reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Book 15/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eleanor & Park is a novel centred on… you guessed it, Eleanor and Park 😅Eleanor, a chubby 16-year-old girl with curly red hair, and Park, a 16-year-old biracial Korean boy, meet on a school bus on Eleanor's first day at the school and gradually connect through comic … Continue reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Book 14/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars It has been ten years since Ellie disappeared, but Laurel has never stopped hoping that she will find her daughter.Then she meets Floyd, a charming and confident stranger who quickly sweeps her off her feet. Before long, Laurel is spending the night at his house and meeting … Continue reading Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell