There is an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the one where Denny dies and Izzie is distraught. She ends up on the bathroom floor unable to move. She won’t take off her dress and she feels[…]
Author: Mich
Lockdown observation: we are all Lars and the real girl
One of my favourite Ryan Gosling movies is Lars and the real girl, I think about it a lot. I frequently find myself drifting towards it when I am not sure what to watch in[…]
Lockdown observation: a world filled with ennui
I woke up this morning filled with the world’s largest dose of ennui. Naturally this prompted me to begin thinking about the relentless entropy that is life. To truly lay in the drama of my[…]
Lockdown observation: bed rest, social anxieties and mental renters
I have been on bed rest for the last two weeks, my bedrest was accompanied by some very strong pain medications to manage the pain I was in. Though very helpful, the meds, I am[…]
Lockdown observation: a note on ambition
If the pandemic hadn’t happened, I probably would never have quit my job. I would have been happy doing what I was doing, traveling and nothing would be wrong. I would have been comfortable and[…]
I live a wholesome life, I have options
I heard a very interesting phrase recently: I live a wholesome life, I have options. Though the phrase was said in jest with regard to geographical constraints, access to restaurants and entertainment activities, it made[…]
Things I know to be true about growing up in my 30s
Life is funny. It is a funny old world where one day you are excited and happy and in charge and you feel so in control of everything that you’re doing. Then the next thing[…]
It’s so easy to fall from grace but so hard to rise again
A few days ago, I was talking to a friend of mine about a mutual friend who had fallen from grace. I have talked about grace before, in the height of the pandemic grace is[…]
Lockdown observation: silence is violence
Silence is violence. You know how people talk about how silence is the most deafening thing ever? It’s very true, because silence is louder than noise, there is emotion in silence, pain and hurt. In[…]
Lockdown observation: building a home and dealing with people
If you asked me two years ago if I was good with people, my answer would have been a shaky it depends. Ask anyone I have ever worked with I am good with people and[…]