At the end of every year, I often find myself at the end of a cup of tea wondering if the last 12 months have been a true testament of who I am. If I[…]
Tag: friendship
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[…]
Lockdown observation: on creating boundaries
Jobs are not who we are. Our friends, families and partners are not who we are. Over the last ten years I have, unintentionally, tied my identity to do the jobs I had. My identity[…]
20 things I know to be true for me in 2020
We have come to that time of the year when we must take stock of how the last 12 months has affected us, who we were in it and what we learned. This precious time[…]
Lockdown Observations: On a balcony we shared our lives
There is a tweet going around on Instagram (typical) about how we engage friendship in this period of lockdowns and social distancing. The gist of it is that in this period you should really reach[…]
Friendships and the city: Are we too busy for coffee or just lazy?
Recently I participated in the millennial old tradition of Saturday morning brunch. As I sat in the crowded restaurant in its outdoor winter enclosure, I looked at the faces of all the other Johannesburg natives,[…]
When did it become okay to receive kindness and forget to give it?
The standard mantras of well run homes and well behaved children is that they always say please and thank you. They never raise their voice and are always polite. The children are the jewel of[…]