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Breadcrumbs & Benefits
Low effort, high access. Minimal investment, maximum reward. That is the strange new economy in relationships these days. Everybody wants connection, but nobody wants the cost of maintaining it. We have somehow mastered the art of wanting the warmth without the firewood, the harvest without the planting, the intimacy without the inconvenience. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way people…
The Cost of Accountability
We live in an age where apologies are abundant and cheap. They roll off the tongue with impressive ease. “I’m sorry if you felt hurt.” “I didn’t mean it like that.” “I’ve apologised, what more do you want?” We have turned apologies into conversational currency – a way to tidy things up and move on, preferably before things get too emotionally labour-intensive. Just say the words, tick the box and…
The Cost of Accountability
We live in an age where apologies are abundant and cheap. They roll off the tongue with impressive ease. “I’m sorry if you felt hurt.” “I didn’t mean it like that.” “I’ve apologised, what more do you want?” We have turned apologies into conversational currency – a way to tidy things up and move on, preferably before things get too emotionally labour-intensive. Just say the words, tick the box and…
Patterns Over Labels
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of conversations about avoidant behaviour and narcissistic traits, and honestly, it feels like we have an epidemic on our hands regarding this. A tweet here, a Threads post or Instagram reel. Everyone is suddenly an avoidant, a narcissist, or a walking red flag with Wi‑Fi. Somewhere between the think pieces and the therapy-speak, a quieter truth lurking: this is not…
Soft Resets, Hard Truths
Happy New Year! The festive fever has finally broken, the fireworks are a distant memory, and reality clocks back in like it owns the place. We are now in the “three months of January”, where payday will feel fictional and motivation is on life support. Naturally, this is when resolutions come strutting back onto the stage. “New year, New Me” – again. Not that resets are a bad thing. They are…
Lonely by Design
There’s a particular kind of loneliness that hits hardest in a crowded room. You’re surrounded by laughter, clinking glasses, half-heard conversations, and yet you feel oddly invisible. You tell yourself you just want to be seen. Understood. Chosen. But what we don’t always admit because it ruins the poetry a bit is that sometimes we are also quietly sabotaging the very connection we crave. Let’s…
Seen in a Crowded Room
The room is loud, the laughs are real, your phone is buzzing ,and yet something essential is missing. Not company. Not noise. Being seen. That quiet, human recognition that says, “I get you” without you having to perform for it. Loneliness is often misunderstood as a numbers problem as if the cure is more friends, more plans, more group chats that never quite say anything. Loneliness isn’t even…
Viewpoint "Wars"
There is always that one moment in a conversation when someone drops an opinion so bold, so unhinged that your soul briefly leaves your body. Next thing you know, you turn into a gladiator in a verbal arena, especially online. You are now in a modern day coliseum of comment sections of a divisive social media post or the dramatic family WhatsApp group, where it is trivially easy for a battle of…
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Being the Bigger Person
We are often told to be the “bigger person” because it is noble and “mature”, like a badge of honour to proudly wear on the coats of our characters. Sure, the nobility is felt in that moment because it keeps the peace, but is the perceived peace really genuine? Taking that route does not make us saints, and honestly, it starts to get draining. Dare I say it, I think it is overrated. That forced…
Dear Men
Dear Men,Do not be hesitant to reach out for help when you’re drowning in the sea of your sorrows.Your salvation depends on it.Do not let the weight of the world’s expectations crush you beneath their false definitions of strength.You were never meant to carry it all alone.Do not let toxic masculinity define who you are when your Creator has already named you, called you worthy, and freed you…
When Love Gets Lost in Our Own Language
A lot of us are guilty of loving people the way we think love should look, sound or feel, with very little consideration for how they actually receive love. We project our love language onto others, sometimes with the audacity of assuming they should be grateful regardless. Meanwhile, the poor soul is sitting there wondering why they are starving on a diet they never asked for. To be fair, many…
We Need to Talk... Or Do We?
Let’s be honest, nothing good has ever started with “We need to talk.” Those four words have the same emotional impact as hearing your full government names from a parent when you were a child, or as an adult, a significant other. Instant dread. Your brain starts sprinting through every possible offence you could’ve committed: Did I forget an anniversary? Say something wrong? Leave the dishes…
Shallow Waters & Deep Ends
Most of us love the thrill of interest. That spark of curiosity when someone catches our attention. The banter, the mystery, the perfectly curated version of them that we piece together in our heads. We start imagining who they are, or rather, who we want them to be. We tell ourselves there’s potential, when in truth, we’re just intrigued by the packaging. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with that.…
Perspective & Truth Wars
Half the time when we are in a conflict, we are not really fighting over facts. We are fighting over perspectives, and perspectives are slippery little things. They bend, twist and stretch depending on what we want to see, what we need to see, and perhaps most inconvenient of all, what we fear might actually be true. That is why two people can walk away from the same conversation and tell it…
Counting the Cost of Resentment
Some of you are professional grudge holders. You could put “harbouring resentment” on your CV and it would be your strongest skill. If resentment was a sport, a few of you would be gold medal-winning athletes by now. And don’t sit there looking innocent because you know exactly what I’m talking about. That person, that situation, that betrayal. It’s still sitting in the pit of your stomach years…
Weirdly Creative Human
“Tell me about yourself.”Ah, the dreaded icebreaker. Whoever came up with that question clearly had zero empathy for people who don’t rehearse their life stories in the mirror every morning. One moment I’m fine, the next I’m spiralling: Who am I? Where did I come from? Do I even exist? Oh God, you can see me?! Suddenly, I’ve forgotten my name and started wondering whether I should’ve drafted a…
Surviving Viewpoint Battles
It’s funny how humans will happily debate pineapple on pizza as if the fate of civilisation depends on it. Don’t get me started on politics or religion. One wrong word, one raised eyebrow, and suddenly we’re gladiators in the Colosseum of opinions, armed with nothing but sarcasm and the resolve to battle to the death – at least, hopefully, verbally. But why do conversations so quickly turn into…