I never really understood the appeal in being ‘thirty, flirty, and thriving’ in the 2004 film, 30 Going on 30. I was too pre-occupied with the notion of actually turning thirteen. Then, thirteen arrived, and not long after it seemed, so too did sixteen. And then sixteen turned into seventeen, and seventeen was a forgotten…
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To celebrate this International Women’s Day, WritingHerWay will be posting a new blog entry every day of this week celebrating some of the incredible women in my life. Built on the foundation of intersectional feminism, and the mantra “empowered women empower women,” this blog began in 2018 with a female empowerment message in mind. In…
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I impulse bought the book “The Defining Decade: Why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now” by Meg Jay, and in 24hrs I’ve found my mindset completely shift. It’s no secret that lockdown 3.0 has led to pandemic fatigue across the UK. Graduating in the middle of this nightmare, and…
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Rejection is something we all like to talk about after the success is final, and carved in stone. Yet, to overlook this very real part of life is to fundamentally ignore a universal human experience. Whether we’d like to admit it or not, rejection comes in waves throughout our life. When we’re a child, rejection…
Life isn’t a highlight reel, yet why do I, like so many others, feel the need to pretend like it is? In many ways, curating a highlight reel feels a whole lot like losing your grip of reality. On a surface level, it’s easy to believe that this will make you happier. But the highlight…
You could be an Influencer. We could all be an Influencer. We just might not be the type that you see plastered across your Instagram feed. For all that they are, and all that they’re seemingly not, influencers aren’t the perfect characters they have been conditioned to portray. Back in 2014, when the rise of…
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