Our Life Together
300 seconds, that's how long it takes for Elise & I to walk to the sea from our home. We have been here for a whole year now (a whole year without moving? Go us!) and in a lot of ways we have taken this luxury for granted. Not because we don't go, in fact we go more or less everyday, but because it's become the new normal. I ...
I have a small life right now, but it's one that I love. Since moving to the UK last May, Thomas and I haven't gone out of our way to make friends. The only person we talk to and see on a regular basis is his grandmother, Sue. Without her, we'd almost certainly be complete recluses; staying in our own little bubble and not coming ...
Over the past few months, I've been in full-on "start up mode" as I like to call it - basically just being a workaholic and doing nothing of note besides. It's why I haven't really posted a lot of anything on here, but while there's plenty I'll likely discuss in the future, for now I'd like to talk about a perspective shift I've had ...
I've decided I'm going to change my perspective on friendships. My old perspective (superficially): if it isn't deep, intimate, and returned in kind, it's lacking. My new one; Give what's being given. Don't press for more if more doesn't seem welcomed. Return what you get in kind. Some friendships are meant to be deeper ...
In mid 2013, I found myself flicking through my Facebook feed. This particular habit is something that my generation had adopted as an almost ingrained ritual in our daily lives. On this day, I saw something that made me question social media and resulted in me deleting my Facebook account. It wasn't flagrant racism or social toxicity, ...
Lots of tech changes this year (2015's Tech Spec for comparison). As you know, Elise and I moved continents for our new home in Old Blighty' and consequently we have overhauled our primary workstations with some shiny new hardware once we'd settled in. Sadly, some changes were as a result of tech breaking, and I replaced them under duress ...