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Why NaNoWriMo Didn’t Work for Me
It’s been one hell of a long month, eagerly anticipated by fellow “Wrimos” in their hundreds of thousands all over the globe. It was my first try at Nano, the National Novel Writing Month, and I truly had no idea of what to expect. I knew it was going to be hard, and that by […]
Planning
Every day before I go to the gym, I plan out my routine for the day. Fifteen minutes of cardio – biking and rowing, fifteen minutes of resistance for arms, legs, and especially stomach. I switch it up daily, but I always go in with a plan. This is why, even though I’m not losing […]
Novel Ideas
November is fast approaching, and I’m starting to feel the tiny bubble of nervousness creeping up my throat. Countdown status: 15 days till NaNoWriMo. If you don’t know what that is, you better get your notebook and paper ready. October is the month for planning, but when November rolls around, it’s time to actually start […]
Scary Choices
I think there’s a point in every adult’s life when they have to make scary decisions. Last week, I had to do something not necessarily terrifying, but my heart beat so fast… I sent in a university application – to my dream university. There aren’t too many universities in South Africa to choose from (if […]
Slow Going
Success in exercise and fitness is all too often achieved in in a painfully slow way. It was only a few short weeks ago that I signed up for my gym membership. At the time, I thought that by the beginning of November I’d be ready to cycle the 15 km mountain biking race I […]
Two Winters
I left beautiful upstate New York just as June began. Though it was already almost unbearably hot, I just missed the beginning of summer. The Winter and Spring of 2013 had been pretty harsh, with plenty of snow and frostiness to encourage us to wrap up as warmly as we could. The cold left long, […]
The Weirdest Week Ever
I thought that this week was going to be boring and mundane, just like last week. But then, on Monday, I decided that I was going to get a gym membership. Tuesday was my first workout, and boy, did I sweat. I did about 40 minutes of cardio, which is about 40 minutes more than […]
“Make Good Choices”
My favourite phrase, learned from my dear friend Zendi, is an encouragement to her kids to “Make good choices”. I often saw her calmly say this to her kids, and have conversations with them about whether a decision they were making was a good or bad choice. I was an Au Pair with her family […]
Maturity
Coming up on the big 21, I’ve done a bit of thinking on what it means to really be responsible. My dad once told me that he’d like to write a book on the topic of maturity. I think he made a few lists, or drew up some mind-maps. I have a few ideas should […]
Time to Write
I am bad at taking responsibility for how I treat my future and my goals. I’ve always said that although I don’t know what I want to do as a career, I know it will involve writing. I used the cop-out: I’ll probably be a journalist. I thought it would be easier to just think […]
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