Category: diary

• ENCORE: The Evolution of a January

  

  I wrote this in January of last year, here it is again for its relevance.

  crushball

  January 27, 2023

  acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, untoldstories, values

  acceptance, creativenonfiction, god, hope, january, lessons, logic, newyear, perfection, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories

• A Week of Thoughts #9

  

  There is something tiring, terrifying about the frequency of my ‘work dreams’.

  crushball

  December 16, 2022

  acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, non-fiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections

  creativenonfiction, dreammeanings, dreamsymbolism, nonfiction, thoughtcollections

• A Week of Thoughts #6

  

  Why people who don’t read read on Sundays, the importance of personal style evolution, and the spectacle of grief

  crushball

  October 14, 2022

  acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, feelings, Grandma, personalanechdote, reflection, thoughtcollections, untoldstories, untoldstories

  creativenonfiction, feelings, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, thoughtcollections

• Turkish Eggs

  

  My first solo trip means there’s no one to ride out my holiday-hangover with

  crushball

  September 30, 2022

  blacktravellers, creative non fiction, diary, europe, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories

  blacktravellers, reflection, solotravel, solotrip, turkey

• A Week of Thoughts #5

  

  My grandma keeps changing, I am reading a physical book because it is an important one, and I can’t hate the queen

  crushball

  September 23, 2022

  blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, Dementia, diary, europe, family, Grandma, livingwithgrandparents, opinion, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections

  black, blackbritain, creativenonfiction, davidolusoga, Dementia, elizabethii, Grandma, nonfiction, Personal, queen, queensdeath, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections

• “Attack Her in the Dead Of Night.”

  

  I had sleep paralysis

  crushball

  August 19, 2022

  creative non fiction, diary, god, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, untoldstories

  creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, stories, thoughts

• June: Sausage rolls, Suicide, Suicidal Plants.

  

  Not reporting a theft could save a life, my mental health is no longer killing my plants.

  crushball

  June 24, 2022

  advice, costoflivingcrisis, creative non fiction, diary, hope, judgement, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, socialmedia, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  alive, bedtimes, BrainTemple, costoflivingcrisis, creativenonfiction, earlystarts, greggs, houseplants, Mentalhealth, mistakenidentity, news, nonfiction, organisation, plants, prison, sausagerolls, suicide, theft, theguardian, thoughtcollections, vibes

• A week of thoughts #2

  

  Strangers in the house and Gym culture (and clutching for straws)

  crushball

  May 12, 2022

  black, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, family, feelings, god, Grandma, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, untoldstories

  creativenonfiction, family, god, gym, gymculture, nonfiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, untoldstories, work

• Being Tired Can Change Everything

  

  Youtube, good exhaustion, child Q, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe/Annosheh Ashoori

  crushball

  March 17, 2022

  black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, journalism, London, non-fiction, opinion, Racism, reflection, tired, untoldstories, untoldstories, work

  AnooshehAshoori, black, ChildQ, creativenonfiction, feelings, god, hope, London, NazaninZaghariRatcliffe, new, nonfiction, Personal, Racism, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered, youtube

• The Evolution of a January

  

  Wailing about the self-destructive waterlogged first month of the year, and learning how to escape it

  crushball

  January 31, 2022

  acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  acceptance, creativenonfiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, january, lessons, logic, newyear, nonfiction, opinion, perfection, reflection, resolutions, unfiltered, untoldstories, values