Category: lessons

• ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

  

  I’m somewhere in Europe this week, let’s hope it goes far better than it did two years ago.

  crushball

  February 24, 2023

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, untoldstories

  blackbritain, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, critic, europe, nonfiction, Racism, reflection

• Look With Heaven’s Eyes

  

  Body Dysmorphia!

  crushball

  February 17, 2023

  acceptance, creative non fiction, god, hope, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, youth

  creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, reflection

• 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

• The Low, Malicious Hum

  

  A short story about my childhood fear of flies

  crushball

  July 29, 2022

  family, fiction, lessons, personalanechdote, short story, youth

  childhood, children, daughters, fiction, mothers, parenthood, personalanechdote, shortstories

• When People Hate You, When You Hate People

  

  Paranoia, misjudgement, jealousy, delusion, self-hatred, compulsion. Consider those things as inborn parts of yourself.

  crushball

  July 22, 2022

  acceptance, advice, creative non fiction, emotions, feelings, hope, judgement, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, values

  adviceandcritic, carljung, compassion, creativenonfiction, feelings, god, hate, jealousy, kindness, nonfiction, Personal, projection, Psychology, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered

• How to Feel Like Yourself

  

  No, you have never felt like yourself before.

  crushball

  July 8, 2022

  creative non fiction, emotions, feelings, hope, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, values

  adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, discipline, earlybird, feelings, Feellikeyourself, Howtofeellikeyourself, nonfiction, peace, potential, 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

• 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

• Stories from the 2021

  

  I’m bloody tired

  crushball

  December 31, 2021

  acceptance, black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, newyear, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  2021, 2022, acceptance, black, Blackbrits, creativenonfiction, dreams, feelings, god, hope, lessons, life, newyear, newyearsresolutions, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, unfiltered, values