One girl's battle with life
My parents didn't teach me to think. They taught me to follow rules. They wanted the best for me. They knew that badness existed in the world and tried to find ways to quantify it and box it up so help me navigate. Unfortunately many of these ways involved me just doing as I'm told.… Continue reading Because trust is a big thing
Written with my tongue firmly in my cheek... By an autistic human who wouldn't accept 'because love is like that sometimes' as an answer to my grief over losing my ex. A guy who, on the whole, was a pretty troubled man. His struggles made ever harder by his inability to communicate them and a… Continue reading Why narcissists are necessary
You may have noticed my foray into poetry. I love poems. As a young person I enjoyed my poems performed through the choice of artists on my iPod. As an adult, I've mostly not stopped to think let alone explore poetry. Now I've slowed down a bit, it's something that is all coming back to… Continue reading Learning happens at any age.
I don't think I suddenly stopped being able to remember in my thirties... I think I suddenly realised how many methods I'd relied upon to cope with a bad memory. How many times I'd blamed alcohol for failing to remember the most simple of facts about my friends. How many times I'd glanced at the… Continue reading Memory loss or awareness gain?
...with their employer. (And probably the government, but lets not split hairs. Just ask any woman who has been emotionally abused (women have traditionally been more aware of these things). There are obvious signs that anyone would recognize, we know these red flags. There are also low level hidden signs. On their own they don't… Continue reading Every employed human in Britain is in an abusive relationship…
Now let me begin by saying I have not had it bad. I am in a much better position than most. Doesn't mean I don't feel a sense of loss. Socialising was my hobby. Going out was my hobby. Its not that I didn't enjoy other things, it's that my FOCUS was socialising. I didn't… Continue reading Lockdown took my hobby… But not my sanity!
I read this piece online suggesting a 4 say working week was the way forward and wanted to share my thoughts... I think it also needs to address cognitive load, which differs from person to person. And the reimbursement focus for the work being achieved. I.e the way salaries are paid. Yes we would all… Continue reading The 4 day working week.
I'm not an economics student, I'm very much an educated tourist to economics. I really hope someone more important than me has thought of this and knows more about why it wouldn't work. Here's my idea: We let Scotland be Scotland. We give back Wales, we give Ireland a choice. Major parties take control of… Continue reading Three societies, one country
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