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A Letter to My Son on His Fifteenth Birthday
My Dearest, My, how you’ve grown this year. I can’t believe you are fifteen already. I feel like I only had you yesterday, and (as you’re...
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Oct 31, 20242 min read


Wrangling the Chaos of Life
I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately. Like I have too many things to do. Like I’m forgetting something important. It took me a while to...
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Oct 24, 20243 min read


On Ambivalence and Technology
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my relationship with my phone. I find that if I have an excellent relationship (or a terrible...
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Oct 17, 20242 min read


Terrible Days
A year ago, we woke up into a nightmare. What I still find hard to believe, what re-astonishes me even today, is that we are still living...
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Oct 10, 20242 min read

Cloudy with a Chance of Serendipity: On Embracing Obstacles
I don’t like going out. I’m an anxious person, and going out involves all sorts of unexpected snafus that usually heighten my anxiety....
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Oct 3, 20243 min read

On Morning Pages and Writing Daily
I recently started my 16th morning-pages notebook. I’ve been doing morning pages more or less regularly since the end of 2020. Most days,...
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Sep 26, 20242 min read


On AI and Being Human
The debate about AI has been rending communities apart. My beloved literary community keeps arguing about the use of AI, and the debate...
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Sep 19, 20243 min read


Book Review: Small Great Things
The story centres around Ruth Jefferson, an experienced African-American labour and delivery nurse who finds herself at the centre of a...
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Sep 12, 20242 min read


What Writing Takes
I’ve been reflecting lately on what it takes to be a writer. There are thousands, probably even millions, of people out there who want to...
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Sep 5, 20243 min read


The Power of Why
Every year , before the beginning of the school year, I set goals for myself. At some point quite recently, I realised that I...
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Aug 29, 20243 min read


Book Review: Little Boy Missing
On Trust, Tragic heroines, and telling Full disclosure: Lucy (AKA Lizzie Fry) is my mentor . One of the reasons I chose to work with her...
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Aug 22, 20244 min read


Travel Log: Paris During the Olympic Games
We had the absolute privilege to attend some Olympic events in person this year. First, logistics. It was nice to have the games so close...
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Aug 15, 20244 min read


On Boredom and Writing
I’m at the tail end (under sixty days left) of the year-long meditation course over on Headspace. It has taken me over a year for various...
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Aug 8, 20243 min read

Visiting Israel: a breakdown
I took the young people to Israel earlier this summer. I’ve been thinking about writing about the trip here. On the one hand, it’s...
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Aug 1, 20246 min read


Working with a Mentor
I started working with my mentor, Lucy, in September 2021, when I was a wee baby writer. Until then, I’ve been attending my beloved...
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Jul 25, 20242 min read


Things I (Re)Learned This School Year
I honestly thought I had written a blog post about what I learned the previous year in July last year. It turns out it was two years ago....
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Jul 11, 20241 min read


Doing the Work
I recently read Josh Kaufman’s The First 20 Hours. When I say read, I mean I diligently read the first three chapters, and when he...
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Jul 4, 20243 min read


A Story is Born
I was telling some writer friends that I was starting a new project when someone asked about my “starting process.” It made me chuckle. I...
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Jun 27, 20244 min read


On Minors and Responsibility
This post started with a word trail. I was looking at the roots of the words miner and minor because I thought a miner works underground,...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read


A Letter to My Daughter on her Thirteenth Birthday
My love, My, how you’ve grown this year. I say this every year, and every year, it’s true. But this year, I feel like it’s particularly...
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Jun 13, 20242 min read
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