lifestyle – Strategic Chaos

Writing and Exes

Writing and my ex-boyfriends have one thing in common. I have a love/hate relationship with both of them. When words find me – the feeling is almost orgasmic and nothing in the world can compare. But when they don’t and all I’m left with is a blank screen – the urge the hurl my laptopContinue reading “Writing and Exes”

27 Harsh Truths

Here is a fun fact that no one teaches you in high school or in university. There are a lot of things that you will have to learn once you leave the comfort of university classes and binge drinking. Most of them (such as budgeting, time management, etc) you will learn when the reality ofContinue reading “27 Harsh Truths”

The Only Checklist You’ll Need to Navigate Through 2022

Since the beginning of 2020 nothing has felt certain. Everything from the job market to romantic relationships became unstable and for some of us — has been ever since. As we approach the end of 2021 there is still a lingering sense of uncertainty, which makes anxious people like myself even more anxious. So instead of creatingContinue reading “The Only Checklist You’ll Need to Navigate Through 2022”

The Day I Changed My Coffee Order

Change. It’s a daunting word and one that most people tend to forget to incorporate into their personal dictionary. And why would we? We spend such a significant part of our young adulthood trying to form a protective blanket against unforeseen changes that ripping that blanket off seems absurd. Preposterous even. Yet most of usContinue reading “The Day I Changed My Coffee Order”

ASMR – The Internet’s Silent Therapist

Take a look at that picture. Before I discovered ASMR I always assumed a powder brush had one purpose and that was for the sole purpose of powder foundation. Turns out we now live in a time where people have a whole bunch of interesting fetishes ranging from BDSM to standard role-playing because people are gettingContinue reading “ASMR – The Internet’s Silent Therapist”

What No One Tells You About Growing up a Tomboy

The other week as I jumped out of my friend’s ute ( yes you read right) I miscalculated the height of the vehicle and fell down on my palms and knees. Hard. However I was able to get back up and brush off the disturbing amount of the blood gushing out from the scratches, withContinue reading “What No One Tells You About Growing up a Tomboy”

Thoughts That You’ll Inevitably Have as a Rookie Indoor Rock Climbing Enthusiast

Growing up little girls almost always fell into two categories: You’d have your ‘girly girls’ who loved nothing more than to play house-wife with their little kitchen set and chucky lookin babies. Next, you’d have the ‘tomboys’ who loved nothing more than to run around the building in their sneakers playing tag and wrestling otherContinue reading “Thoughts That You’ll Inevitably Have as a Rookie Indoor Rock Climbing Enthusiast”

Thoughts That You’ll Inevitably Have During Your First f45 Training Session

Here is the thing about fitness. I love going to the gym in the morning but I love sleep a little bit more. Therefore my snooze button gets a lot of action on the side. Despite my strong urge to crawl under the covers and fall into a deep slumber I usually force my lazyContinue reading “Thoughts That You’ll Inevitably Have During Your First f45 Training Session”

The Forbes Challenge

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2015/11/23/6-unusual-habits-of-exceptionally-creative-people/2/#26e39c559278 Move over the Ice Bucket challenge, the Forbes Creative People challenge is where it’s at. Unlike the ALS Ice Bucket challenge however, I made this one up, because I like to keep things interesting and possibly end up with health issues like sleep-depravation. Last week I decided to make a few lifestyle changesContinue reading “The Forbes Challenge”

Dirty Laundry

We all have that small collection of moments that we keep deeply hidden because they aren’t deemed ‘appropriate’ by society, ranging from those wild nights with the girls or embarrassing situations that you somehow always managed to end up in as a clueless teenager. However, on a crisp summer evening, I was forced to questionContinue reading “Dirty Laundry”

All Work and No Play?

They say if you love what you do then you will never work a day in your life, however I couldn’t help but wonder how much of today’s materialistic influence jaded that perspective. How many of us truly work a job that brings us genuine happiness? A job that leaves us feeling full-filled and satisfiedContinue reading “All Work and No Play?”