Social media
I’m falling out of love with social media — here’s why
I’m falling out of love with social media, hard and fast and quickly, almost as fast as I fell into it.
31 May 2023
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Happiness
In search of a wholesome life: 3 unexpected lessons learnt from visiting Vegas
We packed into the car, wheelies stuffed. One freeway turned into another as the mountains became the dessert. Yes, we were going to Vegas. And I had almost zero idea what to expect. Ears popping like candy, we finally pulled into Las Vegas itself, and, finally, the famous ‘strip.’ We’d made it to Vegas. And it felt like a milestone. Like something I’d love to tick off my bucket list, if only for the reason I could say I did it.
15 February 2023
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Faith
What if we allowed God to direct our footsteps?
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve found myself in many uncertain situations and places over the years. And it’s hard. It’s hard to maintain perspective, especially at times when you really don’t see the reason or purpose of where you end up. But here’s the thing: we were all put on this earth for a reason; that much I truly believe and know to my core. And we all come into contact with the people we were meant to meet. Yes, that precise person, at that exact moment in time.
6 February 2023
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Chanukah
Let me ask you a question: Where do you store your faith?
Let me ask you a question: where do you store your faith? Is it bottled up inside you, preserved on a shelf, so that whenever you need it, you can just reach for it? Or is it more ambiguous?
23 December 2022
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Just life!
10 quick and easy things to try when you’re not feeling up to scratch
It started with blinding headaches, moved into muscle and body aches, chills and sore throat. Yep, I’ve finally caught Covid. I feel totally un-cool to have caught it two years after most of the population, but it’s rocked up and announced itself, and I’ve had no choice but to face it head on. I’ve felt worse and then better and then worse again. But mostly, I just haven’t felt like myself. But tonight I sat down and created this list. Like most of my writing, I made this list for myself to use as a reference point for the next time I need it. But I’ve also made this list for you, in case you find yourself reading it and can relate in some way.
25 October 2022
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Reflecting on a year that was: a lesson in light and shadows
It’s the start of the Jewish New Year tonight, so I thought I’d write some thoughts reflecting on the year that was. It was a big year in many ways, and also a year where not too many big things actually happened. Or at least not visible things to the outside world. Because while a lot has evolved in my personal life this year, the changes were mostly internal. It was a challenging year, one filled with lots of up’s and down’s and in between’s. Life has a way of being like that at the best of times. But as I sit here typing this, there’s a lot I want to say, but I don’t feel like I have the words to say it in a way that will give this year justice.
25 September 2022
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Creativity
Confession: I still find it hard to call myself an artist
Confession: I still find it hard to call myself an artist. It just feels — wrong. It’s one of those things. The ironic part is that I studied art all through high school and even did a three year Bachelor’s degree in Visual Art. But calling myself an artist still feels silly, like I don’t really belong in that category. And anyway, can you really call yourself an artist if you just pull out your paints randomly, whenever inspiration decides to strike? Because that’s me, that’s what I do.
19 September 2022
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When things go wrong before they go right again
It’s been a heck of a month! Well, a couple of months, to be more precise. When it rains, it most definitely pours, that much I learnt pretty quickly early. And the other old adage: Man plans, God laughs — also too applicable for words right now. Without going into details, I’ll just say that the past 3 months have been some of my hardest yet.
2 August 2022
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Perfect world
In a perfect world
In a perfect world there would be happiness — true, lasting happiness. The type that makes everyone feel validated; seen. I’d like to see this perfect world, but more importantly, I’d like to make sense of it. Because in a perfect world, suffering wouldn’t exist, or at least not how we know it. In a perfect world, things would be exquisitely and painfully beautiful, like reading a novel you never want to end. In a perfect world, I’d like to see friendship — people helping people for no other reason besides that we all need a hand up sometimes.
12 June 2022
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Fear
Darkness, anxiety and the unknown: why we have nothing and everything to fear
Chances are you know someone who is afraid of the dark. It might be your five-year-old daughter who insists that monsters emerge when the lights are off. It might be your teenage son who has an irrational fear of ghosts. Or it may be you, even though you’re old enough to know better, and mature enough to convince yourself that it’s not a big deal. Fears are fears, whether rational or not. But fears are fears, and whether rational or not, they can overwhelm us if we allow them to.
2 June 2022
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