Bright Life! Bright Life!
Hello my little lightbulbs! How have you been? I’m sure you can guess from the title that I have been doing swimmingly; blessed with good fortune, divine light and serendipitous circumstance. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case and things haven’t been too great for me recently. I have managed to slowly and gradually creep away [...]
Hello my little lightbulbs! A year has passed and so, like Michael Bublé at Christmas, I have risen to grace you all with my presence. My goal was to write to you all sooner than fourteen months… thirteen is still a win, right? Istanbul, April 2025 I hope that you’ve been keeping well! How have [...]
Hello my little lightbulbs! How are you? I have been digitally absent from you for over a year now! Like a whimsical free spirit in a D&D campaign I floated away to complete some independent quests and I have returned to the tavern of our friendship to swap stories! How's this year treated you? What [...]
Bright Hike, Bright Hike - Hello my little lightbulbs! How are you doing? I hope that you're savouring the end of summer and have plenty of warm and happy memories to reflect on. Were you able to soak up some extra Vitamin D and enjoy the flavours that marry well with this season? My summer [...]
Hello my little lightbulbs! How are we? I’m back again after voyaging overwork, unsteady self-esteem, growing digital fatigue, and paralysing perfectionism. You can imagine me standing arms outstretched with a quivering giant toothy grin as you read that. I hope that your transition from spring to summer was a gradual one and that you’re enjoying [...]
Hello, my little lightbulbs! I hope that your week is going well! How are you feeling today? How present have you been today? How much time have you spent in the moment, not thinking of the past or worrying about the future? Do you feel checked into or checked out of your body right now? [...]
Hello, my little lightbulbs! A very belated happy new year! I hope that the dawning of this new year is treating you well and if it hasn't, at least you're getting the bad bits out of the way early. I started this new year quite differently than others. I welcomed it in with loved ones, [...]
Hello, my little lightbulbs! How are you? ‘Tis the season to be jolly, so why the f*ck is Jess writing about grief? As well as being a sneaky little goth - I think it’s a very important time to talk about the seemingly not-so-Christmassy experiences of grief, loss, sadness, isolation, and depression. Now, more than [...]
Hello, my little lightbulbs! How are we doing? In my last post, I told you about my recent trip to Amsterdam. I also, in that post, promised to tell you more about a few of the places I decided to eat in during my short two-night stay! I’m big into my cafes, and finding good [...]
Before moving back to the UK from Japan in 2020, one of the ways that I consoled myself was by promising to visit some countries in Europe. I hadn't done much travelling in Europe and it was a good way to keep my independent and adventurous streak alive and in touch. However, I, like most [...]
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