Just like that
After too many months of poverty and uncertainty, my ship finally came in. I was out meeting a friend for a drink when I looked down at my phone and just like that, my luck changed. It was an email from my editor for a website I’ve freelanced with since 2018. She was offering a 3-month contract position as a content editor. Even at 20 … Continue reading Just like that
The bohemian dream
Down and Out in Paris and London. Goodbye to Berlin. A Moveable Feast. My fascination with the meager lifestyle of a struggling artist has been long and enduring. It has been my secret fantasy to join the ranks of those before me, slaving away in dingy bars and coffee shops and attic apartments, pen to paper sustaining me — but just barely. The glamor, for … Continue reading The bohemian dream
Career dress-up
“Butter the toast, eat the toast, shit the toast.” Mark from Peep Show’s words have been resonating in my head a lot recently and not just because I’ve been watching it on repeat daily — a kind of comfort food for the eyes. No, it’s the monotony of daily life he’s referring to that strikes such a familiar chord. It’d be slightly incorrect to say … Continue reading Career dress-up
Highs and lows
Riding the highs and trudging through the lows like shoes caked in sticky mud. It’s both interesting and maddening to me how some moments can hang on for dear life while others shoot through you like bolts of lightning. The bad feelings and the good, respectively of course. As we came to learn through middle school English class, “nothing gold can stay.” I left Alicante … Continue reading Highs and lows
The Rambling Traveler 