This past weekend, our boiler decided it was going to sulk. Hot water was fine, but the heating got stuck. It turned out the engineer and I had very different ideas about what mattered most.
Jen Waller
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A teenage trip to the theatre, a delayed train, and the imaginary side eye I still give Rugby station. Why uncertainty can linger long after things turn out fine.
Have you ever found yourself fantasising about a completely different life? Perhaps you imagine what it would be like to live somewhere else, do a completely different job, or wake up one morning and find yourself in a life that looks nothing like the one you have now. I suspect […]
Does it taste different to the one I remember? A small everyday question, and what happens when I let it go without needing an answer.
Maybe you’ve done quite a lot today, and part of you is waiting for someone to say it’s enough. A gentle look at why that sentence feels so comforting.
I used to joke that I didn’t have a work Christmas party because the boss wouldn’t let me. I’m self-employed. A few thoughts on permission, rest and the rules we carry about work.
You know what you need to do, and yet you’re still putting it off. What if “I can’t get on with it” isn’t really about the thing you need to do?
A fiddly necklace, a hotel mirror, and a quiet thought. Sometimes the answer only seems obvious once you’ve seen it, and there’s nothing wrong with us for not seeing it sooner.
Part of a series about the secret questions we ask ourselves, often without saying them out loud. Why didn’t I trust my gut? Perhaps you’ve asked yourself this afterwards. You look back and think you knew. There was something you noticed. A feeling you had. Something that didn’t quite sit […]
Part of a series about the secret questions we ask ourselves, often without saying them out loud. When do I get to just live my life? Perhaps you’ve wondered this. Maybe not out loud. Maybe it’s appeared as a fleeting thought while you’re driving, in the shower, lying awake at […]