Author: Renowned Expert (AKA My Own Self)   Wake up early to have a morning, since you don’t have to be at work till 11 Waste your time on Instagram Panic like hell when realising you are running late Leave the house in a hurry like the mad woman that you are Arrive at the […]Read Post ›

Last night I had a panic/anxiety attack, a beautifully complex one, by the book. As a result, I am back on my antidepressant. It was lovely while it lasted. I was actually active! Well, as active as I can be, imagine a sloth on speed, that would be me, minus the long nails, because my nails keep […]Read Post ›

I am introvert, I have chronic depression and I chose not to have children. Somehow, I ended up having a house full of family members these days, each of them with a bunch of problems. Step kids, niece, sister, boyfriend, I love them all but this week I am taking a break from them so […]Read Post ›

Like I said, that Sunday morning, the alarm rang at 5 am. I cursed my life and my ancestors all the way to the monkey. It was freezing cold outside and the only warm and fuzzy thought in my brain was how I would so peacefully sleep on the ferry. But…The boat was taken by […]Read Post ›

I have finally recovered from our lovely holiday. Boyfriend, romantic to the bone and also a surrealist and a believer in our superhero powers which we definitely don’t have, decided to combine his workshop in Croatia with a Venice getaway. Let me tell you how this went down. It was romantic alright. And I didn’t […]Read Post ›

I had an assignment in Weymouth today. It started at 2 pm and lasted for about three hours, which meant lunch on the beach and after work, drinks by the harbour.   I won’t have much profit at the end of the day but I was craving something. I was craving to be on my […]Read Post ›

I have been having some good days lately and I have been enjoying them like slices of decadent chocolate cake, crumb by crumb, with the obligatory mmmmm and ahhhhh and the licking of fingers. I cut my hair short in June and then I went even further and did the baddest, boldest move ever: I […]Read Post ›

Let me tell you about my wild Saturday night, when I did a wee in the garden. I had to scare away a fox first. I was half asleep and almost butt naked but I was sensible enough to grab some wellies from the cupboard on my way out. I even put on the light […]Read Post ›

I am not one to celebrate holy days but I am happy to take all the days off I can get. Even now, when being a freelancer means that the more the days off, the less the money, I still find long weekends  incredibly voluptuous. I am not doing anything this Easter except for sleeping […]Read Post ›