The Last Word

Sunshine: a must

Growing up, I avoided the sun mainly because it made me sweat and I would always feel sticky and uncomfortable.

Christmas blues

My therapist once told me that the holiday season is the one of the busiest periods for her and in the industry in general.

Embracing change

They say the only thing constant is change but being stuck in a rhythm feels so comfortable and safe. 

Food miles

Maybe it is the winter, or maybe it’s the fact that I am feeling extremely nostalgic about a Guyanese-style Christmas with December around the corner, or a combination of both but of recent I find myself making Guyanese treats.

Climate change inspired Halloween costume. (https://blog.nwf.org photo)

A relevant Halloween

I don’t find Germany incredibly capitalist. I suppose it’s because at its core and surface level socialist policies are so strongly interwoven.

Greta Thunberg making an impassioned address in New York recently at the United Nations General Assembly. (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com)

A light – the extinction rebellion

I was never a deliberately environmentally conscious person. Whatever attitudes I had towards recycling, and whatever patterns I factored into my behaviour as it relates to caring for the environment were more like habits I was taught to have.

Memories are about more than photographs

Switching off digitally and from routine life is incredibly hard. Even with the best of intentions to do so before a holiday, the days leading up to it can seem quite manic and even if you have managed to do so from work and routine life, a digital disconnection is just plain difficult.

Models in Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Lingerie Show ( https://www.independent.ie photo)

Trending… normal bodies

I think the Victoria Secret supermodel era is enjoying its final moments of desire, if there is actually any left; a change that is pretty much welcomed by most women.

Kale in a smoothie (www.bbcgoodfood.com photo)

Two-day vegetarian

Eating healthy is all the rage today. Scroll through Instagram’s explore page and you will see what appears to be a million and one voices shouting at you to be healthy.

A healthy diet must include fresh fruits and vegetables.

Making small changes

While youth sometimes makes you feel as if you have all the time in the world, growing older forces you to contemplate certain aspects of your life.

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