Your Normal Is My Scary: 9 – The Start of Term
This month in Your Normal Is My Scary, we go big. We go…to university to start a MA in Creative Writing.
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Your Normal Is My Scary: 8 – I Took a Holiday From Work
Taking three weeks holiday might seem like one of the least scary things I’ve done in this series, but it might’ve been one of the toughest. Why? Guilt.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 7 – Driving Lessons. Yes, Really.
Ten years ago, I almost stepped out in front of traffic. This month, I started learning to drive a car. Yes, this blog series is stepping its game up…
Read MoreHow to give up without being a failure
This past week, I had to accept a failure and admit it to someone. I’ve not felt this vulnerable for ages – and that risk changed me so much.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 6 – A Hen Do
This year I’m doing something that challenges my anxiety every single month. For June, I went to a hen do with several people I don’t know! And…I had fun?
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 5 – Yoga Class
This year, I’m challenging myself to one thing a month that terrifies me. And this month is a doozy – I went to a yoga class, and good grief, was I anxious.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 4 – A Walk
This month, in my series where I challenge myself to do ‘normal’ things that are scary to me, I go for a walk. Not just any walk: a walk without headphones.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 3 – A Haircut
This year I’m forcing myself to do things I am terrified of – things that most people consider normal. This month, I go and get a haircut.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 2 – Bra Fitting
I’ve always had a difficult relationship with clothing. It’s partly, perhaps even primarily, tied to my anxiety over money. But it’s also the fact that, well, our world isn’t the best to women who aren’t the “standard” size or shape. Which in the UK is about 3 sizes and nothing either side. Are you an […]
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 1 – An Eye Test
It’s 9.32am, and I am walking out of the house. It’s cold, but not quite enough to need gloves. I’m a little bit jumpy, because I’m about to go and do something intimidating. Is it a job interview? An exam? No, it’s much more mundane. It’s an eye test. The walk down is okay. I’ve […]
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