It’s easy to struggle and panic and cry and slam doors on your way to finding out exactly who you are. It’s also encouraged.
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Category: In the City: Series
New Year ‘In the City’: Why My New Year’s Resolution Is to Stay Exactly As I Am
1- Lose Weight
2- Be more outgoing
3- Travel more
If I got a dollar for every time I put these three “goals” at the top of my new year’s resolution list, I would have exactly 48 dollars (16 years- between the ages of 8 to 23- if you’re too lazy to do the math yourself). But 2019 is looking a little different…
Life In the City: 4 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned on the Way to Twenty-Four
I am not the wisest person in the world. In fact, I’m so far away from wisdom that I nearly choked on my coffee when I got a message saying “you should write an article sharing your life lessons with the world!” My self-deprecation rejected the idea before my mind had even had the chance…
Sobriety In the City: In a Place Fueled by Alcohol, What Do You Run On?
It only takes a few months of being a 21+ adult in Dubai to realise that the answer to the standard end-of-the-week small talk question: “Any exciting plans this weekend?” is a tediously repetitive one: “Drinking.” While this is also standard behaviour in nearly every other city from London to Lisbon and beyond (who wouldn’t…
Home In the City: A place, a Person or an Illusion?
Defining ‘home’ is a much harder job than, say, changing a flat tire. For the flat tire, you know exactly what to do: loosen the lug nuts, lift the car off the ground, remove flat tire, and place the spare one. Et Voila, you’ve got yourself a brand new tire. But does knowing the fundamentals…
