I’m not going to sit here and type out 500 words about how you should be using your time to read more books again (you’re welcome). But I am going to share a story about a door.
Category: In the City: Series
Woman ‘In the City’: Finding Yourself in a Sea of Strangers
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.
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…
