What it feels like to be twenty-six and lost
I am 26 years old. So at this point, I am truly an ‘adult’ by society’s standards. Honestly, in your twenties, it feels like you are trapped in the middle of two separate identities. …
“I’m sorry for your loss” is a phrase that I have heard many times growing up. How do you reply to that? I still don’t know. I smile and look away. When you lose someone close to you, no matter what people say, it cannot eliminate the pain. …
On Monday, I started my first teaching job at a college I have already been working at for two years as a temporary staff. Three days into my very first job as an actual teacher, I found myself crying in my car on my way to work, wondering if I…
“That’s the thing about pain. It demands to be felt.” — John Green
I write because I have lots of stories to tell — not to brag nor ask for your pity. I write because writing distracts me from my reality, that I so desperately want to escape. I write because writing takes my pain away. I write because I’ve been hurt, broken…
I love children’s books. I’m writing a children’s book of my own. I also work with children and I truly believe that books and reading to children is so powerful. When I was a child, I truly believed that my bedtime stories could cure just about every problem that my…
I like to pretend that I have my shit together. I like to pretend that I know exactly what I’m doing and where I’m going in life. I’ve always been a planner, I have my life planned out in to-do lists, planners, calendars and itineraries.
The first thing that I…
I’m a coffee addict. I never used to drink coffee before I started to work full-time. After I graduated university and entered the stage of adulthood where I had to function at early hours, I never realised the impact coffee would have in my adult life. I can’t get by…
Monday, May 31 2021
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Hi, my name’s Mariam. I’m a teacher, I drink way too much coffee, I read a lot of books, I’m currently writing a children’s book, I love pizza, I love taking photos, my favourite colour is yellow, I’m currently watching ‘Dynasty’ on Netflix, I’m a…
How do I find the answer to this question?
Who am I? Does everyone face this question at some point in their life?
Can you tell me who I am? Can I find someone to answer that for me?
Who am I? Is a question that I have been thinking…
“Mariam, BREATHE.” Is something that I have heard a lot these past few weeks. I’ve been finding it very difficult to relax. I’ve been finding it very hard to ‘switch off’. We live in a world that moves fast, with expectations being thrown at us from every direction, we feel…
