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Building a social life from scratch?

Nov 10, 2025

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Building a social life from scratch?

I jumped to the most extreme method of making a friend recently, and as an introvert I feel compelled to share how I have managed to make friends as an adult (which is hard)

Finance

I just did a balance transfer!

Oct 28, 2025

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4 min read

I just did a balance transfer!

OMG I'm freaking out a little bit, I'm adulting in the dark and I have no idea what's going on. I'm just letting things happen around me and hope for the best.

Insight to Me

Just a little mental health check in

Oct 21, 2025

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3 min read

Just a little mental health check in

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is real, and flu season is upon us. So, I can understand if your mood is just feeling down.

I'm back and ready to go

Oct 13, 2025

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3 min read

I'm back and ready to go

Have you ever just looked at your cousins and thought 'How on earth are we the next generation to manage this family?'

Insight to Me

Psst...I'm not here here, you know

Sep 29, 2025

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6 min read

Psst...I'm not here here, you know

I am amazed I have managed to pull this off, but I have been away on holiday (out of the country) for over a week now, and this post was written 2 weeks ago.

General adulting

How to make routines work for you

Sep 22, 2025

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4 min read

How to make routines work for you

Routines get a bad rep since they are so monotonous. But much like a lot of things in adulting, we have mostly free-will, so who said you had to do the exact same thing at the same time everyday?

Finance

Bank accounts that an adult needs for  turbulent times

Sep 15, 2025

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5 min read

Bank accounts that an adult needs for turbulent times

I know each country has their own equivalent, but I am focussing on accounts in the UK - apols to my international readers on this one.

Finance

Switching current accounts: Have you considered it?

Sep 8, 2025

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4 min read

Switching current accounts: Have you considered it?

Here are somethings you need to think about, from someone who has switched once, and is trying to switch again 8 months later

You've have gone over your agreed overdraft

Aug 25, 2025

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4 min read

You've have gone over your agreed overdraft

Oh snap! There goes my credit score...Or is there a way to salvage this

General adulting

Adulting and food

Aug 18, 2025

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4 min read

Adulting and food

As an adult, you're responsible for your food intake, but there is always so much narrative out there on what's right and wrong to eat. So, how does one navigate that?

Finance

How to recover from paying a direct debit, twice?

Aug 11, 2025

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3 min read

How to recover from paying a direct debit, twice?

I accidently paid the same direct debit twice in the same month - Here is how I financially recovered from that mistake

General adulting

Hi, I'd like us to be friends

Aug 4, 2025

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3 min read

Hi, I'd like us to be friends

Is this too direct to say to someone?

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