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You May Write Whenever You Damn Well Please

Posted on January 31, 2021February 4, 2021by Vanessa Smith
You May Write Whenever You Damn Well Please

I saw something on the internet this morning that pissed me off a great deal. It was a long winded “inspo-shame” type statement that said if you don’t write every day, you can’t call yourself a writer. Here is what I wrote back to the person who posted it.   You May Write Whenever You […]

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Dancing on Broken Glass

Posted on January 29, 2021January 22, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Dancing on Broken Glass

I saw this phase on Pinterest – I think it was part of a “motivational” image… you know, “shake you hair loose” type of thing.   Dancing on Broken Glass   I feel like this is what some medical advice goes towards.   Now that I’m seen as chronic for my injury, I’m suddenly not […]

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Read Whatever You Want To

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021by Vanessa Smith

I’ve never read the classics. I’m sure I read some at school, but overall they have never really appealed to me. Or maybe they’ve never been sold to me. It’s a bit like Avatar … people say “it’s good, watch it” but no one has told me why it’s good. Or “go to Melbourne, they […]

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Work From Home Morning Rituals

Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Work From Home Morning Rituals

Thanks to Covid, in 2020 I was able to spend a few months doing what I enjoy – working from home. While I like my colleagues and job, I’ve been commuting a long distance for a long time, and I cannot state my over-it-ness. It seems I’ll have to return to on site work when […]

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The Escapism Obsession

Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021by Vanessa Smith
The Escapism Obsession

I feel like the internet has an obsession with escapism. Go to a travel blog and it’s all about going somewhere “better”. Search for information to keep you up to date on business (or blogging) and it has to be “escape your 9-5”. I’m a bit over it.   The Escapism Obsession     What […]

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Fucking Pockets

Posted on January 15, 2021February 2, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Fucking Pockets

It’s twenty fucking twenty.   It’s bad enough that not all clothes comes with pockets, but it’s super fucking annoying that there is no filter on retail websites to search for clothes with pockets.   Seriously, I was trying to buy the shorts version of my “activewear” leggings. Because it’s summer and shockingly, it’s getting […]

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Unnecessary Micro Gatekeeping

Posted on January 4, 2021February 25, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Unnecessary Micro Gatekeeping

Unnecessary micro gatekeeping   It’s the best term we have managed to come up with. What am I talking about? Rules. But fake rules. Particularly within the creative fields. There are countless examples of what this might be about, but it’s probably easiest to tell you where I came across it most recently.   I posted a […]

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Angry Pants

Posted on January 1, 2021February 2, 2021by Vanessa Smith

On Instagam the other day I made a reference to not walking becuase I was angry at my pants. I thought maybe it need a little bit of explanation. Or I just wanted to talk about being angry at my pants. Dealers choice.       View this post on Instagram   A post shared […]

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Ye Olde Telco Tale of Woes (and fine print)

Posted on December 14, 2020February 2, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Ye Olde Telco Tale of Woes (and fine print)

Adapted from a ranty post on my personal Facebook.   Optus sent me the wrong phone.   I had actually taken the afternoon off work because my head had been thumping all day but then I had to go sit in a retail store.   When I brought the incorrect phone in, he was being […]

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I Really Hate You

Posted on November 26, 2020by Vanessa Smith

Content Warning: Death, Trauma There’s one meme / share post that I despise seeing. It seems to do the round on Facebook more than any other platform, which for some reason makes sense, or maybe it’s just that I despise Facebook more so it mentally matches for me.   Anyway, the post is about being […]

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