tech
I think there's something really satisfying and enjoyable about taking a tool you use every day, and customising it and tuning it so it becomes truly your own. Knowing that all of the features and abilities are just what you need and nothing more. Weird little parts that
tech
Is AI helping us or just helping capitalism?
mental-health
Chronic illness sufferers are constantly exposed to harmful or unhelpful misinformation from grifters trying to take our money.
technology
I quickly explain how I stick together a bunch of tools in weird and wonderful ways to try and get my life together. Obsidian is pretty fun!
trans
A long-form account of my experiences getting facial surgery with Facial Team.
mental health
Journalling can be fun and enjoyable if you let it be. It doesn't have to be a boring chore.
this week
This week: I get a new piece of smart tech, listen to some bleeps and bloops, and start getting serious about my health.
Sharing longer thoughts & stories about tech, gender, health, climbing
miss you xoxo
I just finished the 7th episode of season two of Severance. Oh my gosh I have so many thoughts I need to get out into text form. This is going to contain a lot of spoilers for the show. If you haven’t watched, you should close this browser tab.
Aaaaaaaa. I started 2024 just about being able to climb V3 graded routes at a few gyms around London but I wanted to do better and get to climbing V4s consistently. Actually, let me correct myself there. I started 2024 with a sprained ankle and a lot of sitting around
The hardest thing about transition is trusting yourself that you’re making the best decisions possible. None of us really know for sure what the future holds and what will happen next. We’re always taking a leap of faith. Yeah, uh, this is a post about my upcoming Facial
I first went bouldering at a north London climbing centre in summer 2022, in order to try and impress someone I was dating at the time. We joined a friendly group of people who visited weekly and climbed together, and I initially suffered through it because they were very lovely
Having finally seen a psychiatrist this week to look into my serious mental health symptoms, I’ve finally been given a diagnosis and treatment plan—I have Complex PTSD, which is honestly what I began to realise I had already. But it’s definitely a big jump from thinking you
Safe mode is a feature in Windows where your computer boots up in a basic state, with most features and abilities disabled. It’s intended as a way to safely rule out bad settings and rogue hardware drivers that can be causing issues, and give you a more stable place
I signed up for my second round of therapy with the goal of managing and breaking out of a depressive spiral. In the first appointment, my therapist predicted that my depression is powered by anxiety alone, and by tackling that, it would lead to much better management of my depression.
Content warning for strong depression themes, mentions of suicide It wasn’t until the last couple of weeks, that I was fully able to comprehend that just getting through life makes you a survivor. I’ve been struggling with depression and anxiety for years and years, and it came to
This is a follow up to the post I wrote a few weeks ago (Committing To A Better Me). Content warnings for depression themes and mentions of suicide. About five weeks ago, I finally reached out to my doctor about my symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. They gave
I don’t need to tell any of you about the many stressors and anxieties surrounding being a trans person in the year 2023. I feel like it’s a topic that’s been done to death and only serves to make people needlessly worried and scared and serves no
Pizza should be an unfussy vessel for cheese and carbs to enter your mouth.