Group of three women, outside, huddled together laughing. Sunlight appears to distort the left half of the picture, so the features of the woman to the left are slightly distorted. She has wavy brown hair and is wearing a black hat. We are only able to see the face of the woman in the middle, whose brown hair is tied black. She is laughing and wearing glasses. We see the woman to the right at a side angle, her arm is gently holding a black and white scarf that is draped over her shoulders. Her blonde hair is tied back and she is also laughing.

Can you be friends with your colleagues?

The answer isn’t a simple yes or an obvious no. In my first permanent job I quickly became friends with the people I directly worked with. We had a group WhatsApp, would hang out at weekends and go for drinks after work. It was great until it wasn’t.

Protester holding up a cardboard sign which says Are we really still FIGHTING for this Shit? Unbelievable

Thoughts: Is equality really possible?

TW – suicide and sexual harassment. It’s Women’s history month and on Monday it was International Women’s Day. However, IWD didn’t make me feel empowered.

persons hands forming heart, outside with blurred tree and lamp post in background

Thoughts: Valentines

Why do we confine love to one day of the year? When love is so much bigger than one day or one person.

outline of tops of forest trees being submerged in fog. The picture is in black and white and you are only able to see a few trees in the foreground before they are submerged in fog

Thoughts: Ghosting

Reading Ghosts by Dolly Alderton bought back the memories of my own experiences of being ghosted. An experience that has only come about in the last couple of decades with more communication moving from human interactions to the screen on our phones.

Person is holding their phone upside down. The photo has been flipped round to show the phone the right way up. The person wears black trousers and a black t-shirt. You don't see the whole of their body but just part of their arm and hand holding the phone. The background is blurred our but it looks like they are on a beach with people in the background. We see the phone from the back with the camera showing. It is a sliver phone with a clear protective case. on the case there are words with a black border and white background which say: "Social Media seriously harms your mental health".

Thoughts: When is it OK to switch off?

We are overwhelmed with bad news every second of every day; making it hard to know what to focus on.

Hand holding a sparkler which is half way through burning. There are sparks flying off the sparkler. The background is blurred but it appears to be that the sparkler is being burned indoors as there is an outline of a window and a windowsill

Thoughts: New Years Eve

For the first time in your adult life, you are willingly asleep long before the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve. 2020 moves into 2021, passing you by because you are snuggly tucked up in bed.