When you are financially comfortable £20 is just a takeaway, when you're financially struggling £20 is your weekly food shop. This government is shameful
The problem we have here is the fact it’s a plain Hob Nob. I think most people’s decision would be vastly different were it a chocolate one.
With that in mind I’m….
D 3 B
@magstt2513 I’ve been poorly in hospital twice 😭. Signed off work. You know me I can’t relax and rest 🤣. I can’t stand being in my tiny flat on my own xx
21 years ago this summer I nearly died by suicide because I knew I’d never be happy again. Today I put away the dishes then stood in the garden and let summer rain soak me to my skin. I felt so alive and quietly euphoric I wanted to reach back through time to tell me I was wrong.
I was never able to read much at my illest. One thing I could handle was an old dictionary of quotes. I remember first coming across this one from Rilke and it was such therapy for me:
Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final
I have written a new book called The Comfort Book. It is out one month from today. I wrote it last year in lockdown to calm myself down. Here is a chapter from it.