Six Good Things Sunday #5
Empty City Most Chisinau residents always seem to abandon ship on the long weekends, especially on Orthodox Christian holidays. I was born and raised here and have nowhere to go,… more
Life
Six Good Things Sunday #4
Hello, hello! I’ve taken quite a lengthy pause from publishing new installments of SGTS. I want SGTS to be as genuine as possible, and with that in mind I try… more
Don’t Focus on the Positive
Every self-help article out there touts the wretched positivity horn. Be happy! Smile! Don’t worry! Fake it til you make it! You’re a unicorn. No. I hate to break it… more
Two zero one seven.
(This post has a Russian version.) I’ve wanted to share a resolutions post – I love writing those and reading those – and I wrote mine, but upon rereading, it… more
Six Good Things Sunday #3
Feeling Better For the last couple of weeks my system has been giving up on me from all directions. The stress of September and October (not my best months, by far)… more
Six Good Things Sunday #2
Spanish I started learning Spanish via Duolingo. … OK, well, no. I started learning Spanish a long time ago using a textbook, but never got anywhere. Duo helped me pick… more
Six Good Things Sunday #1
Getting Back Into Baking I’ve been without an oven for 3+ years now, and while I still don’t have one, I’ve been trying to bake using the multicooker my brother… more
Spending Control: How I fared in May and June
Some time ago I published a post about my need to become more precise with where my money was going. Below is a list of things I resolved to doing, and… more
My Simple Trick to Getting Cleaning Done
I hate doing chores not because I hate, say, washing up or sorting laundry. I hate doing chores, because I live in a huge flat and doing them takes up… more
Spending Control.
I’ve been writing my Incoming! posts for several months, and they never get published, because shame. The exercise has not been completely futile, though, because I realised that I need to… more