42 Lessons From 42 Years (pt. 3)

On 13 October 202314 October 2023 By AriIn Personal / Life9 Comments

This is the 3rd and final article in my 42 Lessons From 42 Years. In case you missed them, read part 1, and part 2. Hope you found these enjoyable to read 🙂

Let’s Talk About Death

On 28 July 202314 November 2025 By AriIn Personal / Life18 Comments

This post was meant to be a Writing Update. But today is different. Today is the 3rd anniversary of my sister's death. And right now, I just want to talk about it. Trigger Warning: Suicide

How I Got My Writing Groove Back

On 9 June 202314 December 2025 By AriIn Ari's Writing, General, Personal / Life12 Comments

Our lives change in different ways. It's important to roll with the changes and adapt. I've felt for a long time that my writing has been struggling and the things I tried didn't seem to last more than a month. It is easy to fall into old patterns, assuming that if they worked before they will work again. This time, I made changes, small ones over a month at the start of the year to see if I could adapt.

The Task Game

On 10 February 202310 February 2023 By AriIn General, Organisation, Personal / Life9 Comments

My brain doesn't always do what it's meant to. Keeping it on track and focused is a full-time job because if I'm not careful, my crazy brain drifts off into daydream land or it is distracted by a shiny object or has a sudden urge to clean something before veering off to do other random things. Because of this, I have to find ways to keep it engaged.

Goodbye, 2022 (Yearly Wrap-Up)

On 30 December 202231 December 2022 By AriIn General, Personal / Life23 Comments

As we close the page on 2022 and look ahead to another year, I am back with a Yearly Wrap-Up. I find it very therapeutic to look back over the last 12 months, at the highs and lows that made up the year. We sometimes miss the small achievements, the learning moments, the simple memories... so that's what these wrap-ups are for.

A scrap of paper with the words "bye bye" resting on top of a computer keyboard. Image from Canva Pro

Taking A Hiatus

On 1 July 20221 July 2022 By AriIn Personal / Life20 Comments

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen the post I made back on 13th June. I was raising the question, "do I need to make a change?"

I decided to spend the following two weeks, to really contemplate things and come up with a decision and a plan. Well, I actually did that.

A Visit In Pictures

On 17 June 202217 June 2022 By AriIn Personal / Life9 Comments

Thought I'd do something a little different for today's post and share some photos. I always get inspired when I visit Linda's blog: Walkin' Writin' Wit & Whimsy, Linda always takes the most wonderful nature shots.

Well, since I did a lot of visiting of places when my family was here. I thought I'd share a few photos

7 Things I “Spring Clean” Annually

On 20 May 202216 May 2022 By AriIn Organisation, Personal / Life4 Comments

As the weather get's warmer, I like to continue my "spring cleaning" by moving from actual cleaning to more keeping on top of specific things. This is a good annual OOT (I know technically because I do it once a year, it's not an OOT, but it's close enough!)