Author: Arch Copy

• February 9, 2016

  Give a Shit

  I’m really into giving right now. Which makes me sound like the very worst kind of monster do-gooder there could be. Worry not – I’m still a terrible wreck of a human, just chucking some fivers around. As I get happier, I want to help other people be happy too. Regular: About two years ago…
• February 8, 2016

  Dermatillomania

  Over the last year or so I’ve endeavoured to share more about my mental health. I don’t really think anyone needs to hear my ‘truth’ but the idea of discussing mental illness and harmful feelings needs to become so mainstream that it’s frankly BORING and you’d go to your doctor at the smallest signals, just…
• February 6, 2016

  Happy

  Sat cross-legged on my sofa with my journal in my lap, not writing. Just loving the glow of the lamps, the smell of dinner cooking. I felt tears stinging my eyes because I was just so damned happy. Does it make you sick?
• February 5, 2016

  What I’ve Been Writing

  Oooooh, I’ve been squirrelling away with the old words this week. Have written so much my fingers ache from impact. I type HARD when I’m in the zone. I’ve written about Twitter Moments. I’ve written about driving in icy weather. I’ve written about Valentine’s Day. I’ve written about grief-jacking. I’ve written about what I’ve been writing…
• February 5, 2016

  Expectation vs. Reality

  My boss sent me an article about why Gen Y kids are unhappy. Because they are, beneath the veneer of contouring and Instagram filters. Happiness = Expectations – Reality When I was young, I had very high expectations for my future. I was raised, along with my siblings, with the quiet suggestion that I was…