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The moment you accept you’re a writer

3rd February 2015 By Jonelle 1 Comment

The moment you accept your're a writer - Tyranny of Pink

I have always loved writing. When I was a teenager the act of writing gave me solace from the angst that was my world. Late at night when everyone was asleep, I would open up one of my notebooks and pour my heart out. If I had nothing to write about I would listen to…

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Filed Under: Being You, Authentic Living, Blog Tagged With: acceptance, art, artists, being a writer, books, death, dying, Experiences, father, following your dreams, hidden, inspired, journals, kindness, love, notebooks, painting, paper, papers, pen, poems, poetry, professional, regrets, research, scribble, shared, starting a blog, university, writing, years writing

This was the moment, it was now or never.

2nd February 2015 By Jonelle 5 Comments

This was the moment, it was now or never | Tyranny of Pink

This is a story about the time my life was flipped completely upside down by a movie but starting at the end seems silly, so let me start where good writers start, at the beginning. When I was an undergrad student, I was 19 and alone in a new country for the first time. I…

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On love and settling for less

27th January 2015 By Jonelle Leave a Comment

On love and settling for less | Tyranny of Pink

Too many people are willing to settle. They settle for jobs they hate, friends they despise and marry people they only half tolerate. I’ve been that person. I’ve worked those jobs, had those friends and dated those people but at some point I just decided enough is enough. I think sometimes we let people love…

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Filed Under: Blog, Authentic Living, Being You Tagged With: believe in yourself, don't settle for less than what you are worth, don't tolerate being treated badly, stand strong, stop settling for less, stop settling for less than your worth, value yourself

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It was a cold November day and she had dressed her It was a cold November day and she had dressed herself up in layers of cardigans and covered the whole lot with her old tweed coat, the one she might have used for feeding the chickens in.

#barbarapym #janeandprudence #qotd #quotesaboutchickens #chooks #chooksofinstagram #aliceandclementine #chickens #backyardchooks #backyardchickens
The perfect Sunday. All day on the couch. Prosec The perfect Sunday. 
All day on the couch. 
Prosecco. 
Burgers. 

Dreading Monday.
I need a holiday.... 

#summerday #wellingtonnz #prosecco #oceanview
And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

#hellodarknessmyoldfriend #soundofsilence #disturbed #home #redandgreen #homestyling #sanseveria
Date night. Date night.
Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when th Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.   

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

#sylviaplath #darkpoetry #poems
It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. #bat It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. 
#bathtime #metime #whiskygram
Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubl Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubles as your office space. 

#wfh #wfhlife #workfromhome #homestyling #tinyspaces #smallhouse
All my dreams lead me to you... #sundayadventures All my dreams lead me to you... 
#sundayadventures #sundayvibes #walksinthewoods

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