Anaerkillik • 7th October 2019

An Open Letter To My Ex

It’s only been one short month since we called it quits. While I tell everyone it was mutual, we both know that’s not entirely the truth. If it had been my decision I wouldn’t have been able to go through with it, so I gave that power to you and you made the final call. That’s not to say the breakup wasn’t amicable, it was the best a breakup could go really. Even with tears streaming down our faces, we knew it was the right decision.

Medium • 18th July 2019

Co-Living: A New Trend You Need To Try

We live in a world where it’s not unusual for people to become completely disconnected from one another. The internet and its easy accessibility have allowed us to both connect and isolate ourselves from society. Of course, the internet and the advancement of technology isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it has had a massive impact on the way we live our lives.

We don’t say hello to strangers passing on the street. We might not even know our neighbours’ names.

We’ve grown accustomed to this ne

Medium • 17th July 2019

Naked With Strangers

An overnight bus from Tokyo to Nagano is an interesting way to travel, especially in the winter. You go to sleep driving past flashing neon lights and moving slowly through the city traffic and wake up to a world of white flurries and icy glass windows. The temperature had dropped significantly, and I woke up shivering, wondering why on earth I hadn’t thrown another jumper into my backpack.

As Tom and I stepped off the bus onto a path slick with ice, I also wondered why I hadn’t worn better sho

Medium • 10th July 2019

Plastic-free Is For The Privileged

In honour of plastic-free July, I wanted to discuss the exclusivity of the low waste movement and how it’s only accessible to the privileged. Before you get your knickers in a knot, hear me out.

I’m a recently graduated 23-year-old just starting my own business and finally having enough money to gain a bit of financial freedom. I have the choice to be plastic-free for this month and teach myself to be more environmentally conscious in everyday life. I’m privileged.

But I’ve also been on the ot

Medium • 20th June 2019

Hard & Fast: How Not To Create Habits That Last

I am a prolific consumer of self-help and personal development content. I read and watch and study, only to get a few months down the track and realize that not much of what I learned stuck.

An example of this is when I try to set up a workout routine. I go in hard and fast by signing up to a gym with hardcore classes. I’ll push myself to run for an hour straight. I’m not good at slowing down, and I suffer for it.

After a few days or weeks, I’ll have burnt myself out on whatever the new habit

Medium • 19th June 2019

Feeling Like A Creative Failure Is Part Of The Process

Rock bottom can surprise you. One day you feel completely fine, and then the realisation hits you, you’re not where you want to be.

If you are studying or have graduated from a creative industries degree, then I’m assuming you know exactly what I mean. Unless you come from a trust fund, there’s a good chance you’ll often wake up to a tedious job and realise that you couldn’t be further away from your dream.

Amid everything, it’s highly likely you allowed yourself a small creative break. This i

Junkee • 16th November 2017

6 Helpful Tips For Scoring A Job You Love

We spoke to three creatives who are killing it.

Graduation is an extremely exciting time. The only downer is the looming job hunt that comes straight after.

To gear you up for what’s to come, we spoke to three inspiring creative professionals to get some advice on how to land a job that you love.

In pretty much every case, if you want a job you’re going to have to work for it. Both Annie Te Whiu and David Stavanger, who co-produce the Queensland Poetry Festival, stressed the importance of vol

Junkee • 6th November 2017

What I Learned From Spending A Month Without Makeup

"I was noticing that I felt vaguely uncomfortable, similar to that feeling you get when you leave the house and can’t remember if you’ve left your hair straightener on."

Recently, I challenged myself to go a whole month without makeup. It was something that had always intrigued me as I’d barely gone a day in almost 10 years with a bare face.

Honestly, I was terrified. My skin had started breaking out the worst it had in my life, I was getting adult onset acne and because it was hormonal there

Junkee • 26th September 2017

5 Things Vegans Are So Sick Of Hearing

Being a vegan comes with its perks: you aren’t contributing to animal cruelty, you’re reducing your environmental impact, and you’re doing your health some good too.

But unfortunately there’s also a few downsides. For example, you’re constantly dealing with the never-ending questions and opinions of everyone from your best friend to someone at a party who you’ve only just met.

If you’ve been a vegan for a week or a lifetime these are the five things you’ll be sick of hearing.

#1 “Don’t You Mi

Junkee • 8th September 2017

Going On A Bender In Your First Year Of Uni Vs Your Final Year

How can a few years change so much?

Everyone has experienced them; those weekends where you and your mates thought it’d be a great idea to cancel all your plans, get absolutely smashed and create some memories (even if the details are a little fuzzy).

It might be someone’s birthday or the end of exams but no matter the occasion, you tell yourselves that it’s going to be the best weekend ever.

You’ve worked out whose house is closest to town so you wont be spending a fortune on Uber rides all