Freelance Writer
I’ve learned a lot from writing. I write about travel and self-improvement. I’m currently doing a Masters degree in Psychology and Wellbeing. There’s a lot of reading and writing involved in that too. It often involves gathering information, fact-checking and a lot of research. But the learning isn’t about the research you do, or the…
Now that I’m a few weeks into my masters, I feel like I’m getting a bit of momentum going. My first assignments deadlines are approaching and I’m having to put in hours of work for them, which means working every day on something. I’ve my first due for submission this week, with many more…
Photo by Clique Images on Unsplash “When I’m trying to lift 400lbs, I’m mentally training for life. Through self-discipline and repetition of things I don’t want to do, I’m training for life.” – David Goggins Training for life David Goggins talks extensively about the dark depths of despair he’s been in throughout his life, and how he’s overcome…
I came across the word ‘sonder’ recently in the wonderful Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. sonder n. “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness”. Apparently it’s noun, though I’d use it the same way…
In trying to figure out who we are, we often cling to where we’re from – though that can change depending on who you’re with
Welcome to Gav Is Gone – I’ve been writing here for a while now so here’s a bit of a hello, and introduction and shpiel about what I’m doing here.