Meltdowns With Mazza

Does anyone else ever feel overwhelmed by the current state of the world? Or how little we can do to solve its' biggest issues? Or even, the fact that sometimes doing our upmost is still not enough if no one else cares? You're welcome for those happy thoughts. But in all honesty, I feel like each day I wake up we're closer and closer to making the human race extinct, but I have less and less power to change it. Tbh we're living in a Black Mirror Episode. Just a witty GIF to detract from this mini-breakdown of a post Not to depress anyone reading this but we're on the brink of creating irreversible climate change, our government is too obsessed with Br*x*t to help it's own citizens, and now the supposed 'light of the world' is leading by the example of reversing women's rights over their own bodies?!! I mean hello? surely the state of our world is enough to drive the sanest person insane.  Recently I've been on the brink of a breakdown ...

*Hello 1 person reading this post (my mum), I just wanted to say this is not going to be as sarcastic or satirical as usual but it is a very important topic to me so I would appreciate you reading and being impressed by my investigative efforts😛.* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It goes without saying that our attitudes towards mental health issues nowadays, are miles ahead of those of even our parents' generations. However, we still have a long way to go. This is no better highlighted than  the medias presentation of all things mental health. For my Dad's Christmas present I bought him tickets to see author Matt Haig speak in Brighton. Whilst I had only read one of his fiction novels, I was aware of his writings about his own experiences with mental illness in " Reasons to Stay Alive " and, " Notes on a Nervous Planet ". credit: Amazon. (bu...

For the most part University is great. However, I think the pressure for it to be "the time of our lives", coupled with social media's impact on believing everyone else is 'living their best lives' ( vom),  often means we can feel guilty for not having constant fun.  Have no fear though, today I have decided to break down barriers and the lift the taboo on pretending uni is all fun, by moaning about somethings I just bl**dy hate about Uni. Welcome to a privileged person's irrelerant about something they are lucky to experience. a rare sighting of me attempting to work. excuse my friends face, she can't help it. Cost. Let's tackle the most obvious issue first. Price. Uni is really f*cking expensive. On a weekly basis I question whether going to one lecture a week then going home, and doing 0 work, is worth the £9250 a year. Probably not. And whilst you have a loan, this is never enough to cover all expenses, plus it means inevit...

*I would like to preface this post by saying by no means do I think I am an expert on this topic. I simply wanted to put my thoughts down to help myself process my own feelings. If this helps anyone else or anyone reading can relate that is a bonus, but this merely reflects my own experiences and opinions.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I recently lost my Grandma. Whilst she was an admirable 90 years old, house-bound and a sufferer of dementia, it was still a shock. In the passing days I found many people's first reaction was to tell me , "but it wasn't unexpected". Whilst I appreciate this comment coming from a place of love and want to comfort, I didn't find it helpful. No matter how much you know it will happen, nothing can prepare you for its occurrence. Even though my Grandma was old, I viewed her as the ever present matriarch of my family, sitting in her armchair and co...

In times when everything goes wrong, it's always nice to remind yourself of your shallow materialism. Like Ariana G. says, "Whoever said money can't solve your problems, must not have had enough money to solve them", which I don't. Nonetheless, sometimes meaningless things distract me from daily cr*p in a nice way, so I thought I'd share some of my faves (with less of a negative tone I promise).  Therefore here are some of my favourite things from the last month or so: 1. SAD Lamp not the sun but as good as- who needs to go out? Honestly, this should be called a happy lamp ( dad joke o'clock) . Not only does it wake me up in the morning and make me less grumpy it provides ideal lighting for makeup and a cheeky selfie, which is absolutely what it's meant to be used for. But for real, if you live in a dark and dingy room like me and don't get much sunlight during the day, or find yourself experiencing lower moods in winter months, any lamp...

*Prepare yourselves for an exhilarating post on my newfound love of tidying. At the very least humour me and peep at the before and after pics then pretend to be thrilled.* Like many others, I have fallen in love with the little cleaning fairy, Maire Kondo and her highly satisfying folding techniques. Her show on Netflix is the purest thing, and sees people's homes transform, as well as (apparently) their life problems solved.  Marie's perfect instagram Having seen the joy experienced by others I thought I might give it a go and hopefully it would also magically solve my life. Therefore, I couldn't wait to have a tidier room but also, presumably, a couple of grand, a boyfriend and good mental health. JK, but for real after one episode of the show, I became weirdly invested in the idea of reorganising and folding, despite often forgetting my clothes aren't cool carpets. I started slow by trying out the highly satisfying 'spark-joy', to...