Honestly, I wasn’t going to journal anymore. Lockdown hit, I moved into my uncle’s spare room in Camberwell (London) and spent over year running from one elderly family’s member’s house to another with meds and groceries. …

Inspiration, blueprints, and other tiny design tips — This part of the pandemic-ridden tiny house journey is all about design. Where to get inspiration, which sites have non-shit blueprints, and what to think about if you’re set on designing your interiors yourself. …

The (real) pros and cons of tiny living — In Part 1 of this tiny house series, I got a general tour of the tiny house lifestyle and all its wood-panelled splendour. In hindsight, it’s all a very romanticised view of the tiny home movement. …

A casual introduction to debt-free housing — Here’s what I know so far: The average mortgage in Britain is £115,000 The average time to pay off a mortgage is 35 years There are other ways of owning a home without decades of debt. I also know that I’m nearing thirty and by the time I own a…

Replace your plastic with these sustainable products! — Plastic is our collective addiction. It’s in every corner and in every household. Our food is wrapped in it, our drinks are bottled in it, and who hasn’t put their fruits in a plastic bag at the grocery store? With the #NoPlasticJuly movement underway, many people are beginning to realize…

You may *want* to get lost now — Ever been lost at an airport? Many of us sure have. (If you haven’t, please tell us your secrets.) It’s no fun trying to find your departure gate or desperately searching for an information desk to ask about your connecting flight, especially in a foreign country. …

Turns out not all old folks hate technology — “Morning mom, just letting you know I’ll be over with the kids later to drop off some groceries. Love you!” Imagine how happy your parents would be to hear that first thing in the morning. With smart speakers like Google Home and Amazon Echo, they already can. Turns out that…

From Washington Post to Vogue — Remember when newspaper and magazine publishers were protesting that the internet was making them obsolete? Well, things just got a whole lot worse for the traditionalists out there. Just like every other brand on the market, publishers are waking up to the reality that voice is rapidly changing the way…

Spoiler: It’s good news for AI — Artificial Intelligence is no stranger to the retail industry. Increasingly more brands are dabbling in AI to give themselves a competitive edge. One implementation of AI which seems to have an “I want one” effect on brands is chatbots. This effect is especially true for a specific kind of chatbot…