Amy Roullier is a British writer and author of Silent Reflections of a Fragile Heart. Through her blog, she challenges the negative stereotypes surrounding being single, while candidly sharing her experiences with mental health, personal losses, and the complex, often misunderstood realities of adulthood.
My 30s hit me hard. So many expectations that hadn’t existed in my 20s when I just did things for fun, made mistakes, had zero level of shit worked out and didn’t have to think about the looming ‘future’ ahead or the consequences. But when that big 3-0 arrived it came towing fear inducing anxiety that major life decisions must be made now. Suddenly you’re expected to have a concrete …
‘The swerve‘ is a term coined by New York writer Rachel Syme, when on the morning of her 36th birthday she took to Twitter to share her thoughts. “It’s a time of lurches and swerves”, she said, as the mid-30s ‘must do’ list loomed not as distantly as it had once before. “Feels like so many big decisions and future plans have to be squeezed into this lil window; just …
