Melody's Travelling Pen

29/11/2016

"What was missing, I saw, was a North on my compass. For some people it’s a lover, for others it’s their career or their art, for some it’s the birth of a child. But once you had that first fixed point, all those other things had a chance to fall into place.

I believed ferociously that something would ignite the life I was ready to lead, all I had to do was watch for North."

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15/04/2016

This week I was a guest blogger for *'Make It Happen'* -Loved being able to share this story, because I know so many people will recognize it in their own lives.
A positive mind conquers all- they think it's all glitter and rainbows, but there's a damn good reason I'm always smiling...

Something was fundamentally wrong. I was like the gas boiler you have in your homes; to all intents and purposes it looked like a boiler, but the little blue light, the important blue spark had gone out, and everything was cold. Anxiety and depression are invisible but very real tormentors, and at t…

04/10/2015

Reason #2 No more hangovers- I’m too old for them, they last too long, and I can’t afford the expensive makeup you need to cover them up because I’ve spenT all my money on expensive wine and disgusting kebabs (a pointless combination may I add.)

21/03/2015

Check out my article on '8 People You Don't Want To Date' (Unless we've dated, in which case probably don't check this out...) http://www.buzzfeed.com/melodyspen/8-people-you-dont-want-to-date-1cwq0

So we know HOW to date- Tinder turning it into a near epidemic- and are well-versed in WHO to date with Pintrest creating space for checklists that go right through to the jam jar decorations of fu...

16/02/2015

Its ! HERE ARE SEVEN SIGNS THAT YOU NEED A NEW JOB-
1.'You know you need a new job when… you've pretended that you're a chef, and a whole restaurant of people are about to find that you’re not....'

Read more HERE

14/02/2015

Valentines Highlights. 1. Seriously intense baking:
"It's so shiny I can literally smell the sugar, I don't know whether to stick my face in it or eat it really quickly and throw it all up again. Know what I mean?" Read the rest- CLICK HERE- http://www.melodystravellingpen.blogspot.co.uk/

04/12/2014

TBT 'None of Us Ever Graduates'

"Is it not odd to ask a 15 year old choosing GCSEs “What do you want to be?” Most adults have no answer to such a question, in fact I would go as far as to argue it’s the dumbest question you can ever ask a person. Don’t we mind that we are teaching young people that they are only as worthy as the credit rating they have- that Experian are the ones that can tell you how well your doing in life?"

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08/10/2014

READ # WATCH # SHARE www.melodystravellingpen.blogspot.com 'Writings for the Lost & Lustful'

29/09/2014

“I’m Clemente.”
I look at Clemente. Clemente is very hot, and very French.
“I’m Melody.” We shake hands and smile, sizing each other up the way we people do.
I’m on a double-decker, high speed super train from Paris to Barcelona and I just hit the passenger seat jackpot...

“Hear this or not, as you will. Learn it now, or later, the world has time. Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui; these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.” ―--- David…