Oh, super fun! I just lost my last client. I worked up to five clients in August, but now I’m down to zero because of slashed budgets, laid off editors, and consolidated media outlets. The freelance writing market is abysmal, if you were thinking about getting into it, I care about you, so: don’t.

I’m really tired after my run….

If I’d been in a different frame of mind I’d have found that beautiful, but feeling as I do, that was depressing. #TrainDreams

I’ve got this film on called Train Dreams on Netflix and it’s depressing as fuck.

My freezer was working and now it’s not - again. I could bloody cry. It’s not like I can go out and buy another one before Christmas.

I sometimes I feel like I’m on an island and everyone else is far away. And other times I don’t.

It’s all become clear. The shower of bird shit on my living room window is a strong omen of imminent wealth and abundance. Watch this space.

Just over 4 miles. 🏃‍♀️👟👟

I like nothing better than getting up in the morning, opening the blinds, and seeing my living room window covered in bird shit 😫

Hello 🙋‍♀️ And happy Thursday

I’m feeling incredibly irritated. But I don’t know why, more as the story breaks.

Thinking about this again and crying

I'm trying to pluck up the courage to write a Substack blog, but my battery's empty, and the future feels bleak. It'll be bloody depressing. I at least want to spare people that.

Bluesky sign in, sign in, sign can piss off

So, how goes it?

This is awful. Levels of tooth decay among adults in England are now similar to those last seen more than 25 years ago, according to new figures www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Paige Thomas, 28 – who finally received her autism diagnosis last week after three years on an NHS waiting list – described the development as “in your face, Becky!”

Still windy out there today 🌬️

Hello 🙋‍♀️

So today then - scalded myself and cried about it, spent nearly an hour on the phone with Curries, with work stuff I needed to do left idle, and then they promised to phone me back, but didn’t. Today has been a bit of a ballache.

These birds balancing on the tree in windy weather.

Seen as I have no-one else to tell, I’m telling you on here. I just spilt hot chocolate over myself and I couldn’t get my pants off quick enough and it really fucking hurt and I was screaming. So, I’ve just spent the past 15 minutes crying my eyes out. I’m okay now, but it was horrible.

Storm Bram to batter Britain with a month’s rain and 90mph winds www.thetimes.com/article/9b8b...

I told Google to stuff its algorithm up its arse. Now all I see are adverts for butt plugs.

The tree outside is rolling with the wind and there’s torrential rain.

The wind is really packing a punch out there today. 💨 Glad I got the timing right on the run yesterday- wouldn’t fancy it today.

Pizza came out and I’m having a slice as we speak. You don’t get a picture tho’ because it caught a bit in the oven.

1/ I’ve sent away for a second hand hard copy of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. I was inspired to read it after reading an interview this morning between Ezra Klein and Patti Smith in The NY Times. He asked her, in a somewhat lengthy interview, what her favourite books were.

“when living standards are stalling and public services failing, society turns on a minority said to be having it easy at taxpayer expense” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So the pizza’s in the oven then.

I’m going to have to make my own puree 😫😫

How do we survive the age of AI and remain our original, unique, and authentic selves? Proving we're human when AI becomes more human by the day and clinging on to what makes us unique, as both freelancers struggling to survive and as humans. www.gillianjonescopywriting.net/post/why-it-...

How do we survive the age of AI and remain our original, unique, and authentic selves? Proving we're human when AI becomes more human by the day and clinging on to what makes us unique, as both freelancers struggling to survive and as humans. www.gillianjonescopywriting.net/post/why-it-...

BREAKING: I’m going to make homemade pizza tonight.

Just done another run 🏃‍♀️ Just under 4 miles.

Good morning everyone 🙋‍♀️

If you’re looking for proof that magical places still exist, I ask you to simply walk into your local library.

Another headache on the horizon….

So mince pie eating has commenced

Chi-Young Lee, 29, swore to her friends that she was going to stop caring what other people thought of her, speak up for herself unapologetically and “decentre men”, whatever that means.

Spaghetti for lunch

Was that a real bear or was it CGI?? #Strictly

Ardderchog! #AmberandNikita #Strictly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Cherry pie 🥧

Voila - Merry Christmas one and all

Banning trans women from sports is the gateway drug to dehumanizing and excluding all trans people from all of society. Pass it on.

Daughter on Christmas tree duty. 🎄

11:11 🫶