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The capitalism of self-care
With the rise of social awareness and conscious consumerism, people are more willing to spend money on products that align with their ideologies and beliefs. The idea of feeling better and doing good has affected many industries but the majority of them had one marketing word in common: self-care. There are thousands of posts online on how to take care of your mental and physical health which is good but when these are commercialised and advertised as detox tea, expensive boot camps , cute face masks, shiny manicures, are we still talking about self-care or something else?Continue reading
Interesting Blogs I Found
Reading can be very boring sometimes and I appreciate it a lot when writers put effort into small things such as visualisation, format, sarcasm, puns etc… I am tidying up my bookmarks and I have a folder full of interesting blogs and articles so here is a list of some of them.Continue reading
[Book Review] The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Today I am going to talk about one of the most famous and reviewed books on the internet, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho which follows the story of Santiago, a young shepherd from Andalusia who has a recurring dream where a child tells him that he will find a treasure beneath the Egyptian pyramids. After consulting with a Gypsy and meeting Melchizedek, the King of Salem he sells his flock and embarks on a journey to the desert where he encounters many events and people that test his will and resolution, including a mysterious alchemist.Continue reading