There’s nothing like the sweet relief of seeing the reminder of your aunty’s birthday first thing in the morning and sending a quick text.

Aside from the comfort it can bring, seeing someone have the same thought as me I kick myself, wishing I had debuted that thought on the internet first.

The overall mellow tone of creators' “goodbye for now, thank you for everything, follow me on Instagram” videos reminded me a whole lot of something: the early stages of dating. Bear with me, I have noticed some parallels.

I wonder if you know you were a key catalyst in my crawling out of the shell I kept myself in.

Instead of embracing flattery, we sometimes instead fiercely protect our originality; it has never been so precious.

Despite the prickly subjects we try to avoid when around certain family members, I wouldn’t trade anything for the annual tipsy dance battles or late hours spent playing board games.

If I were to make an educated guess, I don’t think many of us have pursued careers where we first thought.

In director Jon M. Chu we trust; he directed the Justin Bieber movie and “Crazy Rich Asians”.

Felicity Ward’s either naturally Michael-Scott coded or has done great research and preparation before undertaking one of the most iconic roles in modern television history.

Brat has been inescapable since its release and its cultural influence cannot be underestimated.

It's not a particularly healthy coping mechanism, but in my case, it works.

Regardless of the general quality of the film, the promotional press tour has been far from the gold standard.

As entertaining as her kangaroo-hopping was, how hard can you be on someone who just represented her country…?

I recently sat down with Sk8er Boi to discuss the fame 22 years on, and the inclusion of skateboarding as a sport in the Paris Olympics. 

Accompanying these chances to become a social butterfly, comes butterflies in my stomach.