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Category Archives: About illness

About the thing

Posted on September 16, 2013 by writehanded

Some of you may have seen the thing my friend has started.  I wanted to talk a little bit more about this thing. 1. This thing is amazing. This thing makes Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Financial hardship, Uncategorized

A beggar and a criminal

Posted on September 15, 2013 by writehanded

When I started writing I was doing it to process what I had been through, what I was going through. Then I was doing it because I thought it was Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Financial hardship, WINZ/IRD, Writing and books

A rock and a hard place

Posted on September 11, 2013 by writehanded

After another fruitful meeting with WINZ, I discover I can either commit benefit fraud, or tax evasion. (Hi, GCSB). This is an uncomfortable post, but I feel it’s necessary. I’m Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Financial hardship, Uncategorized, WINZ/IRD | Tagged Illness

Rest, rest, rest

Posted on September 10, 2013 by writehanded

I wrote the below a while ago, and thought I would share it today, since I’m really too sick to write anything at the moment. Obviously, since I got sick, Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Uncategorized | Tagged Illness

More pills

Posted on September 4, 2013 by writehanded

So today was pretty massive. I’ve been so sick again recently, and also had really sore eyes, so I made yet another appointment with my doctor, and booked a sight Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness | Tagged doctors, Illness, medication

Thanks for the thought

Posted on September 2, 2013 by writehanded

Last year, I was attending a meeting with some clients. Halfway through the meeting, an assistant walked in and asked one of the team to step out. When she came Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health, Uncategorized

‘Home ownership is not a moral value’

Posted on September 2, 2013 by writehanded

As a small addendum to my piece on home ownership (Another Kiwi dream down the drain), I’d like to share these Tweets from Keith Bolland.   I have nothing to Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Financial hardship, Uncategorized

Let’s talk about entitlement

Posted on August 30, 2013 by writehanded

“800 prosecutions a year for bene fraud. 50 a year for tax evasion. Even though it costs us 50x as much.” That’s a tweet from Max Rashbrooke, a journalist who Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Financial hardship, WINZ/IRD

Sometimes there are bad days

Posted on August 29, 2013 by writehanded

As you would have gathered from Twitter if you follow me – or if you were there! – yesterday was the Nelson Tweetup. It was also a pretty bad day Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness

Let’s change the world shall we?

Posted on August 27, 2013 by writehanded

Today I received my first negative comment about a post. As much as I had prepared myself for the likelihood this happening, it was still difficult to accept. I think Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health

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