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Elly Parsons

Living
This Ice Hack Helped Me Fall Asleep In 15 Minutes
Elly Parsons
13 Mar 2023
Work & Money
How 11 Brits Sourced Their Biggest Salary Bump
Elly Parsons
10 Jan 2023
Alcohol & Culture
My Boyfriend Stopped Drinking For A Year – I Didn’t, & It Affected Our ...
Elly Parsons
4 Jan 2023
Relationships
Teeth Grinding Is Destroying My Relationship
It’s 1.30am. I’m awake, listening to branches screech against my bedroom window. Then I remember: there are no trees anywhere near my window. W
by Elly Parsons
Work & Money
4 Women On What It’s Like To Have A 4 Day Work Week
The UK four-day work week trial that buzzed through workplaces earlier this year finally started this week with over 70 companies taking part. The pilot sc
by Elly Parsons
Bathroom Break
Back-To-Work Poo Paranoia Is Real
Post-pandemic re-entry anxiety is well documented, and widespread. Now, to make things worse, poo paranoia has re-entered the chat.  ‘Pan-xiety&
by Elly Parsons
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Mother's Day
I’ve Turned Into My Mother & That’s No Bad Thing
For as long as I can remember my mum and I have received comments on how similar we look, from the harmless – “Don’t you look alike!” ?
by Elly Parsons
Work & Money
The Traditional Job Interview Needs A Radical Rethink
The concept of a formal job interview was born in 1920s America, another of Thomas Edison’s bright sparks. A century later, the process has simultane
by Elly Parsons
Work & Money
Is Job Sharing The Future Of Flexible Work?
Job sharing, where two or more part-time workers perform the work of one full-time person, has been steadily declining in the UK since its peak in 2013. Bu
by Elly Parsons
Alcohol & Culture
We Need To Talk About UK Office Drinking Culture
Questions about harmful workplace drinking culture in the UK seem old school – recall the big workplace drinking rethink of 2019 whereby lauded bastion o
by Elly Parsons
Mind
How To Identify Your Emotional Blind Spots – & Why They Can Chang...
‘Emotional blind spot’ is one of those nebulous terms that has been popping up in wellness circles and conversations for decades, with Oprah be
by Elly Parsons
Relationships
My Long Engagement Has Been Hard – Here’s How We̵...
“You’ve changed.” It’s a phrase that often comes with undertones of frustration and judgement; an implicit mourning of the person you once
by Elly Parsons
Living
Why Is It So Embarrassing To Fall Over In Public? A Very Serious ...
Channelling my inner Jane Fonda, I recently decided to partake in some mid-commute step aerobics and walk up an escalator for once – a rare outing f
by Elly Parsons
Relationships
Age-Gap Relationships Can Be Complicated – But So Is Judging Them
I don’t know any happy relationship that isn’t odd in its own way. Add a 13-year age gap into the mix and it doesn’t make things more ‘normal&#
by Elly Parsons
Living
I’ve Given Up To-Do Lists For 2022 (& You Should Too)
“Create to-do list.” Tick! My life is pinched and sliced into series of lists, printed neatly in Muji notebooks with pretty pens and good inten
by Elly Parsons
Alcohol & Culture
Fancy Another? An Honest Look At How Young Women Drink Today
Introducing Fancy Another? – a weeklong series of what young women’s drinking culture in the UK looks like in 2022, with zero percent judgement. Th
by Elly Parsons
Living
Still Shudder About Something You Did 10 Years Ago? Here’s How To...
I was 10. It was my birthday party and I was having a disco in the primary school village hall. Enrique Iglesias’ “Hero” was playing and
by Elly Parsons
Music
I Stopped Listening To Music For A Year. Here’s What I Lear...
Canaries stop singing each autumn. After moulting, they lose all energy for making music and focus wholeheartedly on regrowing their feathers. Then, when t
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Weddings
I Went Shopping For My Wedding Dress Alone – Here’s What I ...
I don’t really like weddings. The scope and scale for potential public humiliation just seems too great a risk to me. Yet here I am, in an upturned libra
by Elly Parsons
Salary Stories
The Best Career Advice From R29’s Salary Stories In 2021
Throughout 2021 we’ve been collecting and publishing your Salary Stories. Within these inspiring tales – of success, promotion, quitting, moving o
by Elly Parsons
Wellness
Here’s How Young People Are Dealing With Grief During The P...
Jenny’s mum died of throat cancer in March 2020, on the eve of lockdown. With the funeral they wanted out of the question, her immediate family gathered
by Elly Parsons
Living
Why Being Called ‘Musty’ Is The Latest Insult On TikTok
Being told you’re stinky is pretty high up on the list of hurtful personal insults. Being told you look stinky – on social media, for the worl
by Elly Parsons
Relationships
I Am The Punching Bag Of My Friend Group. Is It Time To Ditch Them?
“It seems in every friendship group I’ve ever been in, I become the butt of the joke,” says Alice*, 28. “Since I can remember, I’ve a
by Elly Parsons
Living
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Death Post-Pandemic
I recently took a test to find out how morbidly curious I am and it turns out, extremely. I knew what the results would be before I got them but witnessing
by Elly Parsons
Mind
TikTokers Are Raising Awareness Of Vomit Phobia
“There’s a name for that!” This is a frequent comment under TikTok videos in which the creator is discussing their all-consuming fear of
by Elly Parsons
Wellness
Can TikTok Reiki Really Boost Your Mood?
You’re semi-supine, on hour three of mindless TikTok scrolling. Doja Cat is there, followed by some actual cats, and suddenly a creator called Mystique A
by Elly Parsons
Work & Money
Hello Again! The Pros & Cons Of Going Back To A Job You Quit
Though not new, the phrase ‘boomerang employee’ is being flung around workplaces (and the internet) with increasing frequency of late. If early
by Elly Parsons
Living
How What We Want From Our Wedding Day Is Changing
The pandemic has accelerated engagements and postponed weddings – an all-round bad combination. Couples caught up in this upheaval are still wonderi
by Elly Parsons
Relationships
I’ve Never Been On A First Date & Now I’m Getting Mar...
I don’t know many twentysomethings living in London who haven’t been on a date, but I’m one of them. I am engaged, though, somehow. (I know, I can’
by Elly Parsons
Money Diaries
Money Diary: A 27-Year-Old Property Manager In Birmingham On 25k
by Elly Parsons
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