Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

By Elizabeth Filips

Hiya, I'm Elizabeth, a medical student and artist in London. Every Sunday I write about exploring meaning, productivity, little pleasures and just navigating life. And some of my favourite things that week.

Previous issues

Tough love doesn’t always work

#46 May 8, 2022

You’re not indecisive, you have poor boundaries

#45 Apr 25, 2022

An underrated source of happiness

#44 Apr 12, 2022

#43

Mar 31, 2022

Why I ignore my problems – Conventional wisdom tells us that the mature thing to do is to face our problems head on. That it’s i
#42

Mar 20, 2022

I want to have it all – “Something’s got to give. You can’t have it all. You have to make compromises in life.”When I was you
#41

Feb 27, 2022

How to be genuinely interesting – Make people curious about your mind.Think of all the ways you’ve ever tried to stand out. We try to l
#40

Feb 18, 2022

What do you owe your younger self? – iPhone photo “memories” are dangerous. My phone recently resurfaced a photo of a younger me and I bec
#39

Feb 6, 2022

Do you need to fire yourself? – How many people are you managing within yourself? In my case, it’s quite a few.There’s Elizabeth the
#38

Jan 30, 2022

Do you have a Pride Dichotomy? – When does your pride for something you’ve done kick in? As someone who’s been programmed in black and
#37

Jan 2, 2022

How to make anything enjoyable - here's how to achieve your New Year Goals – Heya, If you have New Year Goals you’re planning on working on, here is something that might help. My
#36

Dec 30, 2021

My Annual Review Notion Template - 21 Questions for 2021 – Heya, It's the time of the year we have a great excuse to spend a few minutes reflecting (voluntarily
#35

Dec 17, 2021

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! – I HAVE A COURSE OUT NOW!For the longest time I've wanted to create a course on Knowledge Management i
#34

Dec 5, 2021

A friendship skill everyone should have – Heya!I had a brilliant week. I went for a work-getaway with two friends: we had a lot to do and thoug
#33

Nov 28, 2021

My string of control – I used to love untangling things when I was younger. My grandma’s strings and yarn, laces and knots,
#32

Nov 22, 2021

Efficiency is making you angry – What are the things that make you feel blissfuly paced? I mean things that you do slowly, you have to
#31

Nov 13, 2021

Emotional Decision Making – Have you ever been called overly emotional? If you’re like me, you might have heard it so often it’s
#30

Nov 6, 2021

Tell me what you care about – Heya, it’s been a while. The Part-Time Youtuber Academy is taking up every intellectually viable mome
#29

Oct 24, 2021

Everything has changed – (This is a very self-indulgent one, feel free to skip it!) How often do you look at your life and not
#28

Oct 17, 2021

Are you addicted to pain? – “You’re unbelievably strong” is no longer the compliment it once was to me. There is no life without
#27

Oct 4, 2021

Hey, you don't hate your job do you? – Find a job that feels like play and you won't work a day in your life.This is one of the earliest pri

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