Jan 30, 2020 | Over Coffee
“When I was fifteen I was on my bike in the woods with friends. As soon as the sun went down I kept banging my head and cycling into trees, but my friends could somehow still see where they were going. I literally couldn’t see a thing! I went to the hospital...
Dec 19, 2019 | Choices, Over Coffee
“I’m struggling to decide whether to stay in Macedonia long-term or not. My sister is living abroad with her partner and so I don’t want to leave my parents alone. It’s not like Western Europe here where you actually have functioning social institutions to...
Dec 12, 2019 | Career, Inequality, Over Coffee, War
Lucile: “I left France when I was seventeen. I love going back to see my family, but I couldn’t live there. I don’t feel human when I’m in the “so-called” Western countries. It feels like we’re like animals in a zoo. We’re fed three times a day...
Dec 5, 2019 | Love, Over Coffee
“I’m 19. My girlfriend and I broke up six months ago and it hit me really hard. We were together for a year and a half. It might sound really cringey, but both of us felt like we were soulmates. We had a lot of things in common and we’d made lots of plans for...
Nov 28, 2019 | Death, Over Coffee, Regret, War
“I used to work as a translator/interpreter. I worked for the American Embassy for some time and the Australian Trade Commission, too. In the 90s all embassies shut down here in Belgrade. I remember the day before the bombing began and my acquaintances at the...
Nov 21, 2019 | Anxiety, Childhood, Over Coffee
“I find it really difficult to invite people to hang out with me. I don’t want to intrude their life. I always feel like I’m a bit of a burden to people and I wonder if they’d be entertained enough if they spent time with me. I’m a very anxious person,...
