

About the Chie Space
Hello! Welcome to The Chie Space. Hope you enjoy browsing around. Hope you find joy, laughter, peace, and love. The Chie Space is a blog, of course. But it is also a home. It encompasses the things I love, hope … Continue reading About the Chie Space

Identity
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Are Relationship Standards Holding Us Back?
I was very young when I met my first boyfriend. Besides the fairytale novels that I’d spent many a night reading, I had no idea what the ideal partner was supposed to be. Should he be funny? Considerate? Tall? Emotional … Continue reading Are Relationship Standards Holding Us Back?

Introversion: Owning Spaces
Don’t let being an introvert keep you from owning spaces. Take it from an introvert, your introversion is your strength, not your crutch. You are keen, you are detail-oriented, and you listen. Your perception of the world comes from years … Continue reading Introversion: Owning Spaces

Finding Yourself: Not So Easy
There’s something they don’t tell you about heartache: It doesn’t just disappear. I haven’t written a blog post in well over a month and every day has felt like a foggy, unending existence. I remember posting Finding Myself and thinking, … Continue reading Finding Yourself: Not So Easy

Some Chapter in the Future: Valentine’s Day
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. 4.38 AM. She turns to her side and sighs deeply. In twenty-two minutes – give or take – the tick-tock will cease, and the moo from her alarm will announce a new day, Valentine’s day. She … Continue reading Some Chapter in the Future: Valentine’s Day

Chapter 2: Royal
She saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and fled from it. Who hurt you? He sizes her up. Not in a rude way. In fact, he looks more confused than offended. She doesn’t understand the question. A … Continue reading Chapter 2: Royal

Introvert Almost Gets Arrested
I exaggerate, guys. No one put me in handcuffs or punched me in the groin – but for a moment, it felt like a possibility. So I’ve just gotten home from shags* and my mum, who stayed back, calls to … Continue reading Introvert Almost Gets Arrested

Count Your Blessings
2020 was a terrible year for many people. People died, here one day and gone the next. Others lost their jobs, their homes, and their livelihood. Not many people can say they had it easy. And amid such pain, loss, … Continue reading Count Your Blessings

A New Year and a Little Bit of Self-Pride
When I wrote the title of this post in the morning, I was going to respond to the hate being spewed by a ‘Tracy Zille’ on Twitter. If you haven’t seen the thread, it’s supposed to read like a European … Continue reading A New Year and a Little Bit of Self-Pride

Finding My Crowd
I was complaining to a friend of mine the other day about how I never meet people who share my interests, which is both true and frustrating. She looked at me all blank-like and said, ‘well, how can you when … Continue reading Finding My Crowd