Colin Cushion

Tag: Student Life

  • Looking For Stability In A Broken Job Market

    Looking For Stability In A Broken Job Market

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    After hours spent battling through convoluted applications and a growing pile of rejections, I’m left wondering how someone willing and able to work can still end up feeling unemployable. Between bipolar disorder, therapy, and an increasingly dehumanising recruitment process, finding stability feels harder than ever.

  • Performing Adulthood While Living in Poverty

    Performing Adulthood While Living in Poverty

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    A curdled bowl of Weetabix, bounced payments, and a city built for people with money. A bipolar journalism student reflects on poverty, performance, and trying to survive in modern London.

  • Just Get Over It, Colin

    Just Get Over It, Colin

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    A trip to Great Yarmouth was supposed to be a few days away with friends and family. Instead, it exposed something far more uncomfortable. Returning to university halls at 33, I found myself confronting loneliness, nostalgia and the difficult gap between feeling connected and feeling known. This isn’t really a story about a seaside town.…

  • London Makes Pressure Look Invisible

    London Makes Pressure Look Invisible

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    Life in London can look effortless. Coffee shops are full, queues stretch around attractions and the city rarely seems to stop moving. But beneath the surface, many people are quietly calculating every expense, balancing ordinary experiences against the rising cost of simply staying afloat.