Harie Calder
Stories (5/0)
Dealing with Demons
Demons. Lurking in the shadows. Hiding under our beds. Creeping up from behind us. Waiting to jump at us. An endless stalk from the dark corners in the world around us, and the deep recesses of our minds. You can’t run from it, and even if you do it will somehow return. A little stronger than before, a little more vicious, a little hungrier. Everyone is haunted by a personal demon. Each unique and distinct, almost bespoke tailored to their owner. Feeding on hopes and dreams, wants and needs, aspirations and goals. It’s an endless battle to keep it or them at bay or lest be swallowed whole by the endless abyss.
By Harie Calder5 years ago in Psyche
Why I Moved To India
No matter where you are in the world people often will ask you where you live, it’s often a difficult question to answer. As the child of an expat it’s question that I honestly try to avoid, just simply because its hard to explain that I’m an Australian who up until I started university lived in India.
By Harie Calder5 years ago in Humans
How Going to University Changed My Expectations About Friends
Friends and relationships, both romantic and platonic are a major part of human interaction and life in general. Making friends and building both forms of relationships are ingrained into our psychology as people, no matter how reclusive, anti-social or even outgoing we are as people. We are drawn to socialising like moths to a bulb, for an infinite number of reasons. Whether that’s differences, similarities, interests or a shared hatred for a common entity. We all have a collective need to connect with one another. But saying that, the types of friendships—I, as an example—have formed as I’ve gradually grown up and certainly when I went to university were drastically different from those I had made in primary and high school.
By Harie Calder5 years ago in Humans
The Day I Realised I Was an Adult
University is a daunting place. It’s fun, exhilarating, manic, and basically bat-shit crazy most of the time. But its an isolating and cold place to be for anyone, regardless of how much you party, drink, get high, or even how many people you talk to on a regular basis. For the first time in any student's life, they’re painfully alone. It’s a terrifying realisation and sure enough when it finally hit you, it really is like running into a wall at 500 km/h. It stops you dead in your tracks, and suddenly this slow but gradual rise of fear and anxiety builds up, like a slowly flooding room.
By Harie Calder5 years ago in Humans
My First Few Weeks of Expat Life in India
In January 2013, my family and I moved to India, specifically to the city of Pune. The migration was a result of my father’s recent employment with an Indian automotive company, a career choice to ensure the welfare of his family. Little did he realise the pressure and difficulty he had placed on his family; just like a bird with its wings clipped, we were stuck on the ground. Collectively, the family had been grounded in terms of freedom of movement. Suddenly we were all flapping away trying to find the freedom we all used to have.
By Harie Calder5 years ago in Wander