Archive - Outgrown

Hello from the other side

I've just moved to San Francisco, and for those who may be curious, here’s a short list of what it has been like, adjusting to this new life.

Dec 11, 2022 •

Pauline Chatelan

July 2022

"Don't you, forget about me"

The struggles of keeping in touch. As I self-diagnosed what has made me lose touch with this newsletter these last 6 months, I realised that it is those…

Jul 17, 2022 •

Pauline Chatelan

November 2021

Long distance relationship

It went from butterflies in the stomach as we were sitting in that movie theatre wondering when he would grab my hand, to happy dancing in my bathroom…

Nov 18, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

October 2021

I got a list of names

An ode to petty and spiteful women. In this newsletter, I dig into the very notion of revenge and try to make sense of the narrative power of revenge as…

Oct 16, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

August 2021

To the happy few

... who were also born in the early '90s. What are the differences between Millennials and Gen Zs? This is a question I tried to answer for a client…

Aug 22, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

June 2021

I'll be there for you

Unless you’ve been living under some rock, you must know the much anticipated Friends reunion episode was released last week. I won’t spoil it, but I…

Jun 2, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

May 2021

It's on the tip of my tongue

Idiom that works both in English and in French

May 16, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

April 2021

Rory Gilmore Syndrome

Believe it or not, I have other obsessions in life apart from Taylor Swift. I may know all her albums by heart, but I can also recognise any given line…

Apr 7, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

March 2021

Ignorance was bliss

Oh no… another “this time last year” piece.

Mar 14, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

My creative bible

I guess what’s so enchanting about Amélie Poulain, and why this film has always resonated with me is how it shows there is magic in ordinary people’s…

Mar 2, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

February 2021

#ProustYourself

We all know about Marcel Proust’s famous madeleine episode, but although this is the first “involuntary memory” episode of Proust’s À la recherche du…

Feb 9, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

January 2021

Personal branding

As much as I could try to monetise each of my own identity pillars, I personally struggle with the idea of putting up my own identity and story “for…

Jan 28, 2021 •

Pauline Chatelan

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts