Reading time: < 1 min I am still processing the news of her death. I am not a royalist, I donβt believe in what they represent even if the Queen did try and change things (a little). From what I can tell, she seemed a likeable woman, not heavily burdened (a little unaware?) with her position, quick to laugh and…
Reading time: 2 mins It was Father’s Day a few weeks ago in the UK. I wanted to capture my thoughts, it’s just taken me a while… My first one as a Dad, with all the emotions that brings with it. Every single day I tell my son I love him and Father’s Day was no different. It’s part…
Reading time: 2 mins Fighting the Shame of Skin Picking /// A Bicycle Is an Anti-Poverty Machine /// Is Your Brain Foggy? Here Are Five Ways to Clear It /// Ukraine war: Putin has redrawn the world – but not the way he wanted /// How to have less stuff /// How Sweden Sends Just 1% of Its Trash…
Reading time: 2 mins If in doubt, write about what you haven’t written about even though you’ve been trying to… In the past when I’ve struggled to find time/motivation/words for this blog I’ve resorted to some cliched posts and, well, here’s another one. I had planned to write about Father’s Day, given it was my first one as a…
Reading time: < 1 min Whilst the arrival of my son has curtailed posting here recently, I still have plans to post more often but as ever life is, wonderfully, gloriously, getting in the way. 23 years is a long time to be doing anything on a semi-regular basis and this blog has seen me through several major life events;…
Reading time: 3 mins I’ve been goal driven most of my adult life, it’s part of who I am and over the last few years I’ve been slowly changing my approach to it so I’m confident that these days it’s a healthy thing, not a potentially self-sabotaging mechanism. Which is just as well as, somewhat predictably, my goals for…