For the stuff about my life
Reading time: < 1 min A photo posted by Gordon McLean (@gmclean) on Jan 1, 2015 at 3:31am PST A crisp winter morning, low sun, blue skies and an iPhone 6 for a camera. I wandered for a couple of hours, about 6.5 miles all in, pausing for a couple of cups of coffee here and there. It was aimless…
Reading time: < 1 min Resolutions get some flack. I understand, after all why does an arbitrary date mean that it’s time for change? Thing is, sometimes people need something to latch on to, a hook to hang their hopes on. Maybe that’s all New Year is, a placeholder, a line in the sand, a marker round which to base…
Reading time: 2 mins [insert cliche about how quickly the year has gone] [time flies like a banana quote and reference]* I started the year running. I ended it with ITB and being told not to run. I need to stop setting goals that might fail, they don’t do me any good. I took a short online course on…
Reading time: 3 mins Originally written and posted on Uborka. ‘Ssshhhhhhh, you’ll wake mum and Dad’ My sister was born when I was 7 and a half years old – back then that half was very important – so as her big brother it was my duty to induct her in the ways of Christmas. By then I…
Reading time: < 1 min Keeping busy The last few weeks at work were a bit manic, somewhat stressful, and long. Oh so long. I struggle to switch off at times like these but, as I’ve mentioned before, it does mean that I drop into a mindset that keeps me busy busy busy. I finished up for the holidays on…
Reading time: < 1 min It’s a quick cycle when the ills hit. Tiredness reigns, my emotional capacity drops and I do my best to keep as much back for myself and for the people that are important to me, but work drains me more than I like. Even realising this I dragged into futile discussions and arguments. Maybe next…