It is super rare for me to spend an afternoon with my eldest sibling (not elder – that is me remember!) and we planned an afternoon in the City so I had booked the afternoon off months ago. I was looking forward to the post-morning period of freedom. I pre-booked the train tickets (via TrainLine) […]
Micro Aggressions
I have to be very careful here but let me take you back to 1992. I was in Year 5 at Lansdowne County Middle School. Please note the system in Buckinghamshire was different then; we went to secondary school from Year 8, not Year 7. Therefore, I still had two years left. Since this occurred […]
Slowly Learning Life Is Okay
Almost exactly a year ago, as our family holiday in Spain was drawing to a close, I did what I always seem to do: I pondered the future. Where would I be in twelve months? Would things look or feel any different? Classic overthinker move. It’s such a human thing—this compulsion to squint into the […]
Retiring Posts
This is something I feel I never would have to do, but sometimes you have to take a step back and take stock. Several hundred posts have been retired. However please note this is purely a temporary situation. I shall go back and review each post individually and then decide if it can be republished […]
I Am Back (Sort Of)
After a self imposed hiatus for the past seven months I wanted to let my loyal readers know I am back and I am trying to commit to a blog post a week. Most will be published over the weekend. I have fifty posts sitting in draft in various staginess of readiness for publication. The […]
The Day My Twitter Account Was Suspended
September means the return to nursery/school/college/University after the summer break. This also means many people returning to work after the frantic holiday season. What do the British press refer to the months of July and August – I believe the phrase is ‘silly season’ This first official week back saw me back in the office […]
Changes Under The Hood
Do you sometimes put things off because the mammoth task standing before you (physically or metaphorically) is just too much of a burden and it is far easier to leave things alone? As human beings, we are designed to take the easier option. The path of least resistance. As I recall to my colleague on […]
Keep On Running
It is almost seven months since I last posted an entry and I feel that my readers are well overdue an update. I have had a few posts sitting in draft status waiting to be finished, but never getting the required runway to complete, edit, review and subsequently pull the trigger and publish! While I […]
Bring on Whamageddon
What you, dearest reader, do not know is I rarely blog live (or as soon as possible after the event). Actually I never blog during the event, perhaps in the future, an opportunity shall present itself. Yet, as usual I digress from my main narrative. Being obsessive about the closure of any given story, I […]