I’m yet to meet the person who achieves all their goals in life. The person who completes every entry on their to-do list every single day. The person who sticks to their word 100% of the time and does everything they say they’re going to do, when they say they’re going to do it. I …
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Life is all about balance and this is my most difficult challenge
In last week’s post, I mentioned life being about balance and compromise and I’d like to expand on that thought here. We rarely (if ever) get everything we want in life and there has to be acknowledgement that some give and take is almost always essential. This is probably my main challenge in life – …
Keep the good people in your life close to you
A short post this week, prompted by a few things which have happened over the past few days to remind me what is truly valuable and important in life. Perhaps it’s a sign of getting older and wiser but it’s really easy for me these days to identify the good people in my life. The …
Do you have opportunities to talk about your mental health?
I’m fortunate to work for a company which places a great deal of importance on the mental health of employees. The Wellbeing team in our HR department are fantastic. They regularly arrange lunchtime catch-ups for staff to understand what support is available and to provide an opportunity for us to talk in a safe space. …
Find reasons to love yourself this Valentine’s Day
Whatever your thoughts on Valentine’s Day, whether you’re a hopeless romantic or you believe it’s an insincere and cynical commercial creation designed to suck yet more money from our wallets and purses, it at least provides an appropriate opportunity to reflect on the theme of love. I’d stick my neck out and suggest that the …
Life is all about balance and keeping the plates spinning
I’ve come to realise lately, during those rare but important brief spells of actually taking a few minutes to think things over, that life is all about balance; about keeping all the plates spinning at the same time without letting any fall off the pole and smash into pieces. And the key thing I’ve concluded …
All it takes is a minute or two
A bit of a departure this week, in that the blog post focuses on an image rather than a ‘wordy’ post. I was trying to find a way to encourage everyone to check up on family and friends; to ensure our loved ones are keeping well; to look out for each other. I started writing …
Put up that Christmas tree if you want to
This year has been no different to any other in that now Halloween and Bonfire Night are done and dusted, Christmas advertising campaigns are inescapable. This year has been very different to others for reasons we are all too familiar with. I’ve seen a number of recent social media posts where people have either put …
Mortality and me – why I’ve been thinking of how much time I have left…
Well isn’t this just the cheeriest of blog titles to ease you into those final few hours of the weekend?! Don’t worry though – this post isn’t as morbid as the title suggests. It’s actually more of a call to arms, though I have been thinking over recent weeks and months about just how much …
Cathy’s story and why you should define how your life will be, rather than letting life define you
As referenced in last week’s post (which you can find here), a stand-alone post to tell the story of Cathy, a lady who I met during our recent break in Wales. To recap the back story, the house we rented came with a beach hut. This was an absolute godsend and proved to be ridiculously …