Learning to live, again

December 29, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

Can you really change? At almost 40, pretty set in your ways, done the same things the same way for forever, can you really hit the reset button on yourself and start over? It appears so.

Are we there yet?

October 2, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

We all ask ourselves questions. Am I a good parent? Should I be doing more to help others? Should I be reconnecting with family and friends I’ve lost touch with? Should I be spending more time with the children? Am I enough?

Tick tock

September 23, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

When we were young time didn’t really go fast. Maybe because we didn’t have anywhere to be, no one was waiting on us and we didn’t clock watch and wonder how long we had left. Nowadays, I think of it often.

Right here, right now

September 9, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

We live in an era of disturbance, of interference, of distraction yet our futures will be determined by the amount of attention we pay to the present. Lots of things have changed for me lately, some big moves have been made for sure and I’m looking ahead to the future, but should I be?

Everything that remains

August 31, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

So it’s here. My last day of employment and the start of the exciting laptop-living freelance life. But as I sit here alone at 8.30am on my last day in the office, I can’t help to think what I’m leaving behind.

Be your own Architect

August 24, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

There are so many life clichés – Life is short | Live for today, not for tomorrow | Live every day like it’s your last | Dream like you’ll live forever, live like you’ll die today… But they are cliché for a reason, because they are true.

Suddenly I see

August 19, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

We all change right? Maybe as a result of something happening in our lives, something negative or positive, something in our control or out of it, but for me, it’s ultimately an age thing.

Lesson’s learned, outside the classroom

July 28, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

So last week social media was a flood with images of children’s school reports, news on how well kids had done in their exams, what level they finished the year at, which is all lovely to see, but I’ll be honest, for my two, I mostly skipped all that.

My life’s ambition

July 19, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

So being an ambitious person, I’ve always been one for pushing harder, for wanting to achieve more, for wanting the bigger and brighter things in life, and going above and beyond, certainly in my working life to get what I know I’m capable of. How age changes things.

Remember, remember

July 18, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Memories. One of my favourite pastimes. Making them, remembering them, laughing and smiling about them. It brings me so much joy to take my mind back to the places I hold close to my heart, to be there again, to remember how I felt at that exact moment in time, to relive it in my […]

You define the finish line

July 16, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Besides being a good parent, spouse, friend etc., if you were selfish for a moment and had one wish, one wish to be whatever you wanted to be in life, what would you say?

Tune into your life, and live it

July 3, 2018.Reading time 15 minutes.

Is it really that hard? To find the balance I mean. The balance between work life, kid’s life, house life, your life. There’s no rule book, we know that, I’ve scoured the Amazon Best Sellers list a good few times looking for all the answers of how to juggle life, so maybe coming up with […]

Then versus now

June 1, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

For those of us too close to 40yrs than we’d like to admit, we all remember growing up in the 80’s, something I for one am kinda proud of. Perms, stonewashed jeans, Grotbags, BROS and Walkman’s are all things I’m sure we all remember vividly from that time in our lives, but sitting in my […]

Changing lanes, changing lives

May 30, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

Not having enough time is something I’ve always blamed on having children, between playing housemaid, taxi driver and referee, they tend to suck up every last minute of any potential downtime in the day, whilst I’m trying to make it go slower. We’re all busy in our lives, juggling our commitments and chores, but is […]

Be wealthy, or be rich?

May 24, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

We all had that dream growing up right? You know the one, having loads of money, the big house, nice cars in the driveway, multiple holidays across the globe, designer clothes. The one when you had made it, you were finally on the map, you were rich! So how’d that one turn out for you?

Half a life of happiness

May 15, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

It was a cold November Friday night at the pub where I usually worked but a night off meant I could enjoy the atmosphere from the opposite side of the bar, which was quite lucky when I saw this cute guy walk in.

Outside of the bubble

April 24, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

So Hans Christian Andersen once said, “To travel is to live”, a quote which still rings true today, and one I take my mind to often.

Positives, promises and smiles

February 18, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

So work has been a little pants of late, no change to the status quo there, and Friday, I decided enough is enough. I do my job, and I do it very well, but could I do more if the shackles came off and the company allowed me to work my magic and make them […]