I think everyone is prone to new fashions. Arguably some more than others. Perhaps it is part of human nature to feel a need to somehow “fit” in society. Adopting a fashion can give us that common grounding point on which to connect with other humans. So what new fashion am I banging on about …
Writing…….
I should be writing. I should be writing a lot. I should be getting all of this out. And yet I’ve struggled, really, really struggled to sit down and write in the last five weeks. I’m not someone who writes every day. I’ve never been a regular diary keeper. I’m not a “writer” I just …
Bored, bored, bored, bored, boredity, bored…………
Can you guess the feeling in our house? I’m bored, like I can’t remember being bored for a very long time. The kind of boredom that turns you into a child. Wandering around the house, lolling on furniture, mithering my husband upstairs who’s actually working. Messaging friends to say how bored I am. And it’s …
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The Relief Of Not Feeling Like An Imposter…………..
Imposter syndrome’s a term I hear often. That feeling when you don’t think you’re good enough to be in your position or that your achievements and high regard of others is not deserved. It can stop people progressing in a career or activity because they don’t think they’re good enough. A feeling of being a …
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Am I Adventurous? Don’t be daft……….
I don’t really think of myself as adventurous. Sure, I like being outdoors, I’ve always liked going for a decent walk, I like swimming outside now, but I never think of it as “adventurous”. I have what I think of as “adventurous” mates. They go off and do proper crazy stuff like kayaking down the …
Normality………….
Gah, that was harder than I thought. For seven days (it should’ve been 10 but I got bored) I posted something very normal I do every day on Instagram and Facebook as a kind of antithesis of the perfect, exciting, fun lives we usually see of others through social media that I talked about here …
Winter Swimming……….is it cold? Why bother?
I get asked a lot of questions about swimming but there are two that always stand out the most over winter: Is it cold swimming outside at this time of year? Why bother when you only go in the water for a few minutes? In reply to 1: You appear to be wearing a warm …
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The End Of A Decade
For the last 10 days of 2019 I posted a photo a day on Facebook and Instagram to represent each year in the last decade. They weren’t necessarily highlights of that year. Just a picture that represented a thing I’d done. Something I was proud of or something that just represented where my life was …
Autumn, Autumn, Autumn
Autumn is officially here. The trees are turning and the water is cooling. There’s a distinct nip to the air. My house is full of conkers slowly going mouldy (thanks boys). I love changing seasons. I think I’d get bored without them. My best friend lived in New Orleans for a while and one of …
When Things Don’t Go To Plan………
Things often go wrong in life, plans fall through, people let you down, you let people down, events get cancelled. My reaction to such events varies greatly. Sometimes I get angry, disappointed, frustrated, sad, pissed off. Sometimes I roll over and go ‘meh’, it didn’t matter. Other times, but not often enough, I seize the …
