Procrastination Busting – How to break the dam we have built

I wrote recently about planning and avoiding distractions, here, but it is not the only hurdle to overcome when we are trying to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Having got past one hurdle, we might come across another one that many of us have faced in the past, which is procrastination. Despite recognising […]

That Was The Week – Beginning on 7 October 2024

Every so often, I question whether I am using the best tools for the job (of writing), and none more often than when it comes to journaling. For me, a writer for wellbeing, the backbone of what I do centres around journalling. Whilst I engage in other forms of writing, this is the one that […]

How To Make Sure Things Get Done – Despite the distractions

The distractions in life are where many of us find ourselves before too long. We may have started-off with good intentions to do this or write that, but soon we are consumed by the news, the politics, the gossip, TV, the game, the movie, the people, the book that grabs our original intention, and grinds […]

That Was The Week – Beginning on 9 September 2024

For me, this week was characterised by different kinds of writing, from poetry workshop to increased journalling to following prompts based on existing poetry. And I have had another piece of writing published by ‘Know Thyself, Heal Thyself’: How to Make Your Fish Ride a Bicycle — When all it wants to do is climb ladders. […]

How To Make Your Fish Ride A Bicycle – When all it wants to do is climb ladders

If you are not familiar with the active life of salmon, very briefly, they spawn in the rivers, and then make their way out into the sea to feed and mature, but when the mating season comes around again, the mature salmon make their way back to the original spawning grounds in the rivers. Given […]

Seneca, Asthma and Me – Making a connection over the centuries

Seneca The Younger was born at the same time as Christ, but that is not why he grabs my attention. I am drawn to the fact that he writes about his experience of Asthma, something I have had to deal with in my life more than 2000 years later. Nowadays, I can usually keep the worst of […]

Renewed, Refreshed, Replenished – Leaving summer break behind

Here I stand at the beginning of a new academic year, ready for all that it might bring. I see it as the opportunity to renew learning, and to remind myself of positions I might choose to adopt when it comes to writing, and how I interact with the world. In that respect, I am […]

I Will Be Right Back – After my summer break

Following on from my post last week, I am exercising my right to work when I want to work, and therefore to take breaks when that feels right for me. And so, in the spirit of self-care, this will be my last post until 1 September, at the earliest. I am looking forward to refresh my […]

Look After Yourself – Don’t just read about it or think about it

So, what does looking after yourself entail? I have no idea because I don’t know you, but you know you (hopefully), so you can look after yourself, according to what that means to you. If you don’t know yourself, you might want to spend some time finding out about yourself. Fortunately, you already have the […]

Aftermath of the UK Election – Recognising the challenges ahead

I have personally observed people breathing a collective sigh of relief following the results of the UK general election which brought Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, leading the Labour party, into power with a huge majority. I do not, however, hear a wide acclamation or celebration of the Labour victory apart, perhaps, from the […]