There's something in my eye...
I have always been prone to crying through most of my adult life. I've never been one to boast of a stiff upper lip - I can hang on under certain circumstances but I will express my emotions when requ…
Tagged: personal-development
Goodbye Facebook, it's been nice...
My Facebook header... Have you heard of 'Enshittification'? It's a concept created by Cory Doctorow, and it's summed up on Google as: ...the three-stage decline of online platforms: first attracting u…
Warning - Inner work taking place...
“Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with will of its own. You think you hav…
Today me, tomorrow you
A few weeks ago I wrotethis Blog Post around the theme of Today You, Tomorrow Me, a 'pay it forward' sentiment summed up in the attitude of someone doing a favour for someone on the ground of 'Today y…
Adulting....
In recent years I've heard the word 'adulting' used to describe various types of behaviour. I have to say that when I first heard it, I thought it was being used in a joking manner, but it appears th…
When unfriending is the friendly thing to do
I'm not a great social media junkie; I think I have a Tumblr account, somewhere. I don't have an Instagram account or use Reddit, and whilst Blackberry Messenger is (apparently) installed and availab…
Progress so far....
A few weeks ago I decided to try and get back in to regularly writing. This came after a conversation with my wife in which we recollected that in the 1980s I was able to earn about 50% of my income t…
Unhappy the land that needs heroes....??
The line : "Unhappy is the land that needs a hero." comes from Bertholt Brecht's 'Life of Gallileo' and has stuck with me for many, many years. I can't remember when I first heard it, but it still ra…
Today you, tomorrow me
The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is feed the cats, then make tea, then sit and allow some of my higher brain functions to come online, usually whilst browsing Facebook. There then co…
The JAMs
A new set of initials entered the language of British politics this week - JAM. They stand for 'Just About Managing' and refer to families or individuals who are just about getting by in the current …