Lock it in: Valuable lessons learned from a birthday in lockdown

In the first year of keeping this blog I took the opportunity to reflect on my birthday, and I thought I’d do it again this year.…

Where were you when? Remembering how the news broke

It’s been twenty years since 9/11 and I can still remember where I was when it happened. I was eight years old and my family were…

Combine winter with more Covid lockdowns, and lately I’ve had plenty of time to absorb all the latest TV shows. I’m not one to jump onto…

Lately I’ve found myself wondering what it would be like to be one of those people that takes days to respond to a message, to call…

The Tokyo Olympics have begun, and as per usual I’m looking up when the gymnastics is on. It’s the number one reason I watch every four…

It’s now been well over a year since the Covid-19 pandemic started to creep its way around the world. Surely, we thought, by the middle of…

Eating out with friends is like when you first start dating someone, it’s fun until you have to stare at each other and talk about the…

I’ve been working full-time for just over five years. Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day, in an office. It’s a schedule that’s familiar to many…

In early 2020 as I lay on the couch one morning, home sick, I decided to watch the first episode of Fleabag. It had been recommended…

I first got Instagram in 2012, which is nearly ten years ago. I don’t quite know how to feel about that, especially as it’s been part…