What I’d tell my 2017 self, a guest post by the wonderful Holly Christie. Five years ago, in 2017 life was very different. I was recently separated, traumatised from a marriage which had contained a lot of domestic abuse. My job had come to an end and I was 36 with a 3 year old …
There’s Places That Would Give An Airport Arrivals Lounge A Run For It’s Money
I’m sure we’ve all seen the scene. Love Actually. It goes a little bit like this; Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see …
The Letter I’d Write To The Me Of 5 Years Ago
I was just thinking about what I’d tell the version of me from 5 years ago, what does future me thinks past me needs to hear 🤔 So I decided to write it here 🙌🏼 Right girl, listen up! There’s definitely some things you need to know. Some of these things you already know but …
Do You Need To Walk 10,000 Steps A Day?
💡 DID YOU KNOW 💡 The whole 10,000 steps per day thing was part of a marketing campaign on the lead up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It’s origins are from a Japanese company who were seeking to sell step counters and the product roughly translates into being called the “10,000 step counter.” …
The Juggler
Jeez, there’s so much to do in any given day/week/month. There’s so many plates to spin. A mixture of things we wanna do collide with the things that we kinda have to do. Pleasure pieces clash with obligations. There’s a quote that says “everything that’s on your place is there because you said yes to …
But Being Healthy Is So Boring
It can happen in the blink of an eye. You decide that you’re going to pay attention to your health, fitness & wellness and in the beginning it brings a couple of challenges, you persevere but what once brought you a wee bit of a challenge becomes just a little bit boring. It might that …
I’m Scared Of The Gym
I know that this is what I thought. I probably didn’t diagnose it as scared. I probably didn’t think about it all that much. I just didn’t think I belonged there. The gym wasn’t for me. I’d not fit it. The gym was for gym bunnies. The gym was a place where people who were …
Week 2 Of The Hybrid Block
Welcome to week 2 of my current block. These Sunday articles are a wee bit of a training diary if you want to follow along with what I’m doing & what’s going on in my world. There’s current half an eye on autumn marathons with half an eye on getting a wee bit faster …
parkrun Is For Everybody
I bloody love parkrun I do! It brings so much to my world. A sense of routine, community, it can give you exactly what you need when you need it, a belonging to name but a few things. parkrun is a weekly, FREE, timed event which takes place in parks & recreational areas throughout the …
Is “What I Eat In A Day” Type Content Useful?
“What I Eat In A Day” content seems to be super popular. You just need to type it into YouTube and my feed is flooded with stacks and stacks of videos of people sharing their “what I eat in a day” type content. I was going to type “sharing what they eat in a day” …