💡 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” …
Bed – It’s Complicated
As you get older most relationships in your life get easier. You have a more defined sense of self, you have a greater knowledge & more experience of navigating relationships. The one relationship that does seem to get more complicated is the relationship with your BED!! It’s not lost on me how bloody old I …
What About Opinions?
Opinions 🤔 A biggie is that people worry about being judged. They worry what others will think and what others will say about them. Here’s the thing ~ opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one 😂😉 AND, guess what? That’s ok! Yeah we don’t wanna feel like we are being watched and judged, we sometimes …
How To Keep Going When The Motivation Isn’t There
Motivation! Yup, I’ll need to get motivated, I’ll do that once I’ve got the motivation, I won’t be able to do that because I am rubbish at motivating myself ~ blah blah blah blah blah. HOLD ON A SECOND. Stop waiting for motivation. Motivation is fickle AF! So, there are times when you simply need …