life

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 …

Hacks Ideas life

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 …

Strength & Conditioning

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 …

My Training

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 …

Running

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 …

life

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 …

Ideas

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 …

Inspiration

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 …