Day off…time to leave the pity party

It’s my day off today and in the spirit of my last blog over the weekend, I decided to spend the afternoon writing. It is just too warm to do anything else. I am sat in the in our back room with the patio doors open, hoping a breeze will break out and cool meContinue reading “Day off…time to leave the pity party”

Happy Father’s Day

I woke up early on Friday morning to the sound of a baby crying. I had slept with the window open and the sound of the babies hungry protestations travelled from another nearby open window. The sound was not an unpleasant noise, in fact it sounded very familiar, it took me back to when myContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day”

Speaking confidently in public

You don’t have to be an extrovert to be able to speak confidently in public. You don’t need to have a loud voice, or have a dominant personality. I am an introverted, mumbling, beta male, who is always happy to blend into the background and let someone else take the limelight. However I am toContinue reading “Speaking confidently in public”

I didn’t want to run today, but I did anyway

As you all know I have been preparing for the Great Manchester Run in a couple of weeks. This morning was a scheduled run (I try to get out for a run at minimum twice a week. This morning I really did not fancy it, I woke up about 6am and felt shattered, my musclesContinue reading “I didn’t want to run today, but I did anyway”

Forget All Future Plans: Episode 1

John has volunteered to help out on the staff support helpline, fielding calls from worried members of staff about their symptoms or symptoms of family members. The employee services staff field the calls first then pass them onto John and his colleague Jane, if they are a little more complex or if they feel theContinue reading “Forget All Future Plans: Episode 1”

Background and Timeline for Forget All Future Plans

This is the introduction into the world of Forget All Future plans, which is the project that came out of COVID and turned into a personal project about grief and loss. It is not a finished project and will unfold on here as I write more content over the coming months. Some of you willContinue reading “Background and Timeline for Forget All Future Plans”

A blog about how I am going to learn how to grieve for my Dad 24 years too late…

I have a confession to make, lately have been neglecting this blog. I have been struggling to write for a few years now. I have made up lots of reasons, like not having much to say or trying out new formats. In fact I have just given substack a go for the second time, seducedContinue reading “A blog about how I am going to learn how to grieve for my Dad 24 years too late…”

A blog about love

If you know me you no how soppy I can be, and I will often talk about love in a work setting. If you don’t know me you are probably wandering what the hell I am going on about. Am I encouraging workplace romances? No I am not, that is another blog entirely. Before IContinue reading “A blog about love”

The Power and Curse of Emotional Intelligence

Last week I wrote a little bit about how I make decisions and interpret the world, I am much more comfortable picking up feelings, both internally and what is happening around me. I struggle to with creating and interrogating logical structures. I am fine if someone provides me with a structure that is not overlyContinue reading “The Power and Curse of Emotional Intelligence”

Happy Easter

Happy Easter, I hope everyone is having a restful weekend, even if it is just for some of it. So far I have a had a lovely weekend. Our weekend started on Thursday evening, myself and Lisa went to Hull City Hall to see Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast on tour. He interviewed BobContinue reading “Happy Easter”