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We all love Christmas but an inevitable side effect is that we end up with even more stuff! From clothes to trivia games to the latest hobby aid it all takes up space. I tried to pre-empt it this year by throwing a few things out over the past week before the big day. Although admittedly when it came to the clothes I only just got around to ditching the excess.
It’s been a while since I have posted and I feel bad about that. I thought I would try something a little different for this post: a look at my week just been.
Many people dream about their perfect holiday and I do too. I’ve been on many good holidays and each have their own virtues which made them amazing. From having amazing company to great value, here are the top 5 things I look for in an amazing holiday destination. Let’s see if you agree with what I have to say.
I have never been one for faith. I do not believe in a greater power and I never used to really understand those that did. I shunned the church and its holy books as nothing more than misinterpreted stories and ancient lore. I didn’t pay it much mind at all.
I still do not have a faith. But I do have spirituality now.
Continue reading “How spirituality changed my life, and why it could change yours.”
We all want to do what we love. For some people that is their career. Their job. For many, however, it is what they do outside of work that brings them the most happiness and enjoyment.
I am no exception to this rule.
I enjoy my job but I do not love it. I need to do other things to keep happy and that is where my hobbies come into it. Over the past seven years or so I have developed my hobbies from infrequent instances to more regular activities.
The first time I began to workout was at university, first year. I had ordered a 20kg set of dumbbells from the internet. So weak was I at this time that I struggled to carry the box containing them from the faculty office where they were delivered to my hall of residence. It wasn’t a far distance but I still had to put it down twice on the way.
Things have changed but I am still quite far from where I wanted to be some 9 years later.
Continue reading “Sometimes I ask myself – why can’t I maintain a fitness routine?”
Anyone who knows me knows one essential truth about me. I like to eat. You’ll be hard pressed to find me without food at genuinely any time of the day. I’m literally eating a cheese pasty as I post this.
I don’t always eat well, however. Indeed my laziness does come out to play sometimes when it comes to the preparation of food. I’m keen to get things done quickly and one of my peeves is when a meal takes ages to cook and not that long to eat. As a master of the microwave meal and the “stick it in the oven and forget about it” meal you’ll find my parents often joking about pizza being one of my major food groups, alongside burgers and curries.
You’ve probably read my first post. Undoubtedly you are thinking that I am either a) full of myself, or b) full of self-confidence.
Neither is true.
The correct answer was c) I just know I have the potential to do anything if I really, truly, set my mind to it. And guess what? You do too.
It sounds presumptuous. Like my ego must have overflown from my oversized head filling the entire room with my conceited self-opinion. But it isn’t presumptuous, it is true.
Continue reading “Let me tell you why I am amazing.”