Category: life

19 for 2019: week 25 update

Week of 17 June A couple of conversations with people this week have reassured me that I’m not the only one who is feeling miserable and downcast during these short, dark, cold winter days and I’m not the only one who prefers to hibernate rather than be around crowds...

Weekend wisdom

One of the things I try to do on Saturday mornings is to go through the backlog of emails in my inbox that I haven’t read or dealt with during the week. I’m a slightly flawed follower of the inbox zero regime and I don’t often get to inbox...

19 for 2019: week 24 update

Week of 10 June This week was much better than the last few weeks have been. I got up every day and went for a walk. I count that as a win. I also completed another of my 19 things! Yes! I had to go to the GP and...

19 for 2019: week 23 update

Week of 3 June: Sunday 9 June 2019 My work has been incredibly busy the last month. I have been putting in long hours, not taking proper breaks and not taking very good care of myself. I haven’t been walking, I haven’t been drinking enough water, I haven’t been...

Bored and Brilliant challenge 6: Observe something else

Previous posts on the challenge: Bored and Brilliant introduction post Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 Challenge 4 Challenge 5 Bored and Brilliant challenge 6 is to go somewhere public and stay for a while: a park, a mall, a gas station, a cafe, the hallway at work. Once...

19 for 2019: week 18 update

Week of 29 April I went back to work this week. That always seems to take up an awful lot of my time for some reason! I made some progress with 19 for 2019. I did some work on the photo course (thing 1); I watched two videos and...

19 for 2019: week 17 update

Week of 22 April One of the things that’s on my 19 for 2019 list is to finish a photo project I’d been working on for a while (thing 16). It’s going to be fun, but it’s also intimidating, and I’ve been avoiding it. I had a much easier photo...

Bored and Brilliant challenge 5: Doing the deep work

Previous posts on the challenge: Bored and Brilliant introduction post Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 Challenge 4 I went for a week without Instagram on my phone because of this challenge. The thing that doing this did most was to make me realise how many times I pick...

19 for 2019: week 14 update

Week of 1 April After my massive week of achievements in week 13, I wasn’t anywhere near as productive in week 14 with my 19 for 2019 list. In fact, I can count the things I progressed on one hand. One finger, even. Status for week 14 Things completed...

Bored and Brilliant challenge 4: app addled

Previous posts on the challenge: Bored and Brilliant introduction post Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 An idea came to me for a work thing while I was out walking without my phone. It works! Today was the day to delete the app. The tough day that was coming...