A new word for a new year?
I enjoyed having a break between Christmas and New Year that was long enough to do a thorough review of 2020 and of what I achieved, what I didn’t achieve and what I want to focus on in 2021. One of the things I did was to consider what...
In praise of veg: a 50 week challenge
In Praise of Veg is Alice Zaslavsky’s (aka Alice in Frames) “tribute to the wonderful world of veg”. The book features 50 of her favourite vegetables and goes “a little deeper into what makes them special for cooks and eaters alike, offering ways to bring the best out of...
2020 in review
Susannah Conway’s Unravel Your Year 2021 workbook asks you to describe the year just gone by in three words. It’s left open to you how you interpret this: you could, I imagine, choose three words that describe the year from a global perspective, from a personal perspective or anywhere...
20 for 2020: week 52
Week of 21 December 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Keep pushing with the morning planning routine at work. So, how did that go then?I didn’t do it. I did, however, start to set up what I hope is a better...
20 for 2020: week 50
Week of 7 December 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to track how many times I mindlessly picked up my phone and scrolled through stuff for no reason. And to force the morning ritual at work. So, how did...
20 for 2020: week 49
Week of 30 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to track how many times I mindlessly picked up my phone and scrolled through stuff for no reason. So, how did that go then?I forgot. On to 20 for...
20 for 2020: week 47
Week of 16 November 2020 Here’s my 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Keep working on the “replace phone use with movement” thing. That means instead of checking my phone at times when I’m between tasks or places, I get up and move...
Bored and Brilliant: Challenge 7
This is the final of seven challenges in the Bored and Brilliant series, based on the exercises in the book by Manoush Zomorodi. I actually started this challenge in March 2019 after I read the book. I got all the way through the first six challenges last year and...
20 for 2020: week 46
Week of 9 November 2020My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Put the phone down! Not unconsciously check Instagram. Move more. Not stay sitting down in one place for too long. So, how did that go then?This work has been very busy at...
20 for 2020: week 45
Week of 2 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Learn to identify early warning signs of becoming distressed in overwhelming situations and removing myself instead of trying to push through because I “have to” stay somewhere. So, how did that...