Welcome to 2025 to my followers, current and new. I have high hopes for 2025 a year where I feel there will be change in my personal and work life. 2024 wasn’t the best year for Karen and I, although… Continue reading

What is it about putting a dog on the lead that sooooo many people can’t do? I’m constantly amazed by the number of dog owners who let their dogs meander around the streets lagging behind or running ahead pooing on… Continue reading

The process of deciding my 2025 goals and then writing them in a motivational way, is nearly completed. The equally hard part of goal setting is finding a way to remind me to keep focused and a way to track… Continue reading

Following on from my last post about real life outside of screens, last night we watched a programme about the affects smart phones and devices are having on young people. I feel that I’m quite well connected to the modern… Continue reading

Thankfully last week’s grumpiness didn’t last long, although Mr Grumpy did reappear on Saturday after a few things that I really shouldn’t have let get to me. Still, not everyday can be a good day…or can it be? I believe… Continue reading

I’ve made some progress with my 2025 goal setting, it’s definitely something I need to work on when I’m in the mood for thinking ahead. I cannot force myself to put ideas into words if my head is somewhere else:… Continue reading

My annual goal setting process…sometimes ordeal! starts around October / November and takes me a couple of months. Why does it take this long? I like to review the goals I set for the current year to see what I… Continue reading

In my last post I touched on my interest of sports psychology (SP) and the events that created my never-ending journey of self-development and improvement. It was after a disastrous performance in a Dog Agility competition that I realised no… Continue reading

I’ve taken up playing table tennis again since moving back to Pewsey. I played when I was younger and from what I remember even competed in a few tournaments. I was one of those kids who played many different sports… Continue reading

I’ve been getting on well with my latest task management app Todoist. Given my history of trying apps it will be no surprise to learn that I’ve tried this app before, the difference this time is that I’m moving to… Continue reading