Way back in January, when I was approaching 2025 with a fresh face and a fresh set of motivational challenges and goals for the year, I allowed myself to be suggestible. My wonderful PT, Michelle, was the culprit… suggesting to me that maybe by April I might be up for a charity 5k ‘fun run’.* … More A first! (Or a 1075th)
It’s already over a month since I got back from Thailand. Not so long as to have forgotten the details of my trip, but long enough to have settled back into the routine of daily life and processed some of my learnings. Let’s start at the beginning. This was not my first solo trip – … More Thailand – Part 4 Reflections on my trip
Phuket was actually the starting point for this whole trip. It was a crumb of temptation from some friends who had booked 3 weeks in a villa in Nai Harn, and who suggested I could join them since they had a spare bedroom, that started the cogs turning and led to flights being booked. It … More Thailand – Part 3 Phuket
The end of week 1 in Thailand saw me hop an internal flight north to Chiang Mai. Just a short 1 hour 15 took me to a completely different landscape and vibe. I arrived at my hotel mid afternoon- was very pleased with my choice of accommodation, which was a little oasis in the corner … More Thailand- Part 2 Chiang Mai
Where do I start? I suppose it would have to be with the jet lag! An ‘overnight’ flight from Heathrow to Bangkok via Abu Dhabi, where the clock said it was morning but my body thought it was 2am… When we landed in Bangkok, local time was 6pm and by the time I made it … More Thailand – Part 1 Bangkok
Where did January go? How can a month be at the same time the longest month ever, and over in a flash? As during most Januarys, I spent some of my time wishing my life away and longing for lighter, sunnier, longer days and some of my time planning and visioning what I wanted life … More Brave vs bravado
New Year resolutions just don’t do it for me. I gave up on them years ago, on the basis that they are so often short-lived and prone to early failure! I much prefer the idea of setting a series of goals or challenges that have some longevity and can offer some positive feelings of achievement. … More My 2024 bingo challenge
Just over two years ago now, I wrote in my post Stick or Twist? about making changes in life when you felt decisions weren’t serving you, and in particular about my own decision to jump out of a job I wasn’t enjoying. This post is something of a follow up to that, as I have … More Let’s twist again!
I spent yesterday in beautiful, sunny Eton. That in itself would have fed my soul – the stunning buildings in quaint streets, the quirky independent shops behind traditional facades, the dabbling ducks and majestic boats along the River Thames… you get the picture. I spent most of the day indoors, however, exercising my brain, lungs … More Fluting!
I have just returned from a week in Nantes, a city lodged between the Loire valley and Brittany, which is twinned with my home town of Cardiff. It was the return leg of a linguistic exchange for adults from the two cities, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The exchange is organised annually by … More Parlez-vous français?
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