Ted Talk: Try something new for 30 days

Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals Check out this link: Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days | TED Talk

2021: Aim smaller?

2020 was a difficult year for many of us. Some of us would say it was the worst year of their lives so far. The impact of the pandemic, at least in the UK, did suddenly seem to effect life from March. We had carried on our lived as normal from New Years day. Those…

Video: How to Cope with Feeling Unfocused or Overwhelmed

Over on YouTuve Tim Ferriss shares tips on how to cope with feeling unfocused or overwhelmed. This is a great six minute video that is quite thought provoking. Its well worth a quick watch 🙂 How to Cope with Feeling Unfocused or Overwhelmed | Tim Ferriss – YouTube

Midweek Blog & Round Up 21 January 2021

You know how life is, sometimes things are really busy and you have to take a few minutes out of your day to focus on organising.  Well I reached this point yesterday morning, I had a lot on my to do list.  That had a potential to make me feel overwhelmed.   I applied tools…

Blue Monday

Today (Monday 18 January) is blue Monday.  It is the third Monday of the year, and is known by some (or many) to be the most depressing day of the year. This is supposedly due to a combination of bad weather, long nights and the lingering negatives of Christmas (over indulging and financial pressures etc)….

Blog: Reality Bites

It’s a very tough time of year for me. 13 January represents three years since my Dad died. There’s nothing I can say or do to change that. It’s not a day to celebrate or mark, but it does represent a day where my life changed forever. Friday 8 January was supposed to be my…

Blog: 8760

8760.  I want you to think about that number, 8760. The clock keeps ticking, we get older.  Time flies? Not always when we are having fun, but it sure does keep ticking. What is a year… it sounds like a lot, but in reality, a year can pass really quickly. One year 12 months 365…

Midweek Blog + Round Up: 6 January 2021

The turning of the clock happens, it keeps happening.  Time is one of the few constants in the world.  Sadly, the change of one day to the next does not change the situation we are in.  The new year has started with us back in a lockdown, across the entire of the UK. Again we…

Get Active Blog: Adaptation

Adapting your workouts is key to keeping active whilst also factoring in life. Life is messy and is largely out of our control, basically sh*t happens. Adaptation of our exercises can allow for us to work through these times. Winter is a great example of this. If you enjoy running, as I do, the weather…

Blog: A time to reflect

Happy New Year! I hope 2021 brings good health and happiness to you all. Over the Christmas break, I was watching the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special from 2019 with my wife. It triggered a conversation as to how different “our world” was just 12 months ago when we had watched it previously. My initial…