The headline news in the UK in the early part of this week is not our corrupt politicians attempting to cover up their abuses of power, or the murderous activities of Russians in Ukraine but the hundreds of people stranded…
Music and Working Out
Music: inspiration, pleasure, relaxation, background, aural wallpaper. Music can affect moods and affect how you approach different tasks. It can also set you up psychologically to achieve better things. The last couple of weekends whilst I was training at the…
Hastings Jack in the Green
Hastings, of 1066 fame, is a town on the south coast of England, in the county of East Sussex. It’s an impoverished town, one of the poorest in the south east. Despite this, or maybe because of it, it has…
Ukraine Benefit Show
With the war in Ukraine that Putin and his followers have started and have been brutally pursuing, there have been many people in other countries who have felt the need to support the victims of this war. One of these…
How Did I Get Here? Why Am I Me?
There are many incidents that shape us throughout our lives but can you pinpoint one or more pivotal moments, without which things would have been so much different? Can you point the finger of blame and single out someone or…
Ligging in Luton
Luton, what does it have to offer? It wasn’t a place that I’d really thought of visiting unless I was meeting someone there. When I found out that three interesting bands would be playing there on a Saturday night I…
Working
Ask most people what they do and they will define themselves by their job. Whilst I do try to avoid this – I am a music fan and a visual media artist – sometimes it is fun to describe what…
Self Improvement
The self-improvement category of online training and books has become quite populated since the Internet became more popular in this century. There are many online gurus, some of long-standing, some much newer. The range of quality is quite broad, as…
Be My Valentine
So, another year when I am single on Valentine’s Day. Unlike a lot of other singletons, I am not upset by couples declaring their love for one another. Maybe it’s because I am a romantic at heart, and, if I…
Going for Goals
It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the urgent and necessary things in life competing with those things that you want to do to achieve ones goals. We all have 24 hours in a day as an entitled company CEO has…