Tag Archives: opportunities

The blog that should never be written

I get angry sometimes. Tonight is one of those times and I’m breaking all my own rules of not writing when I’m in that moment. But something has to give and I’d rather it be my pride than something worth … Continue reading

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When the best laid plans fall off the agenda

I used to be an all-or-nothing person, full-on until I had seen an idea through to the end and not satisfied until all boxes were ticked that related to my original objectives. Socially, my confidence wore itself on my coat … Continue reading

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Emerging from the fog

Sunday afternoon and hunched over my PC (voluntarily this time having just delivered on a deadline) I can’t help but ponder over what on Earth I’m doing. Looking around at the detritus which is my apartment and musing that I should be using the time to clear up and start afresh for the new week, I’m thinking it shouldn’t be this hard to tear myself away from the screen and give my myself a break. I’m wrecked, my back is screaming and I haven’t been out for a walk in weeks, yet all I can think about is the lure of the machine. Looking back over the last 2 years I have to ask myself, again, if what I’m doing is really the right thing. Continue reading

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