It’s exactly a month today that I took the day off work and set off in my car to Cambridgeshire to get my second tattoo. As of now, it’s continuing to heal pretty well, though there’s at least one spot that will need touching up – due to what I think was some skin cracking … Continue reading Tattoo number 2: On the root of a fixation
That’s right folks, I finally conned someone into believing I can be trusted behind the wheel. Watch out road users and pedestrians, here I come! Just kidding. I’ve been told I’m a good driver. Which I should be, given I learned on and off for about four and a half years. That many years, four … Continue reading The end of the road: On finally passing my driving test
Credit: Lucas Guimarães/Pexel I got my first tattoo yesterday. A big moment, especially considering that a tattoo is something I’ve wanted for several years. If only vaguely to begin. Still, much as I’ve wanted one and for as long as I’ve wanted one, I was surprised that on the morning of this significant and irreversible event … Continue reading My first tattoo
Life has been a bit chaotic lately. (And when I say that I’m referring only to my personal life, because my uninformed self isn’t going to go anywhere near discussing the current state of the world.) Things haven’t been consistently chaotic, I’ll admit, but certainly enough that it’s been noticeable, especially in retrospect. It’s been … Continue reading In need of occasional adjustment – An update on my 2022 so far
Credit: Mushmushfun/GIPHY This year has very much been one of…inconsistency, for me. Of highs and lows, progress made, and progress lost. To mention a few things, my fitness journey has suffered the occasional setback; I’ve struggled to publish blog content and to make as much progress as I wanted with my other writings; and, I … Continue reading At the end of a rollercoaster: Looking back at 2021
Some say that university is the best time of your life. I’m not necessarily sure if that’s true, or even if it’s true for me (I am only 24 after all) but I’ve certainly been looking back on that time with no small amount of nostalgia recently. On Sunday, my mother and I dropped off … Continue reading On uni nostalgia and well wishes to a Fresher
Credit: Flow Magazine/GIPHY Sometimes you just need to take a break. Life can get busy, and tiring, and when that happens it’s good – essential, even – to take some time to relax and recharge. That’s what I did this week just gone, in celebration of my birthday week. Lovely as it can be to … Continue reading On taking a break
Credit: Craig Adderley/Pexels In the lead up to my birthday, I often get asked the same two questions over and over again. “What do you want?” and “what do you want to do?”. For some years now, I’ve struggled to answer both of those questions. In years gone by, the answers came easily to me. … Continue reading On birthday expectations
Twenty-four hours in a day just isn’t enough. I’ve just had a couple of pretty busy weeks at work, and having to rearrange other aspects of my life around longer workdays, to compensate, has reminded me of that fact. Last year, I posted about how hectic my post-university life felt, and whilst I do still … Continue reading On wanting more time
It’s only just reached the end of March, but it’s already evident that 2020 is a start to the decade that will go down in history – though not for positive reasons. I’m sure many of us were hopeful for the year ahead when it began, and it’s a shame that things already aren’t going … Continue reading Three down and nine to go – An update on my 2020 so far
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