July 2018 Review

I'm not sure where to start this month as my life has been a bit all over the place. So, in the manner of an ill-prepared presentation, I'm going to do bullet points: My car continued to cause me grief. I cut my losses with the garage I had been taking it to and went …

Advertisements

On Dieting

So I started a new diet recently. I've been putting if off for a while - here were some of my excuses: "Well there's no point starting a new diet before our holiday, I'll wait til after..." "I can't start a new diet while the World Cup is on, that's crazy talk..." "The festival is …

June 2018 Review

This post is a bit late this month, the World Cup has taken over my life somewhat, and that along with a slightly shameful fascination with Love Island has meant I have had precious few evenings or weekends to find time to write. I've been considering buying a waistcoat as well, but I can't think …

On Millennials and Love Island

It has recently come to my attention that I am a millennial. That is, apparently, anyone born between the years 1981-1996 is a millennial, and I was born at the end of 1984 so I am in that bracket. I scoffed when I heard this. Me, a millennial? No no, that can't be right. My …

May 2018 Review

So it's Friday evening and what better way to celebrate the weekend than to sit in a dark room and write a blog post about last month's expenses! That's how I roll baby. Seriously though, I'm quite glad I'm not out again, because my health, my finances, and a little bit my mental sanity has …

On Depression

This last week has been a sad one. Sad because of the tragic death of Scott Hutchison, the creator and songwriter behind one of my favourite bands, Frightened Rabbit, who took his own life after what must have been a long battle with depression. I first saw he'd gone missing last week and immediately feared …

April 2018 Review

It's going to be quite a quick update this month. Life is flying by and I only have a couple of days before I go on holiday. Work has been crazy busy and I've been working longer hours to keep on top of things, read more about that here. Outside of work I spent a …