Category Archives: Wellbeing

The rock in the sea. My guess is that most rocks start off life with loads of rough edges. The sea throws the rock around and over many years it becomes smooth. I am the rock and life is the sea 😁 I wrote this a few days ago and on reflection it’s changed aContinue reading “The rock in the sea”

Belonging. It’s not nice when you don’t feel like you belong. I experienced it for around six months when I first moved to Australia, not because of what anyone was doing, just that it was an alien land with different rules and culture. It was very unsettling and there was a time when I feltContinue reading “Belonging”

Faith in dealing with uncertainty. I recently did a trail run that had lots of river crossings. There was uncertainty around the stability of some of the rocks I stood on, this made me nervous that I would fall in. The rocks couldn’t be trusted to be stable, I lost my faith in them. IContinue reading “Faith in dealing with uncertainty”

The journey. I don’t think I’m alone in losing focus on where I am today. There’s a bit of thought to be had about the future but I know I focus too much on it. Not much point really. I started a loosely planned road trip Friday and there was a fair amount of anxietyContinue reading “The journey”

It’s an inside job. It really is! Happiness, contentment, joy, peace is all from within. I put so much of this on the external that’s why I can be affected easily by what’s going on around me. I guess that’s where the inner self comes in. How do I get there? There’s a lot toContinue reading “It’s an inside job.”

Prioritise. It’s something that I do at work when I’ve got a list of tasks that I need to do, so why don’t I do it for the changes that I want to see in myself? All I do is create a long list of changes, look at it, feel overwhelmed, ignore it. That’s notContinue reading “Prioritise”

Mental obesity. Obesity is the definition of being physically overweight. A contributing factor to the physical is the automation of physical tasks. Cars, bikes, lifts, escalators and so on. We’re now even seeing electric assistance on bikes and scooters. I think as humans we are inherently lazy. Whilst the automation of certain tasks is ofContinue reading “Mental obesity”

Thrive, not survive. To first find what I do want I first need to know what I don’t want, this narrows the field down. I’m going through a bit of a career crisis at the moment. I left 22 years of stable employement in the UK to come to Australia. It took me 6 monthsContinue reading “Thrive, not survive”

I’ve been listening to podcasts recently and one thing stands out – My perfect self. Now, I’ve heard about ‘the best version of myself’ and tend to like that more. I used to try and be a perfectionist but this led to pressure and disappointment, as the saying goes – perfection is overated. I likeContinue reading “The best version of myself”

What if? Why not? Not sure where this one is going but I’ll start anyway. I thought one led to another but maybe they don’t, I guess the question is more around changes I want to make and asking myself ‘why not?’. Instead of ‘why not?’ I’ll flip it and state what I’m going toContinue reading “What if? Why not?”