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Here’s to what’s good for us! Let’s go places! After being at home for so long, many of us are longing to go places, to travel to places they’ve not been to for such a long time. We experience so much more in life when we are out and about. …
People are complex beings. We aren’t easily defined as one thing or another. Life and the human race aren’t binary units. I have been doing some thinking recently about who I am, what I am seen as, what others think of me, what I am defined by. This internal reflection …
Too close to the action to see? The temptation to keep doing what you’ve always done is one that many tend to heed to. Being so close to a problem or a situation seldom allows the freedom to seek alternative answers. Many groups who want to recruit members or long …
We all need some more humility The world needs a little more humility right now. Not one of us knows everything. If someone is telling us they are scared or fearful, we should listen to them and adjust. If someone tells us about their struggles, that should provoke empathy and …
No more long distance runs I have made the decision to retire from long distance running. I’ve not run further than 10k since October 2019 and now have health issues that have made me address the likelihood of returning to a reasonable level. End of the long roads After 24 …
Feeling out of sight and off the radar. Sometimes we may feel like what we do and what we contribute gets overlooked. Sometimes we feel like that our voice isn’t as strong or as noticed as we would hope. Sometimes we can be mistaken though as I recently found out. …
We all must have had at some point thought about what we want to do when life ‘gets back to normal’. We aren’t alone in having that list of things that we can’t wait to do when the pandemic restrictions are ended. Yes, there are the usual expected ones such …
Many of us underthink ourselves You know more than you think you know You’re admired more than you think you are You’ve achieved more than you think you have You’ve learned more than you think you have You are more than you think you are. But why? So why is …
This weekend is one I will always remember as it is 10 years ago this weekend that I moved back up to Yorkshire. Whilst I was born in Yorkshire and lived up here until I was 5, my family and I moved down to Wolverhampton and spent 30 happy …
Tomorrow, England starts the second Covid-19 lockdown. This time it is for a period of four weeks, though it is possible that this may be extended. What have you learned from the last lockdown? What will you do differently? What did you value from the opportunities …
2003-2012 were years I will always remember fondly. These were my years of involvement in amateur rugby league, in Wolverhampton and also in Yorkshire. In these times a lot of memories were made. I learned a lot about myself and from others. I increased my own skillset. I …
You don’t run a marathon on your own. You run it with the support of others. You run it with stronger people lifting you up. You run it on the shoulders of those around you. You run it with people who make you believe. You run it …