It’s been nearly 12 weeks since my last post and I confess that recently I have been suffering a severe case of writer’s block. It didn’t start out that way, at first I wasn’t writing because I was too busy navigating grief but recently I’ve been feeling a lot happier and even had lots of [...]
Dealing with a change in perspective
I got back to Chiang Mai earlier this week, feeling both exhausted and more than a little sad. This past month has been a tough one for me and I’m still grieving the loss of my beloved Uncle. Just before I got the news that saw me flying back to the UK, my life in [...]
Home is where the heart is
Strictly speaking I’ve been away from home for the past month. On December 12th after contact from family to say my Uncle was ill, I jumped on a plane back to the UK and haven’t yet returned. I didn’t have time to pack my stuff away and end my rental agreement on my apartment in [...]
The unpicking of 2012 and the sketching out of 2013
Every year before the strike of midnight on December 31st, I like to spend some time reviewing how the past twelve months has been for me. This year I had planned to spend a significant amount of time on this piece of work but life, as is often the case, got in the way. 2012 [...]
How I wrote a 50,000 word novel in 9 days
If you read my last post you’ll know that November was spent attempting to achieve a life long ambition of mine to write a novel. I decided to do this as part of the annual NaNoWriMo event (National Novel Writing Month), in which participants sign up to write 50,000 words during the thirty days of November. [...]
A novel way to spend November
Back in December 2011, I wrote a post that detailed my goals for 2012. One of those goals was to participate in this year’s National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo as it’s known for short is an annual event that sees thousands of English writers from around the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel [...]
Why your search for purpose could be doing more harm than good
Do you know what your purpose is? Have you uncovered your calling in life? Are you crystal clear about the reason you were put on this earth? If not, these questions might be making you squirm uncomfortably in your chair right about now and understandably so. Being both a traveller and a personal development blogger [...]
Six months, five countries and nine short stories
I’ve been on the road now for just over six months and in that time I’ve visited Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. I’ve met many wonderful and wacky characters and had numerous, memorable experiences along the way. A few weeks ago, one of my favourite travelling bloggers wrote a wonderful post of short stories [...]
Are you more masculine or feminine?
I mentioned in a recent post about my new yoga practice that I had begun to notice the difference between the left and the right side of my body. In fact, I would go as far as to say that the difference is marked. The muscles on my left side, in terms of my hips [...]
Have I told you lately?
When was the last time you uttered the words “I love you”? If you are in a relationship or you have kids, possibly quite recently, but if you are not in either of those situations, and even for some of you that are, the chances are you might not have said it to anybody for [...]
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Dealing with a change in perspective
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Home is where the heart is
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The unpicking of 2012 and the sketching out of 2013
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How I wrote a 50,000 word novel in 9 days
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