LETTING GO
My mind can be a bit of a car crash at times. I have huge difficulty in purging negative thoughts and this must be linked to my huge guilt complex. I don’t just feel guilt, I nurture it. Unless my mind is occupied at all times, negatives whizz around, fending off any positives that try […]
Routine, routine, rotine, roten, rote, rot
Routine – a tool to keep the world spinning, or ROUTINE – the grim reaper of creativity? Of course there are life saving routines that no-one would want to interrupt: airline pilot checks before take off; hospital/clinic routines not only directly associated with the patient, but for cleanliness and safety; car servicing; bus and train safety and […]
INDEPENDENCE
The changes have been slow but determined, like a jigsaw puzzle painstakingly taken apart with fingers numb from ageing and/or illness and the declining dexterity inducing poor temper and tantrums. Or are the fumblings and mood swings an unconscious method of delaying the unwelcome outcome? It wasn’t a perfect life before but I could usually […]
Dog Walking for Dummies
And the dummies are the owners. It is a universal truth that no-one can survive for more than 30 seconds without being connected to their phone. Life would end if that text was left unread for longer or if you weren’t sharing an inane, rote life with someone (anyone) on WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok […]
Is There Something Wrong with TV Ads?
Whilst watching TV a while back, we started a competition ‘name that item’ and it is proving as difficult as ‘name that tune’. Just what is happening with the adverts on TV? I had considered the car manufacturers to be the worst offenders, until today when I saw an advert that was new to me. […]