I’m not particularly good at saying no. To say no inevitably means letting someone down, or disappointing them, and I guess I’m probably a bit of a people pleaser, so I say yes, even when I don’t want to. Life gets busy and complicated at times though, and to save our sanity, we have to…
‘Self-care’ is such a buzz phrase these days, it’s almost become an eye-rolling event to dare to use it. Yet, use it I shall. I think life has become so busy for most of us now, they’re like dirty words you use to tell people that actually Janet, I need to take some time out…
Health / Inspiration / Wealth
I’ve finally done it. I’ve paid off all my credit cards. It’s a goal i’ve had for about 3 years, and though I virtually thought about it everyday and willed this moment to come, I can’t really believe it has. I made the final payment at the end of June when I was paid, then…
I’ve had a much needed break this last week, spending time with my pirate triathlon friends and supporting many of them as they took on the challenge of Ironman Lanzarote. It was a brutal day, and not everyone that crossed that start line managed to cross the finish line, but it’s not easy. If it…
I’ve been round this buoy a few (thousand) times. Wouldn’t it be nice if this could be the last time?
Scotland is a beautiful country. I’m sorry to say there’s an awful lot of it that I’ve only seen on TV or in books & magazines. When I lived in Edinburgh I used to tell myself that I’d explore more of the country, and of course I could do so whenever I wanted because it…
One hundred days always feels like a bit of a milestone. Well, it does in my head at least. It’s not often (read: ever) I reach such a significant number of consecutive days of something. Unless that something is “number of days I attempt to restart x habit”, in which case i’m probably a record-holder…
It’s coming up to that time of year….time to detox. Normally I’d be talking about food of course, after the excesses of Christmas. However, this time I’m talking about social media. For once in my life I managed to not totally overindulge this Christmas, so that was a nice bonus! I didn’t want to binge…
Learning to understand what’s really important to us.
At the start of September I spent a fabulous evening in the company of three good friends, drinking lots of wine, eating delicious food and just chatting the night away and putting the world to rights. It was perfect. The next day, we all went to watch (or take part!) in a local sprint triathlon…
A couple of weeks ago or so, I decided to write my budget for 2019. Mostly I have the same outgoings every month, I know when the irregular bills are due (car insurance, water bills etc.) and I know when my planned holidays are. So I wrote a budget for next year based on the…
I like to think that in general, I’m a very patient person. I like to think this, but alas, this is not always the case. Sometimes, in certain situations, I will be the most patient person you will ever have the fortune to meet. However, the other 99% of the time I have zero patience,…
Thanks to everyone who responded to my previous post, either on here, FB or via text/messenger. Lots of really interesting insights and thoughts, and I’ve really appreciated them all. So as I ponder my way through (I like to have a good think about stuff!), I thought I’d make two small changes just to get…
A good friend just shared a blog post by the triathlete Lucy Gossage about why she doesn’t believe in not finishing triathlons (also known as DNF’ing). This of course is especially poignant after the weekend where I DNF’d a triathlon, while some friends went on to finish despite a huge desire to quit at times.…
Well, if I was to answer the question posed by a recent post entitled ‘Mission Possible?’, that answer would need to be a definitive no! Long story short, I had not done nearly enough training, so the triathlon I started yesterday was much shorter than planned. I got a bit panicky in the swim (unusually),…
