Think you know better? Phah!

There’s something vaguely relaxing about having so little oxygen floating around your brain that you don’t care about anything anymore, even making polite conversation with the lovely doctor desperately trying to get you to engage with her. If you know me...

A permanent reminder that everything is transitory

At the end of last year, I got a new tattoo. It’s my second and may very well be my last. Anyone that’s ever had the pleasure of sitting on a squeaky PVC leather chair whilst some scary dude jabs a needle filled with black ink in to your skin...

What’s your ritual?

That second, just after the door bangs, when you realise something bad’s about to happen. The email you get that makes your stomach turn over and drop to the floor the moment you read the subject line. The way you question if you’re giving away how angry...

Why your future doesn’t matter

I wondered what I’d tell him, if I saw him again today. I hope I’d look him in his annoyingly blue eyes, like I really didn’t care, and casually tell him that I didn’t know what I wanted my life to look like in five years time; I’d tell...

Mutual bum scratches – the sign of a good Easter?!

She gave a little grunt, swung her bum round and backed up right in to my face. It was just the right height for her. She looked round at me as if to say, ‘Come on, what are you playing at? Itch me!’. And so I did.  And as she gave little whimpers of joy...

This is what happens when you do too much…

So, I generally find myself working with people who are high achievers and as a result, push themselves in every direction they possibly can. These are the people who walk in to street lights because they’re writing that...