April 2, 2023
A postcard drops through the letterbox as I’m hoovering around the massive dog crate that the younger dog no longer uses but where the older one seeks refuge when she needs a bit of peace. The card is from “The Idler” magazine reminding me of my recent subscription so I put it on a pile […]
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March 26, 2023
Returning home from a sodden dog walk in teeming rain I pass a few joggers looking as miserable as the weather and feel happy in the certain knowledge that however good running might be for my physical body, I don’t want to do it. In an age when we can’t move for unsolicited advice about […]
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March 19, 2023
Trying to work out why I get so much enjoyment from watching other people do things I can’t do I type into Google, “Why do we enjoy….” and before I can finish I notice the first suggested autofill, “spicy food” This seems like an odd thing to question, but not as odd as an offering […]
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March 12, 2023
After Elon Musk’s most recent unsavoury exchange with one of his ex-employees, I return to the question I have been agonising over for literally years, the prospective ending of my relationship with social media. I could live without Twitter which makes me feel anxious and bitter in equal measure in mere seconds, and Facebook is […]
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March 5, 2023
I’m thinking about a question received from a client about how to avoid burnout while I sit in the doctor’s surgery waiting to have some blood drawn and trying to distract myself. On a list of things I would definitely try to avoid at all costs, having blood taken would feature near the top. Even […]
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