Blog Journal

…. I realised the other day that I’ve actually never spent that much time alone, for extended periods….

Back in November I signed up to Trustedhousesitters.com, a website that functions as a booking system which allows house owners to go on their holidays or work trips whilst knowing someone is at home looking after their pet/’s and home while they’re away. Basically an exchange of free accommodation for free pet sitting. It works

Of the countless side effects that antidepressant medications advise, one of the main ones I suffer from is ‘night sweats’. Excessive sweating or ‘ secondary hyperhidrosis’ apparently affects up to around 20% of us who take antidepressants. My excessive sweating occurs at night, generally up to 2 weeks out of 4 I can experience these

It’s Friday… 11 days since my last post. Last week I was busy working long hours with my temp job, then I had therapy on the Thursday and gratefully a weekend mindfulness retreat after that.  Since then, the last 4 days… I’ve been anxious… I’ve lost what little focus I had managed to gain.   Today

So the girls dinner and catch up night out went really well. Myself and a friend were invited over to some friends in the country.  A beautiful refurbished old country residence with a warm cozy fire we chatted over red vino, nibbles and dinner throughout the night.  It was lovely. …  and I was mindful…

So after my last night out where a few mindful pints were had, I was feeling fairly good during the days following.  I took it slow, I drank lots of water, had a good dinner earlier and a snack on returning home. On Thursday night, 2 nights ago… I did none of the above.    

  I’m sitting here this morning, bursting with IDEAS.   Though… I have to get ready soon to go to town.  I’m helping my good friend in her Health Food store until Christmas as an extra pair of hands on deck on Thursdays.  It’s great, it get’s me out, give’s me a wee purpose and

I spent a few hours over the weekend researching for a tool to help me with task management / productivity management. My bro got me onto a new Asana type tool called ClickUp.   He was telling me it has a bunch of new features and integrations and is helping him organise himself and his business. 

So plans changed just a little over the last few days, however I did have a potential night last night out, where I needed to be mindful. I have made a commitment to stop taking any social drugs for the foreseeable future.  Not that it was a big issue for me.  But it wasn’t helping