Mar 10, 2021Member-onlyI Ran-Commuted For TwoYears; This Is What I LearnedHow running to work helped me stay focused and relaxed — Necessity Rather Than Choice I’m sorry to announce that this train will be terminating here, all change please. These are not words you want to hear at 7:15 am, when you’re due to start work at 8 am and are four miles away, across the city. I stepped off the train and sauntered over…Running4 min readRunning4 min read
Published inWriters’ Blokke·Feb 5, 2021Member-onlyWhy My Understanding of AIDS is So ShamefulWatching “It’s A Sin” on Channel 4 has opened my eyes to the pain and at times secretive early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic that detailed stories of love, tinged with unimaginable pain and sadness. My Blase Attitude I probably have to be open from the outset. I am a Straight, Cis Man…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Feb 4, 2021Member-onlyI Went Wibble, This Is What Happened.I F**king Hate Panic Attacks. George: Sir… I’m scared, sir. Baldrick: I’m scared too, sir. George: I’m the last of the tiddly-winking leap-froggers from the golden summer of 1914. I don’t want to die… … Blackadder Goes Forth- Final Episode Last Of The Tiddly Winkers I was never very much scared of dying, not in…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Feb 2, 2021I Followed a Tractor This is What HappenedWhen I got stuck behind a tractor I got a pure lesson in building patience. Living in The Fens I live in the flattest part of England, where the quality of the soil and lack of large amounts of rain make it wonderful conditions for that age-old industry of farming and agriculture. And where…Patience2 min readPatience2 min read
Nov 6, 2020Member-onlyHow Making $0.01 Writing Blog Posts Has Given Me The Inspiration To Carry On5 Ways in Which I can Continue My Dream of Quitting My Job. You Travel How Far to Work? I make no bones about the fact that my commute is probably killing me, mentally if not physically. …2 min read2 min read
May 26, 2020Member-only7 Insightful Quotes For The Procrastinator In All Of UsDo you need some inspiration to finish that piece of work off Have you spent the last hour scrolling through Instagram looking for that one motivational quote, only to find pictures of cats wrapped up in blankets far more rivetting? Here are a list of ten of my favourite quotes. …Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
May 16, 2020Member-onlySuper-Commuting in the Time of Pandemic: A Tale of ResilienceI travel 130 miles each way to work. I take approximately 2 hours door to door. I live in the East Midlands of England near the Wash and travel in to London daily. My average working day is 10 hours which can be extended dependent on the workload (I’ll let…Resilience2 min readResilience2 min read
