Published inILLUMINATION·5 hours agoMember-onlyDon’t Kid Yourself You’ve Put in the Hard Yards When You Get No ViewsThis is the brutal truth about writing for a living — I’m going to offer you an imaginary gift. I’m going to send you on a cookery course for three days. How about that! When you come back, what do you think you’ll do? Will you come back and open a Michelin-starred restaurant? Of course you won’t. How ridiculous. You’ll love…Hard Work3 min readHard Work3 min read
Published inThe Shortform·3 days agoMember-onlySometimes Your Birthday Just Makes You Stop and Go ‘What??!!’It’s a shock when you do the maths — Time1 min readTime1 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·3 days agoMember-onlyI Hate To Burst Bubbles But Coach Bob’s Fat Loss Plan Isn’t Genius.It’s a mistake most of us make at some point. — An article online caught my eye the other day. A young mother of two children was extolling the virtues of a fitness guru who worked with Princess Diana years ago. She showed us a before and after photo and to be honest, the change was impressive. She had lost weight…Writing Tips3 min readWriting Tips3 min read
Published inMind Talk·May 28Member-onlyAs Advice Goes, ‘Keep Going and You’ll Get There’ Absolutely SucksWe hear it all the time but is it really the best advice? — I checked my stats again for my reads on Medium the other day and one of my stories has had ONE view. I know. I’ll say it again. ONE VIEW. I mean, there are literally millions of users of Medium, I have over a thousand followers and only ONE person…Perseverance4 min readPerseverance4 min read
Published inThe Masterpiece·May 28Member-onlyIf I Knew at 20 What I Know at 60, I’d Be a Millionaire, Sitting on My Yacht Sipping ChampagneHindsight isn’t a wonderful thing. It’s a pain. — What if I had my time again? We all do it, come on . Admit it. I’m comfortably into my 60s now and, looking back at the things I’ve done, I know there are so many that I’d have done differently because of what I know now. I want to…Consistency5 min readConsistency5 min read
Published inMotivate the Mind·May 24Member-onlyWhy You Should Take Your Bucket List and Burn ItWhoever invented them should be driven out of Dodge on the next stagecoach. — This time last year, I was eagerly awaiting for my departure on a week-long cruise around the Med. Sadly, COVID had other plans and let me know those plans the day before I was due to leave. So, our cruise was hastily rebooked, but this time to Alaska and this…Bucket List3 min readBucket List3 min read
Published inThe Shortform·May 22Member-onlyAn Easy Way to Give Your Body Image a Little BoostI took a look in the mirror this morning and I wasn’t happy with what I saw. I need to lose a few pounds or more, a few stones maybe. I exercise, but the bottles of wine with dinner and a few beers here and there are taking their toll. Yesterday was a sunny day and we headed off for a walk along the prom at the local beach. What an eye-opener! If you feel self-conscious about wobbly bits that weren’t there last year or not looking like a fitness magazine cover model;Body Image1 min readBody Image1 min read
Published inThe Shortform·May 6Member-onlyThe Ridiculously Easy Way I’ve Found to Drink More WaterI know I should drink more water, but I’ve always found it hard to do and to be consistent.Drinking1 min readDrinking1 min read
Published inThe Shortform·May 5Member-onlyWalking is FineI read an article recently about distance running and one of the tips it gave was that walking is fine. You don’t need to push yourself to…Walking1 min readWalking1 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 22Member-onlyElon, You’re Like The School BullyYou’ve sucked all the fun out of a once great platform — From 2013, until just a few months ago, I had myself a nice group of friends. We hung out in the same places, we had the same interests. We had a laugh. There wasn’t anything serious about it, none of us wanted anything else from the relationship. …Twitter3 min readTwitter3 min read
