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Starting again

By Iain November 3, 2023Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

I know I've not properly posted on here for a long time... I go through phases where it seems like a good idea to document stuff, make a big fuss about "here's what I'm going to do next", and then never get around to it. It's got to a point where I want to start the next "big thing" (which…

Don’t invite disease into your mind.

By Iain January 27, 2023ReflectionsNo Comments

Considering the circumstances of the universe, each and every one of you reading this is amazingly lucky to be alive and exist in this world. In this world there are unlimited great experiences, beautiful things, challenges and opportunities that you couldn't even begin to imagine in your wildest dreams. Seek out those instead of looking into the deep catacombs of…

So it’s official

By Iain January 11, 2023ReflectionsNo Comments

I have ADHD. I had my assessment with a psychiatrist last week, and I've been sitting with the diagnosis, not really sure where to go with it. I was pretty sure I had ADHD anyway, so I don't feel like much has changed. Maybe I should talk to someone about it, find an ADHD coach. That's most probably the advice…

Progress

By Iain December 19, 2022Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

I'm coming to the end of my knee's recovery period, and I've made quite a bit of progress since first being off work. I put up a bookcase upstairs, sorted out a bunch of old clothes and bits and bobs I don't need anymore, and sorted out my bookcase downstairs somewhat - it's still a work in progress but I'm…

I found my motivation, it was on a bookcase

By Iain October 4, 2022ReflectionsNo Comments

I blew my right knee out somehow - I think it was general wear and tear adding up over time, but it hurts when I put weight on it. The school run still has to be done every day though, so I'm using that as a litmus test to see how it is healing, and how recovery is going. I've…

I don’t know where my motivation has gone

By Iain August 11, 2022Physicality, Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

I try and keep it positive on here, which is why it's been quiet recently. A lot of negativity in my life right now. Stuck in a slump and I just don't know which way to go. Work is awful right now, people have been leaving for years and have not been replaced, and it's got to the point now…

Monday service: Goblin mode

By Iain March 28, 2022ReflectionsNo Comments

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/03/17/goblin-mode-meaning/ I wish I'd never heard about Goblin mode... I feel awful that there's a name and a description of how things are going for me right now. I'm still recovering from the way the pandemic conditioned us to all stay inside, many of us are. I think I've said this before; I wasn't the most social of people in…

Sunday service: Rollercoasters go down as well as up

By Iain March 20, 2022ReflectionsNo Comments

Just been feeling a little bit down this week. Can't pinpoint it on anything really. I smashed the next section of the coaching course I'm doing via Association of Learning - after it was returned to me because I didn't do the Harvard referencing and citations properly though... I can't say I'm a fan of having to reference stuff, I…

Monday service: A fear of success

By Iain March 14, 2022Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

This may be a day late again, but it's really no big deal. As long as it's once a week and honest, it's all good. This last week I made a lot of progress on the coaching course I'm currently doing - I was really cranking out the words, I think I wrote about 2000 all told, with research and…

Monday Service: A day late but that’s ok

By Iain March 7, 2022Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

Last week was productive. I wrote a little piece about it being the third anniversary of Keith Flint's death. I had been sitting on it for a while, juggling it around in my head until it made sense, then when I realised the anniversary was a couple of days away, I wrote it up. The timing was perfect as it…