Sunday Service: Half-term

So this last week was half term for my lovely little boy, which meant that there was not as much progress on the goals as usual. It was more of a "thinking" week rather than a "doing" week. I brought along my planners and notebooks when I took Jake to soft play, reviewed some ideas and solidified some others. Once…

Self-isolation, quarantine, whatever this limbo is; week seven

Time is strange at the moment. It goes fast, but feels slow. Days take ages, but are over before you know it. This strange coronavirus limbo is warping things. It's so quiet outside, it's unreal. Eerie. Spooky. It feels like the entire world has been paused. I didn't get a rowing machine in the end, I'm ashamed to say the…

Thinking back to my GCSE’s

It is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay today, and it brought my feelings from this post into scrutiny: http://iaindstewart.net/blog/2005/08/25/gcse-results/ I say in the post that I wish I had paid attention during years ten and eleven, done some revision and actually applied myself. But at the time of the exams themselves, I was in a bad place. Let's go back a bit first though.…

Fresh start

I think it is time for a fresh start. Time to draw a line under everything that has come before. You see, I have been pre-occupied with transferring everything from the old community website to this one before I can do anything else, but to be honest, I don't think anyone would notice if I never did. It was fifty…

Eyess is no more

Please note, none of the websites mentioned in this post are still active. I went back to drawing and being creative for a bit a few years ago. I found it incredibly therapeutic and had a great time, I still do on the odd occasion when the mood takes me. I had hoped to make a living out of it…

Where to go from here?

When you hit rock bottom, they say you can see exactly how far you need to climb to get back to where you were. Sounds easy enough, but it's very foggy, and I'm not even sure if I'm going the right way. I hit rock bottom recently - I reached the end of a long, painful journey and stared into…