Reflections – Page 5 – Iain Douglas Stewart

Nice day

By Iain 13 July 2018Music, Reflections, Site Related, The MissionNo Comments

Today feels a little bit like before Jake was born, back when I had unlimited free time. Man, I had such narrow perceptions of that unlimited free time. I have purpose and drive now. I thought I used to have it. Turns out I was wrong. No urgency. No haste. I'm just spending the day messing with this website, trying…

On hold. What to do?

By Iain 22 June 2018Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

Potentially, I may have to hold fire on continuing my Counselling training for this upcoming academic year. We booked our annual holiday pretty much as soon as we came back off of our holiday last year, and it happened to coincide with the external assessment for my counselling course. So the problem is that I can't take the assessment because…

n00b gainz

By Iain 25 May 2018Books, Physicality, Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

Exercising is fun, and as the title suggests, I've made some n00b gainz. My trousers are looser, so I've clearly lost some belly fat. My weight has remained the same however, so I have built some muscle. I do feel like I need to go more than once a week to cement these gainz in the long run though. And…

Keep myself honest

By Iain 6 February 2018Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

It's definitely useful to have this blog as a reminder, and in an effort to keep me honest and accountable for my forward momentum, I'm updating this blog on a semi-regular basis. A little renovation here and there is in order, and a recalibration of older posts is ongoing, as I filter out a lot of the irrelevant stuff like…

Smudge

By Iain 17 January 2018ReflectionsNo Comments

Smudge died today. Jane sent me a message while I was at work. She'd been off for weeks, coming up for more cuddles and being very clingy, but I never thought it was this bad, that would come to this. Jake and I had a lovely long cuddle with her yesterday. We were on the sofa and she came up…

Looking back at 2005

By Iain 3 December 2017Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

I'm just going back through all my old posts on the old blog as I work to transfer them to this new domain (iaindstewart.net), and I can finally see why I was depressed all those years ago. It's as clear as day now I have some insight into what depression is and how it affects you. I was essentially staying…

Fresh start

By Iain 3 December 2017Creativity, Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments

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…

I want to be a Counsellor

By Iain 1 August 2017ReflectionsNo Comments

I think I do, yes. I'm going back to college! I start a course soon and I'm very nervous, but I HAVE to do this. I cannot spend the rest of my life at Asda, I just can't. "BE BRAVE", I tell myself. "If not for yourself, then for Jake". He deserves a father that lives a worthwhile life, just…