driving – Iain Douglas Stewart

Week 23 – 2025

By Iain 10 June 2025Weekly UpdatesNo Comments

In an effort to chronicle my progress in the various avenues of my life, I have started using Obsidian in an effort to organise my thoughts and design processes. One of the features is a daily note system, in which I just jot down a few notes of what I've been doing that day and at the end of week…

Further thoughts on my father’s passing

By Iain 27 March 2025ReflectionsNo Comments

So, my Dad died. As I said in the other post, we weren't close by any stretch of the imagination, the last time I saw him in person was in maybe 1997 or 1998 when I was in my early twenties, the last time I spoke to him on the phone was in 2019 on Jake's birthday (I didn't actually…

Starting again

By Iain 3 November 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…

I don’t know where my motivation has gone

By Iain 11 August 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…

Four bags!

By Iain 13 February 2022Reflections, The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

I filled four bags with my old clothes. Crazy. It was mostly old stuff that doesn't fit anymore, but some of it I don't think suited me nowadays, or wouldn't suit the person I'm projecting my self to be. Also sorted out my supplements for the next two weeks and had a tidy. Threw out a lot of stuff. Plan…

5 years

By Iain 10 February 2022Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

In February 2017 I had a breakdown. When you hit rock bottom, that's when you can look up and see how far it is back to the top. I made a plan. A five year plan. It was going well. I was on course. Driving lessons going well, learning how to be a counsellor. Completed most of my action plan.…

Theory test passed again

By Iain 25 June 2021Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

So I had to retake my theory test simply because the pandemic had caused too much time to lapse. I casually remembered that I had booked it the night before the test, mild panic set in, and I quickly took three or four mock tests on the theory test app. I passed the first one, but then massively flunked the…

I own a car

By Iain 27 May 2021The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

So this is one of the final steps in my last action plan - buying a car. All that's left to do on the old plan is pass tests and become legally able to drive the car I've just bought. The new plan is more about consolidating things, and streamlining processes. One post on here a week as a general…

The Mission – updated

By Iain 11 May 2021The MissionNo Comments

So I had a look at my old plans and it was glaringly obvious why I was drifting, rudderless. Apart from learning to drive and buying a car, and taking the next step in my counselling journey, I'd ticked off everything that was possible to tick off. And even then, there are plans in place to complete those objectives. A…

Taking another year off

By Iain 16 September 2020Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

I'm finding myself in that situation again this academic year, mainly thanks to coronavirus this time around rather than financial worries. But this time, I can see it coming, and I won't lose focus. I won't waste this year. I've got things I need to do to be ready for starting the level 4 counselling course next September. See, after…