Nan – Iain Douglas Stewart

James Drysdale Stewart

By Iain February 17, 2025ReflectionsNo Comments

So, on the 14th of February, I received the news that my father had passed away. Now, before I start, please be aware that although he was my father, we were not close. He left our family when my brother and I were very young, and while we did go and stay with him and his new wife for a…

If your grandfather was here today, would you be able to look him in the eye?

By Iain October 21, 2020Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

Men: Are you proud of your behavior? If your grandfather was here today, would you be able to look him in the eye? Are you a man of the world, caving to whatever temptation it puts under your nose? Or do you want to be uncommon, a great man? Do you want to be proud of yourself?— EthanE (@ethan_ethos) October…

L3CiCS Reflective Diary – 8th May 2020

By Iain May 8, 2020Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week in lockdown, I am working on self-awareness and how it contributes to the ability to empathise with others. Empathy is a kind of emotional imagination; it is the ability to map the knowledge of your own feelings to those of someone else in order to gain a deeper understanding of how those emotions influenced their mental state, their…

The “Lewis becoming an adult” thing

By Iain February 6, 2020Reflections, Site Related, The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

This is going to be hard to write without sounding jaded, or bitter, but I'm going to try. My nephew, Lewis, turned 18 recently. He's Jane's sister's first-born, and I've known him all his life. I don't know where to start with how I feel about my perspective on all this, so forgive me if it seems disjointed. So, as…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 17th January 2018

By Iain January 17, 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week was a bit more abstract and self-exploratory than usual, in that we carried on exploring our understanding of the relationship between our personalities and our helping work by asking ourselves various introspective questions (Unit 5.1), and we also considered the ways in which our life history has impacted on our behaviour and life choices (Unit 5.2). Because of…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 8th November 2017

By Iain November 8, 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week, we were challenged to explore our Moral Values, and to complete the Self Puzzle. My Moral Timeline One community that I have been a part of for all of my life is the rather large community of Great Britain, which is governed by laws. These laws are in line with a lot of our own personal moral values,…

Attempt #2

By Iain February 21, 2011Books, ReflectionsNo Comments

Failed today. I was smoke-free for around 16 hours. Rubbish. I finished re-reading the Easyway book last night and figured there's no time like the present, so stopped smoking at about 9pm, had a nice long chat to Jane about random things, slept, got up, played a bit of Marvel vs Capcom 3, and whilst I was waiting for lunch…

Corned beef and tomato sandwiches

By Iain March 14, 2010ReflectionsNo Comments

I wasn't feeling too great yesterday, I was all bunged up, feeling like something was trying to slowly burst out of my head. But, because she's generally the greatest person in the world, Jane was totally lovely yesterday, she made me corned beef and tomato sandwiches for lunch. Took me right back to my Nan's house - corned beef and…

Busy week, this week

By Iain September 5, 2005ReflectionsNo Comments

This was originally posted in the Bloggers section on the now-defunct Poopgang forum. It's surprising I've actually got things to do. It's my Nans birthday today, so I'm popping up to see her in a bit, take her some presents. Tomorrow I'm going up to the College to enrol on my courses, Wednesday is my signing day, and on Friday…