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2013 in review

By Iain 3 September 2018Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

I'm just going back and porting my blog posts from 2013 over and man, this was a funny year. Existential panic had set in. I knew I wanted to do something with my life, but I was throwing darts into the mist trying to find what that something was. In the previous year, app development didn't stick, and drawing pictures…

2012 = UGH

By Iain 31 August 2018The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

Ugh. 2012 now. And why is hitting a Gamerscore target so important? If only I knew then what I know now. Other highlights include the stopping smoking saga involving Champix, and the time I inadvertently thanked the universe for having everything I needed. How little did I know back then. Other than that, 2012 was full of videogames (I wrote…

“The Mission” begins anew every day

By Iain 8 February 2018The MissionNo Comments

"The Mission" began in February 2017 when I committed myself to eternal self-improvement. Every day I must improve my life or the life of someone around me. I gave a work colleague my old copy of Allen Carr's "EasyWay to Stop Smoking", it worked for me, I hope it works for her. She had a health scare recently, and despite…

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…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 29th November 2017

By Iain 29 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were went over the work we had done so far to identify if we had any gaps, but we spent most of our time doing roleplays. We did three roleplays in our group, and I had one as a counsellor, one as a client and one as an observer. In the first roleplay I portrayed a man…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 4th October 2017

By Iain 4 October 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

I was not late this week, in fact I was the third or fourth person to arrive, and I was happy about that. Although for reasons I cannot fathom, I had a feeling of being out of my depth at the very start of the session. I am not sure why exactly, but I feel this way at the start…

An update on my 2014 targets

By Iain 31 December 2014Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Jake was born in 2014 and that was amazing, but so many other things just didn't work out as I would've hoped this year, mainly because I never tried hard enough. I met some targets and I missed others but overall I think I need to just get away from this for a bit - it's getting a bit much…

Friday update 9/5/14

By Iain 9 May 2014Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

We went and had another little listen to Flipper's heartbeat this week - it's so fast! And at one point there was a thud, which the midwife said was most probably a kick. Tonight is my last night in the study before it becomes Flipper's room - well, the last night that my PC is in here at least. The…

365 days

By Iain 8 May 2014ReflectionsNo Comments

It's been 365 days since I last had a cigarette, and I feel terrible. Not because of not smoking, that is undoubtedly a good thing. It's because I've essentially replaced nicotine with sugar. Yep, instead of going outside and inhaling some fast-acting nicotine smoke, I'm able to stay inside and comfort myself with some feel-good chocolate, or have a lovely…