We had Covid

25 January 2022Posted inReflectionsNo Comments
Jake brought covid home from school with him a couple of weeks ago. It quickly infected me, then Jane, and to a milder extent, Jane's mum and dad. We had a round of PCR tests, and they came back positive. Ten days of quarantine, or isolation, or whatever you want to call it. I was glad for the time off…

My procrastination

24 November 2021Posted inReflections, The MissionNo Comments
Procrastination is a tricky beast. To anyone watching it may look like I don't care about anything, and I'm being lazy. But in reality, I'm crippled by indecision. I don't know what to do next. There are so many things I want to do, things I want to start, things I want to finish, things I want to carry on…

Theory test passed again

25 June 2021Posted inReflections, 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

27 May 2021Posted inThe 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

11 May 2021Posted inThe 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…

A new beginning.

10 May 2021Posted inThe MissionNo Comments
I think it's time to stop thinking about it, and just start doing it. There are loads of things I want to do, loads of things I want to create, but I'm crippled by indecision and the molehill of things I want to do looms over me like a mountain. I just don't know where to start. Forever tweaking things…

Rangers are champions!

8 March 2021Posted inFilms/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments
Well, I knew it would happen eventually. I last wrote about football here: https://iaindstewart.net/blog/2012/08/17/football/, and in that post I explained how Rangers got demoted from the top league in Scottish football to the lowest league because of financial irregularities, but that I was confident they would make it back to the top flight soon enough. Sure enough, they made it…

Life Coaching Diploma Module 1

18 January 2021Posted inQualifications courseworkNo Comments
I have recently taken up an online course about Life Coaching. Specifically, this one on New Skills Academy: https://newskillsacademy.co.uk/course/life-coaching-course If you fancy doing a course from New Skills Academy, consider using this affiliate link which will give you a massive 75% off a course: https://newskillsacademy.co.uk/refer/IAINDOUGLAS75-1226. It will also give me 75% off my next course, so it's a win-win scenario…