When I saw this prompt:- Are you a leader or a follower? My immediate thought was “Yes.” I lead when I know the way, or am the more confident than whoever I’m with. I follow when I’m learning something new, or I am less confident than whoever I’m with. How does that lead to myContinue reading “Bolstering my mental health.”
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Mental Health Awareness Week
Trigger warning Mental Health, Domestic Violence/ Abuse, and Suicidal Thoughts discussed. Apparently from Monday 15th to Sunday 21st this year and already I’ve seen a tweet from a GP who wrote “We should stop celebrating mental health conditions as though they are a badge of honour, & start celebrating resilience, risk-taking, boldness, bravery & adventure.”Continue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week”
As an Osmond fan
What was the last live performance you saw? Strictly speaking this was Wicked in March 2019 but I automatically thought concert performance so this prompt made me think about me first becoming an Osmond fan back in 1972- though that wasn’t my first or last live performance. It was more the irony of my lastContinue reading “As an Osmond fan”
Road safety
I needed to pop to the shop and had not long before I left my flat seen a tweet about a drunk driver who ran over a cyclist. As I crossed in my usual place on the way to the shop I noted a large flatbed van parked by my crossing point slightly across theContinue reading “Road safety”
My first “risky walk”
Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. This Facebook memory certainly was a “risk” I took that I don’t regret (though it took me a while before I was ready to explore brand new places solo). “And this is the thing I could do today. On my own I took a walkContinue reading “My first “risky walk””
Misuse of AltText
What makes you nervous? Okay, maybe this reaction is a bit much. https://t.co/mjIdSjfsq5 — Claude Thompson (@Th3Claude) May 1, 2023 The above reaction to a tweet makes me extremely nervous. Yeah this is absolutely NOT what the alt text field is meant for. This is inappropriate, McDonald’s. https://t.co/xvNVnIvlxw — Alexa Heinrich (@HashtagHeyAlexa) May 1, 2023Continue reading “Misuse of AltText”
Productivity?
A blog I follow used a prompt that asked “When do you feel most productive?” https://cutswithscissors.com/2023/05/01/hail-bounteous-may/ Like this blogger I find it hard to decide when I’m most productive but I can certainly recognise when my productivity has stalled. My oops moments over the last week have included:- 1. Cutting 6 hexagons in the wrongContinue reading “Productivity?”
A Mental Health Day
It’s been cold, or wet, or windy almost every day since Good Friday (7 April 2023), there’s really not been enough dry days in between the wet ones so I’ve not been on a country walk for 18 days (it’s 25 April today) and having a rare dry, warmish, and not blustery day today IContinue reading “A Mental Health Day”
Bus Timetable Changes
It’s not the perfect time to find that the bus company has changed the bus from one every half hour to one every hour when you are about to leave to get your blood test done. I’m terrible in that when I’m ready to go I need to go so finding out I had justContinue reading “Bus Timetable Changes”
A Distressing Time
My postman came this morning and when I picked up the letters he posted through my door it was 2 flyers and my electricity bill. My direct debit would go from £46 to £395 a month. Feeling breathless and panicked I noticed an anomaly. The meter being charged had a number ending 1975, I’d hadContinue reading “A Distressing Time”
Was that a dinosaur? 1.0 