“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I’ve got left?” David Bowie   I have been doing some extensive thinking and reflecting over the last year on what to do with the time I have left: it’s that […]

Worrying what others think nearly cost me the experience of a lifetime There are two parts to courage, I am starting to realise. There is the first part, where you build up the courage to do something. This in some cases is easier than the second part. The second part is having the courage to […]

*Note: This post has been updated, edited, and now forms the first part of my book ‘Gen X Marks the Spot – Be The Hero In Your Own Story’. Sign up now to receive your free copy   I am working on the basis of Generation X being people born somewhere between 1961 and 1981. Others […]

I’m in work. I have been a senior manager for a couple of years now. It’s still early in my career but I work hard and I think that I do a reasonably good job. And I’m about to find out that my boss doesn’t care one bit about how hard I work! The New […]

The shackles tighten around your ankles, cutting beneath the skin. Your wrists weigh heavy in the cast iron manacles.   The perpetual rattle of the chains annoys you as you try to wake up, the welts in your back sting as you cower from your masters’ whip heading back from… the coffee machine.   Sorry, […]

Which category of relationship do you fall under? Are you in the, everything is just hunky dory in the land of love, relationship? The relationship where you think you don’t need to be reading advice or unusual quotes about love and relationships. Good for you. Now, wake up and stop being an idiot! What? I […]

The monks kneel, crouched over the table. They painstakingly pour the sand with measured movements and steady hands. Their focus and concentration is unwavering. What are they doing? And how could this save your relationship?   A picture starts to take shape. They are making something beautiful but it isn’t finished yet. It looks like it […]

So, without further ado, we continue with Part #2 and the next 10 blindingly obvious things we should know about our relationship (at our age).   If you missed Part #1, head over here.   Remember to join in with your thoughts at the end in the comments section.   #11 Relationship compromise – Get […]

Nope. No big secrets. No big fanfare of what relationships nuggets you are going to miss out on if you don’t read this post. Instead, I have decided to focus on the bloody obvious. Why? – Because that’s what we miss most of the time. At our age, most of this should be blindingly obvious […]