Being A Seed
I am a seed againHooray!it helps me think afresh I recognise myselfas perpetual beginnerwhen it comes to writing a forever apprenticeif you willand being a seed againhelps me with livingthat kind of life it is a wonderful resetseeing the world anewpopping my head up to be responsive to the lightto embrace new growthlearning practice renewal […]
Returning to Medium – With all that implies
This week, I returned to Medium (platform for writers) for real, so to speak. I had shut-down my account, and removed all content, in January, but found that there wasn’t a better way to share writing, having examined all the options. I have actually been back since March with a completely clean slate, and was […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 20 October 2025
Returning to Medium this week it seems only right that I kick off by writing a post like this. I have now submitted my final writing project at university, so I can either sit and drum my fingers for a month or two, or thereabouts, or I can just get on with normal life, such […]
AI or Not? – Diplomacy preferred
This post is a response to a post in the Medium blog about AI. My thoughts are that AI is here to stay, whether you like it or not, whether you regulate it or not, whether people are honest about their use of it or not. You can rant, rave, demonstrate, jump up and down, […]
Procrastination Busting – How to break the dam we have built
I wrote recently about planning and avoiding distractions, here, but it is not the only hurdle to overcome when we are trying to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Having got past one hurdle, we might come across another one that many of us have faced in the past, which is procrastination. Despite recognising […]
That Was The Week – Beginning on 7 October 2024
Every so often, I question whether I am using the best tools for the job (of writing), and none more often than when it comes to journaling. For me, a writer for wellbeing, the backbone of what I do centres around journalling. Whilst I engage in other forms of writing, this is the one that […]
Renewed, Refreshed, Replenished – Leaving summer break behind
Here I stand at the beginning of a new academic year, ready for all that it might bring. I see it as the opportunity to renew learning, and to remind myself of positions I might choose to adopt when it comes to writing, and how I interact with the world. In that respect, I am […]
Writing for Wellbeing – Helps me become a better human
I can run for miles and miles across the stretching sands of a lonely beach, and take-off up into the sky, soaring to great heights, floating for an eternity on the updraft. I can explore in every direction and live the lives I missed the first time around, be the person I never really wanted to […]
Writing for Wellbeing – Helps me become a better human
I can run for miles and miles across the stretching sands of a lonely beach, and take-off up into the sky, soaring to great heights, floating for an eternity on the updraft. I can explore in every direction and live the lives I missed the first time around, be the person I never really wanted to […]
Thinking About Writing for Wellbeing – And what it means to me
Wellbeing is something that can be difficult to define exactly as it is so subjective, but I think it is safe to say that it revolves somewhere around the ideas that any individual might have relating to their best possible health and contentment at any given point in time. In itself, that is a bit […]