The Darkest Day: One Year On

It’s funny, isn’t it? You have plans, thoughts about what you’re going to do. Then, without warning, they completely change. You find yourself doing something totally different to what you thought.

It's funny, isn't it? You have plans, thoughts about what you're going to do. Then, without warning, they completely change. You find yourself doing something totally different to what you thought. Continue reading [...]

Getting to know…me

Tonight, I’m turning inwards. I’m going to interview myself. Here are ten answers to 10 questions to help you get to know me.

Tonight, I'm turning inwards. I'm going to interview myself. Here are ten answers to 10 questions to help you get to know me. Continue reading [...]

Confessions of a vehicular hypercondriac

I love driving. I love cars. Although I’ve only been driving for five years and own a Citroen DS4 (not exactly the symbol of the modern petrol head), I love nothing more than buckling up and setting off on the open road. But since having my first car go wrong on the first properly long drive I went on, I appear to have developed a condition suitably described by the Urban Dictionary, as vehicular hypercondria.

I wouldn’t normally reference the Urban Dictionary, but for the purposes of this Continue reading [...]

What does it take to be successful?

At the time of writing this, I'm 26 years old. I work in marketing for a globally successful business; I have two degrees; I drive what I think to be a nice car; I live in a nice apartment, and I'm engaged to the love of my life and my best friend. But are these things the constitute success? I often spend far too much time scrolling through my social media feeds, reading posts and looking at pictures that my friends post, thinking to myself "God, why am I not that successful?" I have friends from Continue reading [...]