Nothing like a cheery headline to grab your attention!

So here we are. Can life get any worse?

Whats bad? One thing? Several things? Or absolutely everything. It’s tempting to saying EVERYTHING right now isn’t it?

I’m sitting writing this looking out onto my garden, and I can see a few things that are good. My plants, a lovely pink glow in the sky from sunset, a cat sitting on my shed eying me up. If you take a deep breath, there are small, but good things around us.

My car works when I turn it on, win.

I feel like I have hay fever, not so good, but fixable with a piriton.

I got a lovely new book from a pal for my birthday to get stuck into, win.

I’ve had mini birthday celebrations over the last week including cheese and biscuits and immense cake, WIN.

The little GOOD things mount up.

At the risk of sounding like a complete bumper sticker, you can always find the good, somewhere.

I can remember all the passwords for my computer and debit cards, another win.

There is no getting away from it right now though, life in general in challenging. I have had clients coming in to see me this week feeling scunnered. it’s like there are normal ish life stresses through illness, family illness, job worries, job hunting, and watching the news just now (July 2021) seems to put an extra layer of woe ontop of life.

I am convinced we will all get good news soon, I have NO idea what that will be, but lets just make sure we are getting out basics right, starting from scratch.

Get a good nights sleep

Drink water (and reaaaallly good coffee)

Speak to a best pal - some people just need a really good listening to (that’s a Kirsty Mac ism, I use it a lot)

If you are working from home, set a timer for 45 minutes and do interruption free work for that time, and see what you get done.

Remember to eat fruit and vegetables.

Watch a feel good movie, sorry but mine is Pretty in Pink. I'm about to have a late evening Brat Pack binge when i’ve finished this.

That’s it.

G’night John-Boy.