Several years ago I signed up to a local gym. My attendance was patchy, despite all my best intentions, and it took a further two years and changing to a different gym, before I finally got into a regular exercising routine. There was even a period where I tried to do it at home, with [...]

On Monday I said goodbye to the new year’s resolution. I’ve concluded that they really are a waste of time, but what else can you do? As I’ve said before, though the new year is bad for making resolutions, you just can’t ignore the feeling of a fresh start and a clean slate that it [...]

It’s January and that can mean only one thing. It’s new year’s resolution time again, and because it’s not only a new year but a new decade as well, the enthusiasm is off the charts. Except, it doesn’t seem to really matter what year, decade or century it is (or any other milestone you can [...]

Christmas and the holiday season is meant to be fun, enjoyable and even meaningful, but increasingly people seem to be becoming jaded by it. Whether it is the hassle and expense of buying everyone gifts, presents and cards, the stresses of arranging and preparing all the food, putting up all the decorations and ornaments, or [...]

This is a guest post by Jo Walters of 250 Things While I’m 25. On my 25th birthday I decided to spend the whole of the next year coming up with, and doing, 250 random things. I wanted to have some interesting stories to tell, to try new things and force myself to get off [...]