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Work in the balance

22 Sep 2021 | Uncategorized

if something goes wrong e.g. key workers leave or you run out of money, there is no safety net. It’s the same thing as being a roofer or a tree surgeon. However good you are at the job, you are exposed and if you fall, it hurts.

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The final (part 1)

10 Jul 2021 | Football, Reflections, Sport

I have always supported Italy in this kind of play-off but yet am not really sure why

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Forty Years a Twelfth Spy

18 May 2021 | Coaching, Education, Reflections, Uncategorized

Pre-Birth Forty years ago this month, I began working in what is still my current job. Thirteen years into this job, I strained at the leash and trained to become a teacher. I did not, however, change my occupation. Similar diversions enticed me in 2001, 2005, 2007,...

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Prince Harry and me; closer than you think.

25 Mar 2021 | Coaching, Education, Mental Health, Reflections, Uncategorized

The Prince, however, has, as far as my research has shown, given himself a really good chance of delivering on his promise.

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One Hundred

2 Feb 2021 | Education, Football, Mental Health, Reflections, Running, Sport

My attention span and train-of-thought have definitely reduced during the pandemic, I believe the major reason for this is that I have had fewer one to one conversations with people outside my bubble

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Get a Grip

28 Dec 2020 | Mental Health, Reflections

the shock that hits first. Even as I was in mid-air and about to land, I knew I had stepped on ice and was upset that it was lurking within the mud and not on the path that was fast coming up to greet my shoulder

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Blue in the Perfect Tense

16 Nov 2020 | Reflections

Klein’s blue is a synthetic version of Ultramarine which since the Renaissance has been considered the ultimate version of the colour. It is said to have almost ethereal properties

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The 80:20 rule of sanity

29 Oct 2020 | Mental Health

, the markings on the 2021 road map remain faintly drawn and the stop-offs and points of interest fail to jump out with conviction. The motivation for moving forwards is stunted which allows stomach stress to rocket up the spine and smack into the back of the mind.

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Glass Skull is Born to Boogie

16 Sep 2020 | Education, Reflections, Travel

Mortality haunts human life. It swirls around and imbues us all. We instinctively know the visual language of the grim reaper’s skeletal frame in that dark hooded cape and Jolly Roger’s grinning pirate flag telling onlookers; ‘this is what we’ll do with you’.

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