124. Time

Well hello again.

It’s been a while. I have been busy as per usual but other than these stories I am about to share with you it’s been pretty much uneventful. I have two stories for you, both related to talks and the good old topic of time.

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123. Is Stubbornness Kryponite or A Superpower?

Well, hello.

I am now living on my own in sunny south London and I have to say I didn’t know how I was going to feel but I am thriving. The peace and solitude are amazing. I did fear at one stage I would be lonely but that has never materialised and is not going to. In fact, I don’t have enough hours in the day to complete all that I need to. The only noise I hear is the fridge occasionally burping refrigerant and the humming of the dehumidifier.Read More »

122. When Life Gives You Rum

It’s amazing the difference a few months can make.

Life is pretty good.

I have just finished a series of prostate cancer talks at a group of surgeries overseen by Danelle. Four words that don’t normally go together with anything I do. Rewarding and almost uneventful, would describe them. They were well attended, and the feedback was moving, thankful and encouraging. I really enjoyed doing them. There was no more ‘arguments’ or should I say vocal differences of opinion unlike the first talk that I did.Read More »

121. Crazy

To think just a few months ago I had done a 10k race and here I am struggling on the first couple of hundred yards of my run. I remember once seeing elite athletes training with chains wrapped around their waists, tied to lorry tires. This is how it felt. Eventually after a few weeks of this I decided to weigh myself. My version of weighing scales has a speaker, and it prompted,

“Stand one at a time please. But if it’s only one person you are one fat git mate.”

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