Struggling with an injury while the world goes by is the pits! If this article reaches you with a plaster cast on your leg or finds you on a chair with a sling on your arm and Jezza Kyle for…
Tag: Tips for life
Sweet personal branding tips for success
What gets you ahead in life? Skills? Contacts? Both? Maybe you have your own theories – why not pop them in the comments section? – but whether you’re trying to climb the career ladder or just improve your social…
The Joy of Blogging
What is it that I love about writing? In between all the scribbling, fancy wordplay, image sourcing, optimising and publishing, it’s a question I like to stop and reflect on from time to time. Writing takes time and not everyone…
How to feel like you’re winning (even when you clearly aren’t!)
Wallop! That’s the sound of life sneaking up on you and blindsiding you. One day, everything is hunky dory, the next it’s far from that. Life will play nasty little tricks on you from time to time (natch). Hopefully, that…
Why I’ve dumped my online dating profile (and why everything is going to be okay)
Thursday, 23 February 2017 was a tremendous day for me. It was the day I deleted my online dating profile. But I’d also like to consider it as the day I chose life. One of the best decisions I’ve ever…
How to really shop for clothes
Being not particularly tall and being slightly overweight, buying trousers is just one of the many first world problems an amazing regular Joe like me faces. Nothing seems to go to plan. The waist is right, but the legs are…
5 Dating profile statements that secretly scare people off
So you’re gonna get in on a slice of the online dating action and have created what you think is a winning online dating profile. You’ve out it out there into cyberspace and are now playing the waiting game (or…
The secret signs your date is going down the gurgler
Your date gets arrested for armed robbery just before you’re about to meet up. Your date vomits the minute she sets eyes on you. Your date has got to get back to relieve the babysitter of her imaginary child.…