The key part of life that we cannot avoid — How we deal with disappointment is every bit as important as how we deal with success. Finishing a project or achieving a goal that we have set for ourselves feels amazing but if life was that easy then we wouldn’t need therapy. We wouldn’t need to talk about our feelings. …

Is there mileage left in the tank? — Time flies much like the birds in the sky. One minute you're watching them casually zoom past you and then they are gone, never to return again. This is how I feel about Medium. I’ve been sitting here, staring at the platform, observing, whilst all the time wondering what to…

As the Winds of Winter approaches, we have to ask ourselves if we still care? — Do we want to revisit a failed television project (based on the last two seasons. The show is much more palatable if you end with John Snow becoming King?) Do we want to jump back and inot a book series that has been largely absent for the last decade? The Winds of Winter Before…

Ensuring that your goals are completed rather than forgotten — It’s all very good having goals in your life. Things that we want to do such as learn a language or build a family but how do we get there? It’s easy to start and finish but what about the journey? How do you motivate yourself to keep going each…

An overdue update — There is nothing worse than simply giving up. We all consider it and some succumb to the urge and whilst there are many layers of grey in that statement, mine is in reference to an English Education. The time has come for the publication to move on. To take a…

It is your connection to the audience — If you are anything like me then you are sick of the sheer number of ‘this is why nobody reads your writing’ articles. They are everywhere, never-ending, yet Medium continually share them. All these articles point the finger at you and that’s wrong. Everyone can write (to varying degrees, yes…

A violent distraction or valuable resource? — The older you get the more you understand how the world truly works. Passing blame from group to group until you end up with immigration. The original scapegoat and such a terrible shame for the fact that we always seem to go back there. To find those from out of…

Our greatest asset is also our greatest cost — Imagine it now. Walking into a store and purchasing a child. Walking through aisle upon aisle of domesticated children with a price tag next to them. The problems they will face in life and what they will turn into are listed in alphabetical order. Imagine that...and that is all you…

I am now the proud owner of hairy ears — That is correct and you did not misread...I have hairy ears. It is a concern and one that is occurring more often…just today I found a 2cm hair sticking out. The question now struck me…how long has that been there? It was very fine hair but still if I noticed…