Happiness or Meaning? So I can across an article the other day (on twitter via @lopo5) which was titled ‘There is more to life than being Happy‘ and I would really recommend you spare a moment to read it. The gist is:  striving for Happiness is short term and too easily effected or achieved by things … More Ramblings indeed…

Hardly anything goes exactly to plan, especially when part of that plan relies on a property sale in the UK. So, Kate’s buyer for her flat dropped out last week which puts us back a couple of months and means we have to start the whole process again. Which Sucks. It sucks because it delays … More Small postponement…

No, this isn’t a New Years resolution, its just part of my year out project.    Its time to get fit (ish) again.  Time to starting living a little better.  Time to start looking thinking about what I eat. Time to start being more active, and time to start thinking about some goals for my … More Changing my lifestyle

So we’re dog sitting at the moment for +Kate Fairchild ‘s sister –  a chocolate brown 3 year old Labrador called Jasper – and much to my surprise I am loving it.   It has its down sides to be sure (smelling of dog, slobber and drool, having to pick up his shit and his tendency to roll in other animals … More Its a dogs life (for life)

So it’s been seven weeks since I left work (seven glorious weeks) and it amazes me how quickly time has flown by. Some of it has been productive, some not so. I’ve fallen in and out of love (addiction) with Love Film and Netflix and lost many days of good intentions to simply moving from … More Time does fly when you’re having fun

Now some of you may be aware that managed to get myself into a little trouble a few weeks back with the a couple of good fellows from the Thames Valley police. Now I shan’t go into details (yet) as the whole experience (whilst mildly amusing post fact) still troubles me somewhat when I think … More Jedi training in UK police force

On other notes – and totally contrary with my last post all about ‘stop wasting my life and getting fit’ – I just joined Love Film again. Their ‘Watch Now’ is just AWESOME. Talk about ways to lose weeks of your life for £4.99 a month (with a 30 day free trail)!  There are plenty … More Love Film in all its glory

So I am now a man of leisure.   My last working day for 2012 was on Friday 16th November and hopefully I will not be working again until some time in 2014. God* that sounds good.  And as is only right for such a prestigious occasion as my last day at work for over a … More Can I rebuild myself?

Belize. We’re going to head to Belize first. This then dictates our directions of travel; Central and South America – Pacific Islands and New Zealand then Asia, India, Africa.   Or at least, that is the current plan. But the whole thing is we don’t want a plan, or too much of one at any … More The initial destination is set! (sort of)

Quite literally it seems. As you may know, a couple of years ago I set out to, and did run, the London Marathon.  It was a massive undertaking for me as at the time of deciding to do it I couldn’t run for toffee. In fact the furthest I had ever run was a 10k … More I am weak