Sometimes I need to be reminded it’s okay not to get it right the first go. This has been one of those weeks. I’m naturally a perfectionist, so it can be a bit of a battle to accept things don’t always have to be perfect. I have a quote stuck to my desk – I’ve…
Learning
Never let rejection get you down
A successful Scottish author has just had a book he wrote 15 years ago – which was rejected – published. The book, Lockdown, is based in a pandemic-impacted London which, along with the rest of the globe, is in lockdown. Just like the world is today. Except back then the publishers laughed and said in…
Writing Retreat Cruise #1
As followers of my blog would know, I went on an amazing writing retreat over February-March for 3 weeks. Over the next few weeks I thought I would share some of the highlights from my trip š The majority of the retreat was spent on a cruise (more of that in later posts). There were…
What holds me back?
In 2020 Iām answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. What holds you back?In early 2009 I did a 2 week course on goal setting. This was the first time I learnt that there are two types of fear: Fear of Success and Fear of Failure. Everyone has a tendency to…
Don’t believe everything you read
Professionally I’m an environmental scientist. I get frustrated with how political environmental issues have become. With the divisive left and right of politics having drawn a line in the sand where it comes to the environment, it doesn’t seem to matter what the science says anymore. Even worse, the media seem to believe it’s up…