Monday 12th February 2018 When I was young, I used to keep a diary. Every night I would write about my day, as boring as it might be. In many ways, The Climb is an extension of that, taking that documenting of a day and turning it into something very much focus on my writing [...]
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 It always seems to take me until the end of the month to get myself in gear for the year. My friend says that it’s the same in the gym, that the big influx of new people comes a few weeks into January rather than in the first week. Having a [...]
Tuesday 16th January 2018 I’m definitely feeling a lot better today. I’ve been feeling a lot calmer and my anxiety has died down a lot. It’s left me feeling exhausted. Having felt like I’ve drunk too many energy drinks the last few days, I now feel like I want to sleep. Given that I’ve not [...]
Wednesday 3rd January 2018 My main aim for this week is to get my ToDo list up to date. I have been a long time user of ToDoist and have processes for tracking and progressing tasks. It’s pretty effective and has allowed me to be super-productive in recent years. I don’t just use it for [...]
Sunday 31st December 2017 2017 was a funny old year. It was my Year of the Offensive … a year for me to push myself and claim the rewards for my hard work. As I said back then “it’s going to be a year where I happen to it rather than it happens to me”. [...]
Thursday 21st December 2017 It feels that over the last couple of days, plans for 2018 have suddenly come into focus. Maybe, getting an idea of what my theme for the year is has allowed everything to slot together, or perhaps taking a bit of a break has given me time to relax and gather [...]
Wednesday 20th December 2017 I've come to the conclusion that I spend too much time doing things for other people. This is mostly my fault because I say yes when I’m being super-productive and can manage “all-the-things” but bites me in the ass when I’m run down or busy. Just taking a couple of weeks [...]
Sunday 26th November 2017 Despite all the disappointment I ended yesterday deciding that I would go to training today. After all, it’s not about getting knocked down it’s about getting back up. And with a later start today I could get a lay-in and still make it to Godalming. Except I overslept and woke up [...]
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 This week is supposed to be a holiday from work. It’s supposed to be time for me to unwind and shake off some of the day job stress. So am I relaxing? Am I heck. No, instead I find myself trying to catch up on a multitude of tasks that desperately [...]
Sunday 19th November 2017 Much to my annoyance there was no Sunday sparring today. Whilst I appreciate that it’s the day after Bucklerthon, I have Wessex Bath in less than a week and… well, I need to train. Perhaps a day off is what my body needs after a slew of tournaments but given I [...]
