And so here I am, almost exactly two months down the line and I just re-read 16. and I compared notes. A lot of it still rings painfully true but I also think I'm moving forward.

The thing I've worked hardest on is to turn all my negativity and pessimism on it's head and make it work for me. I'm so much more aware of when I'm moaning about things ( Read more... )

I have got out  of the habit of using a blog because I have been using paper journals more & more. I used to be a very prolific journal-keeper when I was younger but got out of it over the university years. I think my mental health has suffered as a result & so I have been making the effort to write more. I chose paper over screen for two main ( Read more... )

 Wow....it's been a while. I got the job, and loved it, and now have a different job in the same organization, although I'm hoping to go back to the old job in just a couple of weeks ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I have an interview at 9am. If I get the job I start on Thursday. I am more nervous/ excited than I have been in a long, long time and I really want to get this job ( Read more... )

I've skipped forward a week in the training scedule as the lowest level was just that bit too easy - afterall, I wasn't a complete couch potato to begin with.

Today I will mostly be making vegan pesto and hoping that Ghana don't score (C'MON, SERBIA!)

Also, I've sent off my application for the job with North West Playwrights - fingers crossed!

I suffer from such a heinous lack of motivation and have done for pretty much my whole life and only now am I finally taking steps to do something about it (as opposed to deciding to motivate myself then scratching my arse and watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. instead ( Read more... )

Hey, cancer - you SUCK ( Read more... )

I'm giving up looking for just fulltime work and have started applying for part-time and temp stuff too...I really could do with getting some cash together for the NY trip. If all else fails, I guess I'll be trying to sell some stuff ( Read more... )

This jobsearch bullshit is killing me. Rejection piled on rejection piled on rejection is really starting to get to me ( Read more... )

I must admit, I've been going a bit mad on the knitting reccently. Here's a few things I've been working on.

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