13 posts tagged with "Personal"

I had just turned 16. She was older.

I was on holiday with my family at a Butlins holiday camp somewhere in Wales that doesn't exist anymore. I was also very shy around girls.

When we finally got on the flight to Australia, after our surprise baby, they were going to turn it around, all because of me.

When our youngest was 2, we finally got to go. But there was a problem, I couldn't land an interview from the UK let alone a job offer. So I planned to fly to Sydney, stay on my mate's floor until I got a job, then return for the family.

I told my wife that I was leaving her and kids. Burnout is a bitch.

If you are a driven person, always exceeding targets, always seeking the next opportunity but never feeling complete then I feel you.

How I accidentally became a coach.

I always believed that all non-sport coaches were fake and never entertained the thought of being a client, let alone becoming a coach myself.

Hammy the hamster's escape and home renovation.

Our hamster liked climbing the stairs in our house. We had a chinchilla called Manwell and Hammy the hamster.

Running keeps me alive. Staying alive to care for my wife and children.

I'm sharing this while sitting on a park bench overlooking the lake immediately after finishing, before my stretching, as i need to get it out, raw and unfiltered.

I felt naked at a client site last week.

Not as naked as when I went to The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Frank-N-Furter. Trust me, you don't want to see the photo, it would scar you for life. If you do then you are very naughty.

Sometimes I think my mind lives in the gutter, anyway ...

My wife Charlotte is going to find out now.

When she was sleeping after a night shift I would entertain my son by holding him upside down and walking him across the ceiling singing:

Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig, Does whatever a Spider-Pig does. Can he swing from a web? No, he can't, he's a pig. Look out, he is a Spider-Pig!

We both thought it was hilarious.

Some days I feel like the Incredible Hulk.

Not the smashing things part, though that would be satisfying. The Bruce Banner part, walking through the world feeling different and carrying something most people don't understand.

It's not easy bein' green. Except I am not looking for a cure. I am looking for my tribe.

I never meant to give up alcohol completely but 6 years ago on Christmas Eve 2019 became the last time I drank any.

This is my story and if it helps just one person then it is worth sharing with you.