It always starts with a cup of tea
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? Wake up either naturally or with an alarm. Make myself a cup of tea, get back into bed, let the dog come up for a cuddle. Walk the dog. When it’s winter and it’s dark outside the dog walking might…
It’s OK to give yourself a break
What’s something most people don’t understand? I’ve not been on here for a while. I haven’t written my novel or even in my journal for a while. Life has been busy and tough recently but that’s OK. Taking the break I need and not feeling the ever constant guilt. It’s ok.
Any help would be good today
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I’ve got nothing.
Daydreaming
What activities do you lose yourself in? I wile away at lot of the day daydreaming. It sounds like a cliche, but I can also read for hours on end or making pottery. So many things to do, to little time to do them.
A puppy
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Desperate for love but really f***ing annoying.
Look! There’s a lion
What is the last thing you learned? The translation of the opening lyrics to circle of life literally means ‘Look! There’s a lion’ Apparently it can be considered more ‘behold, here comes the king’ But I learned that doom scrolling the Internet this morning.
Why are you tired? Teachers have such long holidays.
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Ummm..so everyone knows there is a recruitment and retention issue in the education sector. If being a teacher was so cushy, wouldn’t everyone want to do it? When I first trained to be a teacher, I swore I wouldn’t go down this rabbit hole, but…
I was always looking forward to retirement.
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? Bad day at work, this is how I feel…
Thinking of others
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Becoming someone’s line manager at work. For years, I was only responsible for myself at work. If something went wrong, I went to speak to my manager about it. Now, as a line manager of a small team I have to deal with everything. My team…
Fate, talent and hard work
Do you believe in fate/destiny? In most cases, people think believing in destiny/fate means that we don’t need to work hard to achieve our goals as they have always been pre determined. I think I have the opposite stance. I can’t help but feel that I am destined to be more and I am not…
More a hello than a goodbye
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. Rather than a phase being particularly difficult to say goodbye, it was welcoming a phase that snuck up on me without me realising. It’s the phase that we all have to go through. The realisation of what it is to become an adult.…
I totally think that like, I would want to like, ban the word like?
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? ‘I like you’ could become ‘I think you’re nice.’ ‘I like that cardigan’ could be, ‘that’s a pretty cardigan.’ ‘I slept like a log could be ‘I slept similar to a log.’ ‘He was like no, and I was…
Mindlessly numb
What bores you? Like quite a few grown adult men, my boyfriend is addicted to video games, specifically Halo. He would probably interject here and tell me that it’s Halo 2, not Halo – they are very different games. I mean, are they really? They’re all shooting people as quickly as you can. He is…
It’s the drink and the lifestyle
What is your favorite drink? Hear me out. It’s a cold, frosty, sunny day. You put on coats, hats, gloves, and scarves and take the dog out for a long walk. When you breathe in you can feel the cold air in your lungs. It feels fresh and there is a delicious crunch underfoot. You…
Social anxiety
Who are your favorite people to be around? The anxiety I often feel is hitting me pretty hard today so I am inclined to say nobody. But that is not true. I love being around my boyfriend because he is one person who fully accepts me as I am and I can say anything to…
I have to pick just one???
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. Gah, I love shoes. The film ‘In her Shoes’ made me realise how much I love shoes because they always look good. Even if I’ve put on weight I can still get into those shoes. I talked about how much i love…
Materialistic or philosophical
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. The greatest gift I ever received was the gift of life and love from my parents. Oh look out, there’s a philosophical w*nker about. No, the greatest gift I ever received were my wellies. I chose the ones I wanted, they have lasted throughout non stop…
Patriotic – expressing devotion and vigorous support for one’s country
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? During the world cup, Wimbledon, the Olympics and other sporting events, sure, I’m patriotic. I cheer on team GB, England, or the UK side, expressing devotion and support to my country. But I had to Google the dictionary definition of patriotic just to check. The…
Yes, today!
Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? I accidentally cut someone up on a roundabout. This isn’t an excuse but I was a bit stressed about something else and didn’t see the car coming. I don’t really enjoy driving and that just made me want to get home even more. If I had unlimited amounts…
Never achieved true potential
If there were a biography about you, what would the title be? Does everybody feel like this or is it just me? I’m a teacher and one of my roles is to support students with their plans after school. When I discuss all these exciting things they can be doing I often wish I had…
So much more than me
What were your parents doing at your age? Married, had 2 children and owned a hotel. I have a house, a job, a boyfriend and a dog.
A child’s dream
Write about your dream home. It was a house we lived in briefly when I was younger. I loved it. My parents tell me I’m remembering it through rose tinted glasses but I don’t think so. I remember dropping an entire plate of spaghetti bolognese on the floor. It was the best.
Share the love
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? Tell my boyfriend, call my dad and hug the dog.
It’s not through lack of interest, it’s through lack of time
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time? During the pandemic I bought a cheap pottery wheel, a bag of clay, watched 1000 YouTube videos and taught myself how to make pots. I have since bought a house, and thus a kiln and a better wheel and I have…
I believe in UFOs
What’s your favorite candy? The sugar paper filled with sherbert space invader/UFOs/space ships sweets are the best! Partly because I love breaking them in half and filling my mouth with sherbert and partly because nobody else i know likes them so I get them all to myself!
No, Tim Berners-Lee, I do not choose you
The most important invention in your lifetime is… I point blank refuse to say the Internet because whilst it is important and does a lot of good it has done a lot of harm as well. So, I’m going to say the reading light I can read my book without the overhead light on without…
It happens most weekends!
Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end. 7.30am a cup of tea brought to me in bed 8.30am take the dog out for an hour walk 10am tea, breakfast, pancakes/bacon sandwich not fussy 11am yoga, ideally outside 12pm go swimming 2pm lunch 3pm read a book, do some pottery, mooch around the house…
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