Writing, Reading and Listening
What’s your favorite thing to cook?
Every year it was tradition, on my birthday I’d have my mum’s chicken pie. With the exception of one year when I experimented with being a vegetarian I requested mum’s chicken pie.
She passed away 4 years ago so now I make it myself, not on my birthday necessarily but whenever I want to feel close to her.
It’s delicious and will forever remind me of her.
I read somewhere that making resolutions for January is in contrast with nature and what our body wants. Our body wants to stay in hibernation, protect itself from the cold and the wet and generally curl up in a ball until Spring. Unfortunately, that is not what the modern world dictates so we must push on.
A great thing about February is daylight…daylight is coming back. Those who work full time in the UK will understand what I mean. The long dark nights are depressing and SAD is a thing. My birthday is on the summer solstice and I genuinely believe it affects me more than most. Bring on those early morning sunrises please.
Despite a horrible cold the dog must be walked and so I set off, big coat, woolly hat and waterproof boots to get outside. The ground was wet, the air was wet and me and the dog got wet.
The mud was giving mud
I am glad I went though, they say laughter is the best medicine but exercise in the fresh air is a close second. Particularly when getting back to nature with the dog is involved.
I did have a lovely video which showed the sounds of the birds and the trickling of water in the stream but alas, I don’t have premium so I can’t post it.
But honestly, getting out in nature has made me feel a million times better and I recommend it for anyone who is not feeling well.
Somewhat excitingly, I also stumbled upon a group of women getting ready to wild swim, I got their details and am going to check it out, so watch this space!
Who needs city life when this on my doorstep?
Spring is coming and I cannot wait.
Write about your first computer.
For you to understand this you need a bit of background.
I grew up in a flat/apartment within a hotel. When my parents decided to expand the hotel my brothers and my bedroom got turned into a place to keep the water tanks so we slept in the living room which also served as the office for the hotel.
Hence, the computer. It was there in my bedroom (aka the office, the living room, my brother’s bedroom) so surely it counts as mine?
It sat there, glaring it’s blue screen whilst I was trying to sleep and my dad was trying to figure out the accounts. It was there whilst my brother captained a flight to Australia and back (flight simulator) and when I wanted to play the 10 level game of The Lion King over 10 different floppy disks (I’m a 90s kid).
That was my, scratch that, our first computer.
possibly one of the things I’m most scared of is being bad at stuff. Like fiction writing for example, everyone wants to write a book but how many people actually do it? Even if it is rubbish and never sees the light of day. So the people that have novels stuffed into the back corner of their wardrobes i salute you, that is a terrifying thing.
but also eyes, eyes are freaky and I don’t like them.
also being a cliche, like this answer. Gosh think of something original eh?
Technically I am a little late.
It’s the 31st January, so I don’t think this blog would be classified as a new year’s resolution as I am already a month into 2026.
Which is good, new year’s resolutions never last and hopefully I can make this last.
I might say some random stuff, I might do some random stuff and I might swear. So sorry about that but I feel like creating this as a semi sort of diary. To hold myself accountable for this year and be the best version of myself I can be.
No comparing myself with anyone else apart from past me. And past me is fairly not too bad but there is room for improvement.
So here goes nothing, let’s fill that room.
And it has already started! I am sitting here on the 45th day of doing yoga consecutively. Which i am very proud of.
So in 2026 the random stuff i will be doing:
This list may feel unrealistic but it’s not. I actually do a lot of these things already so it’s more of a keep going list then a start from fresh list. A
As proof, here’s a picture of the sky on the dog walk today, cold and sunny, my favourite.
Sarah Hargreaves 