A deeper look into my theme for 2023 - my Year of Intentionality.| Nicky's Blog
The personal blog of a 30-something year old cis-male from the East of England. Topics include mental, physical, and emotional health, hobbies, and self-improvement.| Nicky's Blog
I was reading through the top Bear blog posts last night and found this at the very top: Stop wasting time on productivity crap. Just shut up and work.| Nicky's Blog
I’ll start by saying I did not like 2024. It sucked. A lot.| Nicky's Blog
Back in November, I met a friend for coffee. This would have been more normal were it not for the fact that I'd had my third anxiety attack for the day moments before and I was still wired.| Nicky's Blog
At the end of my 2023 theme review I mentioned how I started the year thinking this would be the Year of Foundation Repair. A redo of my 2022 theme, fixing all the cracks and damage done over 2023. However, after a couple of months of inaction and continuing to feel lost, I scrapped it and started over, looking for a theme| Nicky's Blog
I’ve been putting this off for months. I started writing this on New Year’s Eve and just got bogged down with it. But it’s been a mental block for me for too...| Nicky's Blog
Last Monday, a few days into my PTO, I was hit with the kind of clarity you can only get when you’ve not been spending 8 hours a day clicking things for mone...| Nicky's Blog
When I came up with my I had my wedding in mind. We got married in 2021. We were already engaged for a few years and were waiting to do a big wedding, bu...| Nicky's Blog
I'm coming back from a slow burning breakdown. Trying to re-engage with the things I cut out in firefighting mode, focusing on keeping myself from heading in...| Nicky's Blog
In my , I mentioned that last year was fundamentally about a mindset shift—transitioning from exploration to growth and action. This year, I want to build on...| Nicky's Blog
So not long after the last check point, my father in law died. Then we had the funeral. From which I caught COVID, which knocked me out for 2 weeks and...| Nicky's Blog
At the start of May, I decided enough was enough. I weighed 293.8 pounds per the scales and climbing through the year, and whilst it's not the heaviest I've ...| Nicky's Blog