Jem – UK blogger

Half marathons, that is. This year has unintentionally turned into the “year of the half marathon”, with one done (or planned) for almost every month…

In my last post about our recent house move I expressed frustration about a series of relatively minor but annoying problems that we’d had so…

Self employment / freelancing and mental health issues seem to go hand in hand. The stress of finding work, maintaining momentum, dealing with all the…

Having blogged back in February about jumping head first and putting an offer on a local property that we were not really ready to buy,…

As I rapidly approach my 5th month sober I can’t help but reflect on the state of dry (sober) drinking in the UK. I have…

For the uninitiated and new readers amongst you, PMDD is an extreme version of PMS/PMT. It can cause cyclical feelings of anxiety, depression, anger and…

I happened to casually mention to my brother via facebook messenger recently that I get quite sweaty. (There is context, something about exercise, I didn’t…

Search for how to be a successful freelancer in your favourite search engine, and there’s no end to the list of tips and tricks people…

After spending the past week or so having a regularly scheduled blog crisis, I spent most of last night hunched over my laptop (literally, my…

The older I get the faster time seems to fly by, but nothing could have prepared me for the whirlwind that has been the past…

1. Find a reason A reason that isn’t just “being thin”. Not that there’s anything wrong with losing weight if you feel your health and…

I can’t really think of any other way of describing 2017? Starting the year with a massive unexpected tax bill (sound familiar?) was an uphill…