Jem – UK blogger

One of the things I realised quite rapidly when I first started freelancing — and it’s an obvious one, really — is that you’ll have…

I don’t think it’s possible to have a perfect year. 12 months / 52 weeks / 365 days: all too big a time-span to guarantee…

My attempts at maintaining my strength and fitness this year have been indisputably more consistent (and as a result, visible in my overall health and…

Warning: this entry contains pictures of me in my pants. Sorry about that. I started this year sober and motivated, with the lofty goal of…

(I originally posted this on reddit, but want it recording here as part of my journey.) I had a drink on Saturday night. I made…

I’ve been stressed again lately. The ups and downs of hormones, the DOOM of summer holidays, the move, the kids, the usual shit. When I…

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…