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Five things quarantine has taught me

The Covid-19 (coronavirus) quarantine has now been in place for over a month and in this time almost everything that we know has changed. Pubs, restaurants, schools have all closed and the streets are practically empty. Everyone is being encouraged to work from home where possible unless they’re a key worker as defined by the … Continue reading

2019; The year I fell back in love with running thanks to Parkrun

Ironically, it was a planned run that never actually happened which reignited my love for running this past year. It was way back in April, where I was re-bitten by the running bug. Figuratively, not literally obviously. Since that fateful morning where a run around one of West Bromwich’s parks never materialised, I have done … Continue reading

My proudest achievement.

I was going to write this post on the tenth anniversary , but typically, I forgot. Oops! Ten years ago I started keeping diary entries, or as it became to be known two years later when I decided to move it from single pieces of A4 paper and start to collate it into this book, … Continue reading

A personal reflection on 2017

A personal reflection on 2016

Playing with fire

© RNTomlinson 2016. Did you enjoy this post? Please leave me a comment using the form below to tell me what you did (and didn’t) like about this post and I’ll be sure to get back to you. Just above the comments box are five little grey stars and I’d really appreciate if you turned … Continue reading

Five years on from a free month at university.

Five years ago, I made the big decision to walk away from University. You can read all about my one month at university, here A lot of people questioned me at the time, asking me if I had done the right thing, and now, five years on, I can safely say I did. If I’d … Continue reading

Every scar, no matter how big or small, new or old, has a story. #SemicolonProject416

Whether you’ve seen my tattoo or not, or even know the true meaning behind it, to me it’s incredibly important which is why I’m sharing it’s picture today as part of Project Semicolon’s ‪#‎SemicolonProject416‬. “On April 16th 2016, everyone who is feeling suicidal, struggling with mental illness, living with anxiety or unhappiness, self-harming, surviving a … Continue reading

Why I’m giving up takeaways for Lent 2016.

For the last week at work, everyone has been asking; what are you giving up for Lent? And truth be told I hadn’t really even thought about it. Today, it got to the point where my colleagues had to designate my sacrifice for me considering Lent starts tomorrow. And at the time of writing this … Continue reading

#12DaysOfBlogging – DAY TEN: Advent Calendar with a difference

At one point or another, everyone reading this will have had an advent calendar. Whether you’ve grown out of them or not, and I certainly haven’t, there’s no denying they’re a pretty cool way of counting down to Christmas. As you may or may not know, this year saw me get a pretty sweet promotion … Continue reading

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