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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
This blog reaches a variety of people. One of the reasons I started it was basically to start discussions. Over the four years this has been up and running, I’ve had many great conversations with people all over the world and made real connections. None have moved me quite as much as an email exchange I had this week though. One of my readers is a 15 year old girl from Canada. We’ve exchanged emails since early last year. An email she sent me over the weekend has stuck with me and really made me think.
Tags: life lessons, role models, self confidence
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
This right here is the first video from my brother’s band, ‘Alaska’. The song is called ‘Girl’ and they’re pretty damn awesome. You can buy their EP here. And rather excitingly, they will be performing here in London town on Saturday February 11th at Paper Dress Vintage in Shoreditch. Come on down! They’re a new band, they’ve worked really hard on their new material and though sure, I may be a little biased, I really feel they’re bringing a new fresh sound to the musical landscape that is really needed right now. Give them a follow on Twitter too @alaskasounds and of course, if you happen to work for a record company or some such, you should probably get in touch.
Next big things right here.
Tags: Alaska, music, our kid
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
‘Forgive and forget’ is a notion that’s bandied around often. Easier said than done. Obviously, it all depends on the circumstances and what exactly it is that we’re forgiving in the first place. Some things are much easier to forgive than others. Even if you do manage to forgive and move on, can things carry on as before? Can you truly move past whatever the issue was and give a person a second chance?
Tags: forgiveness, life lessons, second chances
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
The world’s been distressing me recently amigos. Be it the story of the train conductor who tried to get two teens who hadn’t paid off his train and was stabbed for doing so. Or the intern who was being paid £1000 a month and tweeted how he was being exploited. Or people complaining about bad Secret Santa gifts they received over Christmas. I’ve realised that the thread that ties them all together is this sense of entitlement that seems to be running rampant throughout society. For some reason everyone just thinks they’re owed and have a right to expect certain things. I must have missed the memo. The more I see it, the more it frustrates me and I’ve been desperately trying to figure out why this is happening.
Tags: debate, entitlement
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
This blogging game is hard work, especially if it’s not just your sideline or hobby, but what you actually do. It’s a constant hustle, there is no ‘off’ time, no office hours. We manage our own editorial and if it goes wrong, there is no buck to pass, it’s all on us. We work tirelessly to peep our heads above the sea of more than 180 million or so blogs there are out there to build an audience and become recognised in our field. It ain’t easy. Now that mainstream media is starting to cotton on to the impact of blogs, they all want a slice of the action. But it’s all coming off a little bit like they’re late to the dance, but acting like they sent the invites. We are still being made to jump through hoops to get mainstream recognition. Surely, we can do better.
Tags: blogging, magazines, media
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
There are certain moments in life where you learn a lot about yourself. They can be brief, fleeting moments that, if you’re not paying attention, can just fly right by without you noticing. I was lucky enough to be present when one of these moments happened for my Team Bangs on the Run member Sarah Mei over the weekend and it’s been replaying in my head ever since.
Tags: life lessons, running, Team Bangs on the Run
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The Team Bangs on the Run training for the Berlin Half Marathon is now in full effect and the girls are off to a cracking start. Though our official training plans didn’t start til the second week of January, the girls all took it upon themselves to pound the pavements and clock up as many miles as they could so they were ready for whatever the plan threw at them. But being a good runner isn’t just about running. And Team Bangs is about working fitness into your life in a way that you enjoy, so I want to try to give the team a well rounded fitness experience. With that in mind, we are training with Sexy in the City Bootcamps twice a week.
Tags: Berlin Half Marathon, Sexy in the City Bootcamps, Team Bangs on the Run
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
A couple of months ago, I took my Team Bangs on the Run girls to Nike Town to have their gait analyses done and said to a friend of mine who works there ‘I’ve just brought my bitches in for you.’ Seconds after I said it, I cringed. I’m talking about a group of talented, driven, inspirational women and I referred to them as ‘bitches’. I’m sure they knew that I meant it affectionately, but I was disappointed in myself that I’d said it. Having been guilty of casually flinging that term around for years, recently it has not sat well with me. Though many feel we have ‘reclaimed’ the word, are we right to be using it?
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
It’s an odd thing where you can’t speak about achievements in a matter of fact way. Anything alluding to some form of success must be preceded with a ‘sorry’ or ‘I don’t mean to sound big headed but…’ Never mind that you most probably slogged your ass off to hit said achievement, you should feel sorry about that and never mention it. Yeah, like I said, odd. It’s something I’ve noticed more and more on social media – someone mentions an achievement/something they’re proud of – a certain sector of people shout them down for bragging and say how inappropriate that is. People, let’s stop the nonsense.
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
The very first blog post I did on here back in 2007 was entitled 51 Things You Should Know About Me. I figured some time has passed and by now there are surely 51 more things I can share with you. Aside from anything else, I find this is always quite a good writing exercise – makes you take a good look at yourself and you often realise things about yourself when you write them down that you didn’t before. So, here goes…
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