(my first thoughts on learning to swim written in 2018) An interesting article by Simon Griffiths, writing in his magazine Outdoor Swimmer, on children swimming and the model that the Dutch use in Amsterdam made me think about how we can get more people swimming. In his article Simon claims Read more
We have lost interest in maintaining our good health and as a result we lack energy and are susceptible to illness and disease. Is this a surprise in our modern, industrial world, when we rely upon someone else to take care of us? Humankind dominates the planet but we are Read more
In the 1940s Abraham Maslow defined a principle that identified our needs that enabled us to live a successful life. Maslow described these needs as a physiological or psychological deficiency that a person feels the compulsion to satisfy. This need will create tensions that will influence a person’s attitudes and Read more
A couple of weeks ago I read an article that spoke about how we no longer allow or teach children to relax and do nothing. We are all on the go 24/7 and at some point our batteries need a recharge. This reminded me of an instances a few years Read more
Is the world just too much? Published by tim-isherwood on 16th August 2019 With Wellbeing at the top of agenda today it might seem that this is all new and something we have only just discovered – well this is not so! In 1911 W H Davies published a poem Read more
When winter comes and the days get shorter it is inevitable that evening walks with my dog, Sam, are done in the dark but we don’t use a torch once we leave the tarmac and street lights behind. I find that my night vision is actually quite good, especially if Read more
We have all heard the saying “if you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got” but it is very difficult to change habits that have developed over our life time, these are often habits that have silently crept up on us and suddenly Read more
I was listening to the speaker, John, talking about the books he had read on how to be happy. All written by people who had been at Google or some other major global company. The speaker seemed to be heavily influenced by these authors and it made me think. He Read more
We never seem to have enough time to do the vital things in life, time always seems to be getting faster. This phenomena is called time-space compression or time-space distanciation. Time–space compression occurs as a result of technological innovations including technologies of communication, travel, and economics. Theorists generally identify two Read more
A while back, in March 2020, I determined to run more. Running is something that I do quite slowly but it is something that I enjoy as I feel renewed when I get back home. Quite early on, probably a month or two later and whilst out running, I had Read more