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Baby, baby, baby
Hopefully in July we will be having a baby! So many thoughts, emotions and agh! I am processing some emotions, ignoring some and...

Mike Douglas
May 13, 20234 min read


Craft & Crust Music Festival
Yesterday we visited the Craft & Crust Music Festival at Portsmouth Guildhall. What an afternoon! About a month ago I'd been looking on...

Mike Douglas
Apr 22, 20233 min read


National Pet Day
Happy #NationalPetDay Caring for a pet or animal companion can support our mental health in many ways, so here's a short blog post about...

Mike Douglas
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Trying Apple Fitness+
Last year I completed my 500 mile challenge, eventually finishing on 684.4 miles (whoop). This year I’m still running once a week, but I...

Mike Douglas
Mar 21, 20234 min read


New Kitchen & Food Prep
At the start of this year we had a leak discovered in the kitchen along with some pretty serious kitchen and floor issues. Which resulted...

Mike Douglas
Dec 20, 20224 min read


My World Cup Problem
It's December 2022 and the football World Cup is currently happening. The World Cup is something many football fans look forward to;...

Mike Douglas
Dec 6, 20223 min read


Making An AI Friend
Did you see those adverts for Replika seemingly all over instagram in August and September? This was the second time I'd seen a run of...

Mike Douglas
Nov 18, 20226 min read


Personal Challenge Update
This update is a super exciting one for me. But how to start this... I got a tattoo! How did this idea from 2021 come to be part of my...

Mike Douglas
Oct 10, 20225 min read


Vero, after one week
It's been a week since I started using Vero. The new, old social media platform. Here's how it's gone so far. First a bit of history....

Mike Douglas
Sep 6, 20223 min read


Quietly Quitting Instagram
Quietly quitting is weird right? It’s such a negative way to view someone ‘just’ doing their job. How is doing your job quitting? Answer...

Mike Douglas
Aug 25, 20223 min read


Taking Annual Leave is Difficult
The last 3 weeks or so I’ve been planning work activities and tasks around being this upcoming leave. I’ve scheduled meetings around it...

Mike Douglas
Aug 18, 20222 min read


What’s been going on?
I feel like I get asked this question a lot. And the thing is, I’m really bad at answering it. I think I’m partly asked this question so...

Mike Douglas
Jun 24, 20223 min read


Father's Day?
I’ve just finished at the gym, another 7.3 miles today. Very happy with that. While on my cool down I was checking twitter and saw an...

Mike Douglas
Jun 19, 20224 min read


Portsmouth Comic Con 2022
Finally it’s Comic Con weekend! After the pandemic postponed & cancelled most events in 2020 & 2021, it was great to be back....

Mike Douglas
May 12, 20225 min read


The Podcast
Currently the podcast is going well, but it also feels like the right time to reflect on where it is, where I am and what's next? I am...

Mike Douglas
Apr 29, 20223 min read


Impact of Socialising
Social stuff is tiring. I think I’d slightly forgotten how tiring. Some social things are really fun, some are not. To an extent, it...

Mike Douglas
Apr 24, 20222 min read


Talk to Talk; has it been that long?
It was Time to Talk Day last week, which means there’s been lots of cool, important and hopefully helpful conversations happening. This...

Mike Douglas
Feb 11, 20223 min read


A Festival of Games
What a way to kick off 2022. Over the last two years, I have attended some amazing online conferences, and hopefully we continue to see...

Mike Douglas
Jan 30, 20224 min read


A Resolution of Positivity
In the last week I’ve been posting more (slightly) generic positive thoughts on twitter, and here’s why. We are at the midway point in...

Mike Douglas
Jan 13, 20222 min read
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