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Every Moment Burnout
This week there’s been some reflections on how things are going right now. Laura sometimes notices these things before I do. It is...

Mike Douglas
Apr 26, 20243 min read


World Sleep Day
Sleep, good quality sleep; I miss it! As a new parent it’s definitely something I’ve noticed a lack of. We have been very lucky with how...

Mike Douglas
Mar 8, 20243 min read


Parent Mental Health Day
Being a new parent, is it any wonder I’m a few days late for Parent Mental Health Day? Making time to sit down and write is one of those...

Mike Douglas
Jan 29, 20243 min read


2024 Ins & Outs
It’s mid January and I’m seeing so many of these 2024 ‘in and out’ posts on instagram. I started thinking, what would my ins and outs be?...

Mike Douglas
Jan 8, 20242 min read


Christmas Time
It’s Christmas time, again. Each year December starts that process of trying to mentally prepare for Christmas; the stresses and strains...

Mike Douglas
Dec 24, 20233 min read


Rhyme Time Fridays
Over the last month we’ve been visiting our local library every Friday for baby & toddler rhyme time. I’ve enjoyed it way more than...

Mike Douglas
Sep 19, 20233 min read


AEW's All In at Wembley
What a night! What a show! AEW’s All In at Wembley Stadium was something else. All In was AEW's first pay per view event held outside of...

Mike Douglas
Aug 29, 20234 min read


Back to work (post baby birth)
It’s a week until I go back to work, and at the moment I don’t know how I’ll do it. We’ve had a baby(!) and I love this little dude,...

Mike Douglas
Aug 22, 20233 min read


Birthday Reflection
I recently had a birthday, and as in the last few years it was a quiet and simple one; because I need it to be. But, there's been some...

Mike Douglas
Jul 15, 20234 min read


Fitness Baby...
Over the last 5 weeks I’ve been more mindful of my intake, exercise and fitness. It's been an enjoyable experience, while coming with...

Mike Douglas
Jul 4, 20234 min read


Baby Birth Courses
Over the last month or so we have been working our way through NCT and Hypnobirthing courses. Interestingly (well I think so), for me...

Mike Douglas
Jun 27, 20236 min read


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


The Privilege of Age & Time
Last week in a conversation with Laura, where we were trying to work out how old we were (yes, we really had to work it out in the end),...

Mike Douglas
Apr 4, 20233 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


My Birthday
It's July, it's my birthday this month. My birthday is something I still struggle with and have found hard to talk about over recent...

Mike Douglas
Jul 11, 20225 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


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


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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