Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #91 and Fifty Words #112: Relationship Breakdown — “Sometimes I wonder if love is worth fighting for. Then I look at you. I’m ready for war.” — anonymous All couples fight, right? It’s a healthy expression of differences of opinion, and conflict. Totally. The real problem arises when a couple fights more than they do anything else —…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #90: Thinking — I usually have 60,000 thoughts before breakfast. As I awaken, I think something like: good God I’m still here. Then it’s prayers and meditation, which sometimes slows down the thoughts, but often, not at all. If I’m feeling it, I do my morning pages— that’s a great way to dump…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #90 and Fifty Words #111: Thinking — One of the most useful things I learnt in mindfulness training is that thoughts are mental events and that we have a choice whether we get on board with them or not. …

Thrifty 100 Word Challenge #88 & Fifty Words #109: Celebration — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so the saying goes. I have to say, it’s not feeling particularly wonderful at the moment. One of our team has received a positive biopsy, and has no idea what lies ahead now. Plus I have lost three friends this year —…

Thrifty Challenge Roundup 100 Words #91: & 50 Words #112: Relationship Breakdown — Things are always changing right? In life as well as art and media. We are rejigging things at The Bad Influence and this is the last fortnightly thrifty word challenge for the time being. Starting this month (March) we are going monthly. …

Fifty Word Challenge #112: Relationship Breakdown — This year marks thirty four years of knowing each other. We met at work and went to the movies for our first date — where he fell asleep. I wasn’t sure whether it was Wim Wenders’ film (Wings of Desire) — or me. Film methinks. Luckily, I never held it…

Thrifty Words Roundup 100 Challenge #90 and Fifty Words #111: Thinking — In the twelve-step rooms in which I spend a lot of my time these days, there’s a term that people like to bandy about — stinking thinking. That’s a way of thinking that causes you personal offence, hence the word stinking. Here’s an example. Due to curcumstances mostly out of…

Thrifty Word 100 Challenge #89: Discover Me —

Why I’m living my best life despite health challenges — I’ve just listened to the latest Middle Pause newsletter – hot off the press – and was inspired by hearing about Debbie Walker’s best-loved quotes to write this. One of my favourite sayings is Neil Young’s Better to burn out than to fade away. …