I’ve spent most of the day sitting in a cold house waiting for a repairman to turn up. Last week, the repair man and I used whatsapp to arrange a day and time to meet. I turned up…he didn’t. A couple of years ago I would have been angry but events over the last 2…
Meaning: According to the Oxford English dictionary…Stickability is a person’s ability to persevere with something; staying power….”the secret of success is stickability” In November 2022 I was given 3-6 months to live – I was diagnosed with cancer. After 4 biopsies the oncologist concluded that the type of cancer I had was Hodgkin’s Lymphoma a…
At the beginning of September 2024 I created a BLOG post titled Close to the Edge…. My mood was very low and I knew that change was needed – so I created a plan, documented it in the BLOG post and started step by step to improve my mood and to improve my concentration. Writing…
Pull yourself together is a saying that was often used when I was growing up. I knew what I had to do when someone said “Pull yourself together” but I had no idea what the saying meant. And at the age of 60 I still don’t know what the origin of the saying is but…
My website is called Steer the Future. My YouTube channel is called @steerthefuturenow . These are not just site names – they are what I believe in. For so many years I have led a passive existence – complaining to myself about other peoples luck and my lack of it. This changed back in January…
I’ve just woken up from 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep and I’m still tired. I hate the feeling. My recovery from chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (a blood cancer) has not been without its challenges. Peripheral neuropathy (tingling fingers and toes) was something that took a lot of getting used to but I am pleased to…
My recovery from chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (a blood cancer) is not without its challenges. At the beginning of September I created a BLOG post titled Close to the Edge…. My mood was very low and I knew that change was needed – so I created a plan, documented it in the BLOG post and…
I’m 60 years old and have been in full time employment since the age of 16. I have lived a good life. I have a wonderful wife and family and many, many memories of family times and holidays. In the last 30 years I have never had any bank loans or credit card debt. The…
If you want to change the way you feel then change your perspective.. I was told that I had cancer in November 2022. But even though all the visible indicators were that of cancer, the results of 1 surgical biopsy and 2 needle biopsies were negative. From one perspective I was happy to hear “no…
Life can be tough and it’s sometimes easier to do nothing than to do something. For many years exercise was a bad word in my vocabulary. I would do almost anything to get out of any form of exercise – that doesn’t mean that I was lazy. Quite the opposite – I was and still…