The reason I've suddenly started putting out blogs is because I was on a coaching call with my business coach the other day, having an absolute meltdown.
It went a little something like this: "I just don't know what to do, Chris! I've got so much going on at the mo; my visa, sorting a house out in another country, being told the dog is about to cost me £20,000 or need putting down, beating myself up because I seem to spend all bloody day trying to box stuff off so I can get a workout in and it never bloody happens... I sit down to put out some content out and then the kid starts screaming for Play Doh. I get up to sort that and a WhatsApp comes through from the estate agent. No sooner have I replied to that, then I get distracted helping a client out with something. Then the kid wants lunch, I need a wee. The vet's calling about physio. No sooner have I made sure everyone's OK, I'll sit down to FINALLY box it off, with six hours having passed and cock all having got done, and the fucking dog falls over and reminds me he's probably about to cark it. I just don't know if I have it in me to run a '12 Days of Xmas' campaign and a 'New Year Kickstart this year'."
He just laughed and said "Mate, this is gold. Do you blog? Because if you don't, you really should. Your clients all face the same problems, and like you, think they just can't do it all, so the exercise and food get pushed to the back.
How good is it that their coach also goes through this at times, yet still manages to hold it all together?
Start blogging on your site."
So here it is.
It's been a while since I just let myself loose on paper. When I'm creating content for the socials, it all has to be worded carefully, avoiding the words "fat", "weight", and going all fluffy on the swear word front. And that completely dries up my creative juices. But I remember one of my dearest friends from the RAF saying to me many a time "Alex, have you ever thought about writing?! Your letters absolutely crack me up. The way you put it in words makes me feel like I'm right there with you."
So now there are two of them saying it, I reckon it might be an idea to give their suggestion a whirl.
If nothing else, it'll serve as a bit of a diary for me in years to come.
And if it achieves its aim, then hopefully it'll help whoever stumbles across it, either by gleaning a nugget from it or thinking "Hey, I think this gal may be able to help me reach my goals!"
Whichever it is, I hope you enjoy it.
Now I'm off to investigate this front tooth. The bloody dog (same one that keeps falling over) nutted me 10 years ago and it resulted in a root canal 5 years later. Then the kid nutted me tonight and now feels a bit loose! FML.
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