Welcome to my blog. I post on this, roughly once a week (it does vary). I sustained a 'Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury', and a six month coma from a 'road traffic accident' whilst cycling, in October 2006. I spent the following 4 years (22-26yrs old), in a combination of hospitals and rehabilitation homes. Now, I have been living independently in Surbiton, England since October 2010. This blog begun life in December 2010, as i realised that there are many people worldwide that i want to share experiences with. I know that, as a wheelchair user, I am obviously not as mobile as i wish, so, use the internet to connect to you. I enjoy letting my thoughts represent through type. I type honestly. As numerous readers, as well as email recipients, will understand, I find typing to be very therapeutic. Thank you :)
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Friday 10 August 2018

Enjoy!

- Archive of blog - Enjoy!
- Always have a number of targets
- Stop to think!




This past week has involved me developing an easy, accessible archive of this blog. I set myself this target, only last week! All previous posts have been reached by a ‘drop-down menu’. I hope that you all find this new webpage offering an easily accessible, descriptive library of this blog history. Posting regularity has varied through it’s eight year history, but plenty of information is now a lot more accessible for you.


Blogspot is not a tool to design websites. I apologise, as I have checked, and re-checked (etc), however font sizes vary too much! Hopefully the rough layout is suitable for you. 
Annual archives.   Seven years of 12, monthly pages.

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Beware of accomplishing all goals.
Always have a number of targets
You will miss some, but cherish what you accomplish
Always stay on track, and move forward.

I am unsure how to explain this, but I will try.
I lay in hospital, following my accident, saddened extremely, but I was able to review my recent history, with great satisfaction. I was satisfied with myself. I realised that I had achieved all of the ‘personal goals/aims’, that I had set myself to reach, at that young age. I was not midway through anything. 

Cycling goals had been there since my teenage years, as a dream, but I had ticked them all off my list. 
All coursework of my Graphic Design course was completed successfully. My work in Sustainable Design Research involved many different, individual jobs, nothing was prominently confronting me. 
I was mid-relationship with my close girlfriend. I am really, very grateful, that she stayed with me throughout that first year. I hardly ever saw her, but I knew we could both withstand these pressures.

It is in total mind-screwing reflection, that I realise with panic, that maybe ‘my time had come’. I had not really set myself any separate, or totally new, goals.

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Stop to think!
It seriously alarms me that so many people don’t seem to break their day and let themselves think. All humans have the ability to think for themselves, but few do. Everyone feels a necessity for immediacy. People do not give themselves time to think about bigger pictures, because society demands the best, NOW! Yes, we risk too much by making such high pressure, immediate demands. Stop! Take a break. Let your time be spent by you and only your mind. You will reach valuable conclusions, and may create new concepts (on anything that is valuable to your life). Take control, you may rule out possibilities/ideas, but your overall outcome/conclusion will have a positive effect for you.

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I want to promote the artist who I previously knew as the lead singer of the ‘Duke Spirit’ (super ‘guitar swirling, and atmospheric’ band who I saw live in a Kingston Record Shop in 2016 (May 2016 - 'Closer B'). Singer Leila Moss now performs as a solo artist. I have only heard one song on BBC 6Music, so I cannot give you a proper upcoming review. Rest assured though, she is a top quality artist!



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Two big ‘eco’ issues, for me…
  • The efficiency of using an electric, air cooling fan, alarms me. During very hot weather, our electricity consumption must soar?
  • Regular, black-bin-bags become an immediately harmful, litter stain, existing forever. Many are not made from sustainable plastic, yet we consume them endlessly.
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Yet another female artist that I wish to promote...


A super radio interview with Sharon Van Etten

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What a legend!!!...

Geraint Thomas on winning Tour de France





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