I wish I had taken more chances. Do you every feel like that? How does it feel to imagine getting to the end of your life and looking back at lost opportunities – the ‘what if’s, the fizzled out dreams? Not a very cheery place to start this week, I know. Sorry. But this stuff…
The regret of losing touch with good friends
Are there people in your life, precious friends once upon a time, that you have lost touch with? Losing touch with good friends is on the list of death bed regrets, up there with living true to ourselves and not spending too much time at work. Think about someone who you might have fallen out…
What is the true cost of holding a grudge?
Your stomach is all chewed up. Tension across your shoulders. Headaches. Disturbed sleep, disjointed and disturbed dreams. Chronic irritability and an inability to concentrate. Not a pretty list is it? For me, these are just some of the physical symptoms that come with holding a grudge. Someone wounds you, there is an injustice. It hurts. You…
Do you leave work at work?
How easy do you find it to leave work at work? On our musings on end of life regrets, this one comes next. In these post pandemic days where WFH – Working from Home, or simply Working for many – is much more common, it can be harder than ever to differentiate between work and…
Live life true to yourself
Everything you do in life – every choice you make – comes with a cost. When we say yes to something, we are always and inevitably saying no to something else. Is the choice you are making worth the price? And when we get to the end of our lives, will we regret some of…
What will your end of life regrets be?
When you are approaching your own death, and assuming you have the option to, what will you most regret? Our household has faced a series of major events in a short few months. The death of a loved one after a short, difficult illness, an unexpected fall necessitating surgery, and the ending of a long…
On seasons of transition.
September is here, and autumn is suddenly in the air. One of many regular seasons of transition begins. Here in Scotland we have actually had a couple of gorgeous sunny days, after a fairly wet and crummy summer. But even so, I am aware of the seasons starting to change and leaves starting to turn.…
A time to reflect
This has been an extraordinary week. A time to reflect if ever there was one as we consider the life, service and death of Queen Elizabeth II. For you reading this, for me and our household, for the majority of our country, none of us will have seen anything like this before. No doubt you…
Time for a reset
This is a big week in our house. Not because of school restarting in Scotland (more on that in a mo). But simply because we are having our kitchen refitted, after 17 years in this house with a kitchen we have never loved. This has involved having the entire contents of the kitchen redistributed throughout…
We need to talk about death
Do your loved ones know what to do when you die? An arresting start this week, perhaps. But this has been on my mind and the subject of many a conversation over these past dark, difficult and exhausting weeks. We need to talk about death. Our family member who died did so suddenly and completely…