Here you are, about to take another step across the river and you choose to leap instead. Guess what happens next... Most of my life, I’ve been described as impatient and restless. Not in a medical sense but just by people who knew me well. They were right. I am impatient. Especially when things take longer than I believe they should. There are a lot of people like me and

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I've had my Jerry Maguire moment way too many times in my lifetime. Waking up at 3 am thinking what the f*ck am I doing? Where am I taking myself with this? Monday mornings come with despair, frustration and angst. Five days later I feel the weight of Friday lifting whatever the week has delivered and looking forward to the weekend where I get to pretend to be normal with

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When you try your best but you don’t succeedWhen you get what you want but not what you needWhen you feel so tired but you can’t sleepStuck in reverse. Chris Martin, Lead singer of Coldplay I was alone, scared and experiencing an overwhelming feeling of being trapped. There I was, sitting on my bed totally unravelling and coming apart. There’s a song on my phone that starts playing and it triggers

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I came home from work, turned on my notebook, logged in, booted all my apps and with total despair, got ready to plug myself back in. My wife walked over, looked me dead in the eyes and without a word, gave me a hug. She actually did more than that. She held onto me for over 20 seconds and it transported me from a world of struggle, discomfort and confusion

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Have you ever found yourself walking away from someone you just met and felt as though you smell like them even though there was no contact? It happens to me and it got me thinking about how we can be affected by what we're surrounded by. It's not just smells by the way. No matter what we surround ourselves with, it eventually impacts us. It happens in many different ways.

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