Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours restRobert Owen, circa. 1817 Trades Unionist, Socialist and Cooperative movements cannot trace their roots to just one person or even a small group. Over generations, countless individuals have come together to stand in solidarity to fight for a better, fairer, more equitably world. Some battles have been … Continue reading The 8-8-8 Day
Disclaimer I’m a big fan of procrastination. Give me a completely pointless or otherwise useless task to distract me when I should be working (or indeed writing...) and it will become the focus of my being. Even as I begin writing this post, I have checked social media several times (no major updates) and begun … Continue reading About time
Disclaimer As a child, I loved to read. Books, comics, the ingredients list of food packets, whatever I could get my hands on containing words in the English language. It was not uncommon for my family to be going out and I would hold them up just to finish one more page of whatever book … Continue reading A Library of Wellbeing
In an effort to adhere to the mantra practice what you preach, today I went forest bathing in the local woods. Hopefully you have read my post on forest bathing for wellbeing which I published yesterday, and given the beautiful weather this bank holiday weekend I thought it would be a good idea to get … Continue reading I went down to the woods today: an update
Disclaimer My wife and I moved to our new home last summer. As you can imagine given the COVID pandemic we have not been able to fully appreciate and utilise the amenities we have around us yet. One area we have been able to explore a little since moving are the local parks and green … Continue reading If you go down to the woods today
