This is belonging
This post looks at belonging incorporating the armed forces’ relatively recent advertising campaign. There are lots of things that can give us that sense of belonging that don’t come along with the chance of becoming a killer or a casualty. Becoming part of any relatively select club can also give a feeling of belonging? My relatively select club, as most readers know is the MS Club. We catch up with familiar faces on...
Aim to be the Master of your Universe
Aim to be the master of your universe Amazingly, we can be the victims and masters of our own minds at the same time! Remember, we are in charge of how our mind chooses to busy itself. We have the option to be the master of our universe. I don’t always hear that recognition in the voices around me? Aim to be the master of your universe Before we continue I’d like to extend my condolences and best, best wishes to Ann...
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement mostly doesn’t involve chocolate! Marginal Gains help us to reach similar actions of an industrial engineering expert writing in Linkedin. He talks about the squeeze on profits from multiple directions in the modern commercial world. Dave Harnett highlights the need for continuous, enterprise-wide improvements to shave spending here and there and protect the company’s bottom line in the process. Team Sky...
Dehumidifying to affect where we are now?
Probably this should be split into a larger number of posts? What for example does dehumidifying have to do with youtube updates? I recently made an update to my first ever youtube clip. In the more recent update I’m moving around a bit rather than sitting in two locations that I’m mysteriously transported between. I was able to move better back then than I am now. I think my inner pessimist shines through when I act as if...
Planning isn’t a dirty word!
The title for this piece mentions the dreaded P word, planning. It helps point us toward an important aspect of the season… Not just Christmas dinner timing; which accompaniments to accommodate the most ‘select’ eaters coming to stay or optimal christmas pudding creation time but also likely nap times for all generations visiting. Planning and timing are for life not just for Christmas (but especially at xmas?) The...
What Is This Place?
Welcome to Chronic Alternatives,
this is me
Collected here are many of the strategies I've found helpful to use whilst living with a chronic condition. Take a wander through the pages, the site is soon to become more navigable. For the moment, revel in what serendipity can bring!