Tag Archive: Therapy


10 THINGS I LEARNT ABOUT BLOGGING IN 2013

1. WRITING IS THERAPEUTIC.Blogging has a healing power. I find writing down my thoughts and ideas , even when not fully formed, is cathartic and makes me feel calmer, more balanced and less alone.

2. DAILY BLOGGING IS NOT FOR WIMPS.

I wrote a post every single day from 1st January 2011  to 30th September 2013. It takes willpower or just plain bloody mindedness to persevere. I feel quite smug that I kept going for so long but I  finally waved the white flag when I was taking a week long break and had nothing scheduled.  Now I try to post something as regularly as I can secure in the knowledge that I have conquered the wimp within.

Tis-Better-to-be-brief3. BREVITY IS BEST.

Enough said?
Remember the words of the Psycho Killer in the Talking Heads song : “Say something once, why say it again?” Continue reading

 The latest novel by Hanif Kureishi – Somthing To Tell You – is a bit of pick’n’mix affair. It’s good in parts but far too sprawling to be entirely satisfying.

Fundamentally the theme is one close to the heart of this blogger being largely concerned with the limits and stresses of truth and honesty. The first person narrator ,an analyst called Jamal , makes this plain right from the opening line: “Secrets are my currency” and the main plot hangs on how he responds to something his lover Ajita tells him in confidence (this is a spoiler free review so I won’t say any more!). Continue reading