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Matthew

A family man, endurance athlete, golfer, aspiring public speaker and IT professional

A couple of months ago, my employer, Cisco, launched a “fun committee”. It was recognised that we were in crazy times and that something needed to be done to bring us all together – one of the initiatives they came up with was a “Walk to Vegas”.

As a team we’re all going to run, walk, swim, golf from London to Vegas, a total of 5000 miles. As an endurance athlete whom some people think of as crazy, this is

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Today is day 100 of my journaling habit.

It’s no secret that I have had mental health issues in the past, and as part of this realisation I have made several changes in my life to help me to manage the day to day stresses of life.

I made many attempts to journal; I must have spent hours reading various blogs to try and work out what I needed to do to write a good blog. I researched journaling books

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Gooooooooooooooood morning Woodley, it’s 0530 and the 0 stands for Oh my god it’s early!

Ok, we’re not in Vietnam and I’m nowhere near as charismatic as Robin Williams, but it was damn early when my 13 yr old boy woke me up after camping in the garden for the 30th night (why would he do that….).

What do you do with a boy who is about to go on his Amazon Fire at ridiculous O’Clock? We’re incredibly lucky to

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OK, I said it – We are enjoying the lockdown and don’t feel guilty. There are things we miss (Thomas is even missing school!), but there are also lots of positives.

While you are reading this take a listen to this song and try not to smile:

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