I felt like, with mental health, both good and bad, defining a huge portion of my life and identity I needed to post today. I thought about posting all of the bad things that had happened when I was at my worst, the way I'd been treated by people I thought cared about me, the…Read more World Mental Health Day
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I Fight Demons
Hello ChrisPians! Thank you again for following me on this crazy journey of mine, we've had our ups and downs, our highs and lows and we've had our "Where the hell are we? Are you sure that was the right turning? Ok I guess we live here now"s. All the way through it, so far,…Read more I Fight Demons
The year long book challenge
Book lovers! *Fanfare noise* I now announce the start of my 52 week book challenge First some background There's a period of my life I hate, one I wish I could delete forever, when it was over I got rid of as much of the things from it as possible. I sold everything or just…Read more The year long book challenge
You realise Parent is just a contraction of “Pay rent” right?
I'm angry at other parents. Not all other parents I should point out just the ones who seem to hate their kids. I should elaborate. Ok so if you have kids this'll be easy if not imagine you have some. Your 8 year kid comes over to you and in their hands they have Hostel, that…Read more You realise Parent is just a contraction of “Pay rent” right?
International men’s day
And the Internet groans with the same "but when's international men's day?" joke, like an overweight cat trying to get to milk, social media is bloated and incapable of moving beyond the living room threshold. But really why the hell is there an international men's day? What's the point of it? What exactly are we…Read more International men’s day
I’m an adult (and the one in the pink shellsuit)
"What's for dinner?" my kids ask and I think "Yeah what is for dinner, oh shit I'm the adult, I'm meant to decide that!" that and a hundred other moments are when you realise that you're the one people are looking up to now. I haven't quite got the habit of buying a week's worth…Read more I’m an adult (and the one in the pink shellsuit)
How do you know you’re a good person
Because no one ever tells you. I used to think I was a good person. When I was younger I tried to do things for people, make life a bit easier for them etc but as I've got older I've thought "Fuck that! What did those dicks ever do for me?!" and that makes me…Read more How do you know you’re a good person
The World’s paper bag
Well hasn't 2016 been one massive panic attack. Everytime I get a "Breaking News" notification on my phone I panic that David Attenborough has died and we're now living in a post Attenborough world. That's a bit fucked up isn't it? That I'm more worried that David Attenborough has died than nuclear war has been…Read more The World’s paper bag
The Trump/Clinton paradox
I've wanted to write this blog for a couple of days but I've been sick, like really really sick. When I say sick I mean from both ends while screaming sick, both ends while screaming and drafting my will sick. It's been horrendous, graphic and emotionally haunting for all of my family and friends that…Read more The Trump/Clinton paradox
Giving up is hard to do
I often wonder what life would be like if I had a normal job, if every day I went home at 5pm had dinner, watched some TV then went to bed early because I had to be up in time to beat the morning rush so I can sit at the same desk in a…Read more Giving up is hard to do