I want to introduce you to a productivity tool that I have found effective in helping you knock off items from your todo list, energise you in Pomodoro breaks and help you to think more creatively. This is a picture of my 100 press-up challenge…

I am determined to crack this allotment thing. Somewhere in my small mind I have a vision of being able to provide fresh, tasty and cheap food for my family whilst enjoying leisurely days amid the greenery of plot 65. So after all of the…

I'm going away tomorrow with my nearest and dearest for a well earned holiday. So, in order to make the most of my time, I am mindful of what I take with me. Part of switching off, involves, well, switching OFF. If you'd like to…

I never thought there would be much joy in digging heavy soil on a hot August evening. It's not something I would choose to do, but being on a month's notice to improve our allotment or lose it, you see me down in the dirt…

“I stopped Bullet Journaling because I wasn’t getting as many likes.” she confessed. At last, Ryder Carroll addresses something that's been bugging me for a while now. Your Bullet Journal is a tool to help you live your life better. It is not a tool…

Next time you’re planning to buy groceries, can I suggest that instead of tapping them into your phone, maybe using a list app, that you find some paper, or a notebook and pen? You see, when you let your 7 year old son write the…

Have you ever seen a frog in a pint glass? The water was cold and I'd removed a few leaves and bits of grass from the surface. As I peered over the side, something made me jump. A brown and bottle-green frog darted along beneath…

Apparently allotments are a little like hen's teeth. When we moved to our current house my wife and I had the idea of getting an allotment to grow our own food. We had visions of warm summer evenings, butterflies flitting about as we gently pulled…

I'm loving what Switching Social is trying to do. You can stop using Facebook, Instagram, Google, you really can!