My working & sleeping today First day of the Next sale (it's online too, at next.co.uk, open 6am - 1am). So, today, I worked for over ten hours, in the ladies' shoes department. Ten! Such a contrast with the quiet family Christmas a couple of days before, without which who knows if I could have survived today! When I got home I was exhausted, naturally. I was hungry too. So I ...

I've been thinking about my life recently. Some of these thoughts emerged in my entry How to be happy, or Why you’re sad and how to fix it, which explores, "why I’m sad, how to be happy and my thoughts about what I want to do in my life, where I want to go and how I want to get there". This entry takes a step back from happiness per ...

Hmm, well, I'm glad you asked that question... I have three essays at the moment and that's the title for one of them (er, without the desperate student bit, obviously). I was sitting here stressing about the fact that I have essays and site updates to do. Then I thought, 'Maybe I can combine the two!' I can't, because my ideas are too unclear at this stage. (Yes, even at ...