It’s Wednesday morning and the first of my two days off before working the weekend. I’ve been up for three hours already and it’s only 10. 30am but it feels like the middle of the day.

I volunteered to get my teenage son up and ready for school which meant by the time he left the house at 08.20 I was wide awake and ready to take on the day after a fair few coffees to aid the kick start.

Once the dog walking was completed I sat down to listen to a podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Mh7FrrLWYB1RX0CChmwfK?si=HXh6CD3_QyOZHVDEI5GNQA Now I want to do this more often but for some reason I struggle to fit this into my schedule. Unable to listen to podcasts at work, too tired at bedtime and generally on the go all day I find it difficult to pause for long enough to listen but the early start this morning allowed for it as my wife was having a lie in and the house was all quiet.

After much laughing at the podcast I started ticking off some of my job chores. You know the easy wins like hoovering rather than the bigger jobs that entail more effort.

So these next couple of days will continue in the same theme. Drinking lots of coffee, chilling out and ticking off boring but necessary chores. I quite like the idea of that.