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Stepping Back

My mind runs, no, sprints at 100mph every day. I have thoughts and ideas all the time and some of the thoughts that have been dominating my mind recently have been about how to earn more money. I’ll run through loads of ideas in my head, only to come to the conclusion that, especially in … Continue reading Stepping Back →

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 13th Apr 2020 1 Minute

Survival instincts

I know to survive, I need to have water, food, shelter, warmth and to be able to BREATHE. I don't find managing these 5 aspects of my life all too challenging, I'll be honest, not anymore. However, I feel sorry for those people who find one or more of these aspects challenging. Those people who … Continue reading Survival instincts →

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 26th Mar 2020 1 Minute

The clear mind

They say you can maintain a clear mind for only a few seconds before it starts becoming busy again, but it’s those few seconds that can make the biggest difference to your day. It’s a skill that’s not new, but it’s a skill that many people have forgotten, or never even learnt.  I was in … Continue reading The clear mind →

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 20th Mar 2020 2 Minutes

How to avoid getting ill in 2020

Disclaimer: Eating well, regularly exercising, and being obsessively clean will not stop all illnesses, sometimes, it’s just not your day. Grab a tissue, stay inside and wait for it to blow over. So there’s isn’t a perfect answer for the question ‘How to avoid getting ill’ but I do believe that there are things we … Continue reading How to avoid getting ill in 2020 →

jack hanks Uncategorized 1 Comment 14th Mar 202014th Mar 2020 2 Minutes

How to relax in 2020

Relaxing means doing a minimal amount of things so your brain and body can chill out. Nowadays I feel like products and services are designed to distract us from relaxing. Distractions are ever-present and in 2020, there are more distractions than ever! Phones, TVs, gaming, Netflix, all of these are so easily accessible to us … Continue reading How to relax in 2020 →

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 6th Mar 2020 1 Minute

Are we too comfortable?

I suppose I need to explain what comfortable means to me. Comfortable, to me, means having a warm place to live, food on the table, running water and...that’s about it. Advancements in technology have helped us become more comfortable by making the above 3 things easier to manage, thanks industrial revolution. Because they are now … Continue reading Are we too comfortable? →

jack hanks Uncategorized, Well-Being Leave a comment 17th Feb 2020 1 Minute

Subconscious Living

More often I found myself living life on auto-pilot and not noticing how I was reacting to the things going on around me. I would subconsciously react with words and emotions that I wasn’t in control of. My mind was either too busy in the past or the future, to notice what was going on … Continue reading Subconscious Living →

jack hanks Uncategorized, Well-Being Leave a comment 3rd Mar 2019 1 Minute

What’s In The Stew?

Have you ever been a part of a conversation, where someone has said something to you that you had not quite grasped the meaning of? Yes? Let me guess what happened next. You thought about it for a moment, you take each word from the sentence to understand its literal meaning. But then you remember … Continue reading What’s In The Stew? →

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 13th Dec 2018 2 Minutes

Express Yourself

It makes sense doesn’t it? My first Blog post being about expressing yourself. I have made the decision to start blogging my thoughts on Well-being, so I have a physical copy of some of the deep thoughts that go through my head daily about the subject. Noting them down in a Blog allows me to … Continue reading Express Yourself →

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 11th Dec 2018 1 Minute

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

jack hanks Uncategorized Leave a comment 6th Dec 20186th Dec 2018 1 Minute
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