Welcome everyone to the 42nd haiku in the Haiku Hope series. This is part of my creative distractions within the COPE campaign, and a list of personal distraction ideas can be found on the stress hacks page of this website, along with sensory distractions and kid-friendly stress hacks too. We’re now up to 42 haikus,Continue reading “Haiku hope 42 – Crap TV”
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Haiku hope 41 – Three long years
Welcome everyone to the 41st haiku in the Haiku Hope series. This is part of my creative distractions within the COPE campaign, and a list of personal distraction ideas can be found on the stress hacks page of this website. I’ve made it to 41 haikus, and I’ve made the decision to try and reachContinue reading “Haiku hope 41 – Three long years”
Haiku hope 40 – Who run the world?
Welcome everyone to the fourtieth (FOURTIETH) haiku in the Haiku Hope series. This is part of my creative distractions within the COPE campaign, and a list of your own distraction ideas can be found on the stress hacks page of this website. Although my life is obviously quite small, I feel very lucky to beContinue reading “Haiku hope 40 – Who run the world?”
Haiku hope 39 – Trust!
Welcome everyone to another teeny tiny haiku. This is part of my series of creative distractions within the COPE campaign, and a list of your own distraction ideas can be found on the stress hacks page of this website. I’ve been struggling with trust issues recently, it’s something I hope to write about in moreContinue reading “Haiku hope 39 – Trust!”
Haiku hope 38 – love yourself, stupid bitch!
Welcome everyone to yet another haiku. I can’t believe how many of these I’ve written, although I think I say that every time. This is part of my series of creative distractions within the COPE campaign, and a list of your own distraction ideas can be found on the stress hacks page of this website.Continue reading “Haiku hope 38 – love yourself, stupid bitch!”
Haiku hope 37 – Old at 42
Hi everyone and welcome to my 37th Haiku Hope – part of the COPE campaign bundle of creative distractions. This time I wanted to write about something that’s really bugging me – the yawning chasm between my real age (42 – which already feels older than I imagined) and the age my body looks andContinue reading “Haiku hope 37 – Old at 42”
Haiku hope 36 – Lego
Hi everyone and welcome to my 36th Haiku Hope – part of the COPE campaign bundle of creative distractions. This time I wanted to write about something silly – bloody Lego! I’ve been working on a project with my daughter – Lego is one of the few things I can manage that she also enjoys,Continue reading “Haiku hope 36 – Lego”
Haiku hope 35 – The Bells
Hi everyone and welcome to my 35th Haiku Hope – part of the COPE campaign bundle of creative distractions. This time I wanted to write about my experiences since being diagnosed with Bells Palsy. If you’d like to know more about Bells Palsy then please look at my blog, where I recently posted more informationContinue reading “Haiku hope 35 – The Bells”
Haiku hope 34 – The Voice
Hi everyone and welcome to my 34th Haiku Hope – part of the COPE campaign bundle of creative distractions. This time I thought I’d write about ‘the voice’. Sounds ominous, I know, but research shows that we all have an internal narrative, the problem is it’s either welcome or unwelcome, helpful or unhelpful, kind orContinue reading “Haiku hope 34 – The Voice”
Haiku hope 33 – Sleep
Hi everyone and welcome to my 33rd Haiku Hope – part of the COPE campaign bundle of creative distractions. This time I thought I’d write about sleeplessness, because it’s something I’ve been living with for years, and it seems to be getting worse. I was pretty unsurprised when I read earlier this week that aContinue reading “Haiku hope 33 – Sleep”