Author Archives: tikichris

1. Getting the hang of new things; 2. Cracking up at my own jokes; 3. Sleeping like a rock; 4. Keeping to an exercise routine; 5. Creating dishes that are more delicious than I expected. Please stay in touch, consider … Continue reading →

1. Planning a phone-in movie night; 2. Hoping to catch up with colleagues later today; 3. Doing a pretty decent job at being flexible while keeping busy; 4. Grilled pineapple with chipotle chilli flakes; 5. Helping other people solve problems. … Continue reading →

1. Jewleh Lal by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; 2. Getting involved with helping people in need; 3. Putting myself out there and getting positive feedback because of it; 4. Having more money than usual in my current account at the … Continue reading →

1. Waking up with the same pleasant thought I fell asleep thinking; 2. Watching the standoff between a cat and a fox on the pavement outside my house; 3. Listening to music on a really nice set of headphones; 4. … Continue reading →

1. Waking up to the sound of rain; 2. Thinking about how weather affects my choice in music; 3. Anticipating the delivery of something really nice that I bought for myself; 4. Having plenty of meaningful stuff to do this … Continue reading →

1. Sunlight streaming through my office window; 2. Birdsong; 3. Letting my mind wander where it will; 4. Being comfortable and still; 5. Remaining comfortable and still for much longer than I normally would. Please stay in touch, consider creating … Continue reading →

1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine; 2. Taking a break from a lot of online stuff; 3. Feeling like yesterday was an actual Saturday; 4. A variety of birds chirping and singing; 5. This! https://helpincoronatimes.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/where-flaubert-meets-melon-votka-and-crows-much-to-my-gratitude/ Please stay in touch, consider creating your own … Continue reading →

1. Coffee rituals; 2. Love’s Theme by Barry White’s The Love Unlimited Orchestra; 3. Looking at the weather forecast for the next few days; 4. Silly conversations; 5. Nectarines. Please stay in touch, consider creating your own lists of five … Continue reading →

1. Busy day ahead of me; 2. Plenty of food in the fridge; 3. Not letting ‘little things’ get to me; 4. Sitting in my back garden; 5. All the silly thoughts that cross my mind while trying to complete … Continue reading →

1. That feeling when you’re stretching that you always can stretch at least a little bit more; 2. Exciting changes to my schedule; 3. Being congratulated by colleagues; 4. Thoroughly enjoying the company of so many of the people I … Continue reading →

1. Coming up with a recipe and turning it into a tasty dish; 2. Having a full fridge; 3. Exercising more than I planned; 4. People laughing at my puns and sarcasm; 5. NHS. Please stay in touch, consider creating … Continue reading →

1. I’m drinking out of a coffee mug that belonged to my parents; 2. I’ve been wearing some of my favourite comfortable clothes everyday for about a month; 3. Flannel; 4. My reading glasses; 5. Coming up with multiple options … Continue reading →

1. On the Media; 2. Sunny mornings; 3. Finding stuff online that I didn’t think was available for purchase; 4. Getting my “five a day” in one meal; 5. Looking forward to my morning walk. Please stay in touch, consider … Continue reading →

1. Halloumi burgers; 2. South Park; 3. Coffee; 4. Socialising on Zoom; 5. Getting lots of sleep but still waking up early in the morning. Please stay in touch, consider creating your own lists of five (or more) positive things, … Continue reading →

1. Gradually starting back into doing yoga; 2. Scum by Napalm Death; 3. Listening to Napalm Death while doing yoga; 4. Realising that I’m probably the only person who purposely would choose to listen to Napalm Death while doing yoga … Continue reading →

1. Getting things off my chest in a constructive manner; 2. Sitting up in bed, drinking coffee and plotting out the day ahead; 3. Realising there’s some fun stuff for me to do today; 4. Scruffing the head of the … Continue reading →

1. Payday! 2. Several hours of uninterrupted sleep; 3. Somewhat succesfully figuring out how to buy online all sorts of stuff; 4. Smoothies; 5. Better Call Saul. Please stay in touch, consider creating your own lists of five (or more) … Continue reading →

1. It’s another mild and sunny day; 2. It looks like this nice weather is going to hold at least until the end of the week; 3. I noticed I have a slight tan from going on my morning walks; … Continue reading →

1. Getting an early start on my to-do list for the day; 2. Thinking about bulk food orders I’ll make on my next payday (which is soon); 3. Realising I can make certain things from scratch (and that it could … Continue reading →

1. Keeping to a schedule; 2. The buzzing of a bee seeming so loud; 3. Pizza and beer on a Saturday night; 4. Leftover pizza for breakfast; 5. Having my next payday in sight. Please stay in touch, consider creating … Continue reading →

1. Waking up fully rested and earlier than I expected; 2. Thinking about what to have for breakfast; 3. Coming up with a tasty and easy roasted broccoli recipe for dinner; 4. Bluebells growing in the back garden; 5. Bryter … Continue reading →

1. Hey, it’s Good Friday. That’s a good thing; 2. Accidentally typing “Goof Friday” in the line above; 3. Anticipating the continuation of a great conversation recently started but abruptly ended; 4. Having lots of stuff to keep me busy … Continue reading →

1. Bernie Sanders; 2. Bumble bees; 3. An actual busy morning and afternoon ahead of me; 4. The waft of flower scented air when I opened my bedroom window this morning; 5. Flannel sheets. Please stay in touch, consider creating … Continue reading →

1. Chocolate; 2. Coffee; 3. Chocolate and coffee together; 4. Some – but not too much – scheduled activity for today; 5. A recent episode of The Brian Lehrer Show featured an interview with the authors of The Power of … Continue reading →

1. Murmur by REM; 2. Sleeping with my bedroom windows open; 3. Strawberries; 4. Coffee; 5. Looking forward to my walk in the sunshine. Please stay in touch, consider creating your own lists of five (or more) positive things, and … Continue reading →

1. Seeing kindness and patience in others; 2. Discovering I can be more flexible than I realised; 3. Crossing a lot of things off my to-do list before breakfast; 4. Coming up with recipes for an early lunch; 5. The … Continue reading →

1. The smell of freshly cut grass; 2. Watching a white Westie run across a green field; 3. Noticing there are multiple bird nests in a tree I walk by nearly everyday; 4. Being reminded of music I love but … Continue reading →

1. Coffee in bed; 2. Listening to the On the Media podcast. Particularly noteworthy was a segment from the latest episode which featured a scathing (and hilarious) critique of celebrities “famesplaining” Covid-19; 3. Grilled sourdough toast drenched in garlic-infused olive … Continue reading →

1. Deep breaths; 2. Morning sunshine; 3. Having lots to read; 4. Starting a new project next week; 5. Drying laundry on a line outside in my back garden. Please stay in touch, consider creating your own lists of five … Continue reading →