Over a week into my alcohol-free journey, I faced Christmas Day surrounded by drinks — and still said no. This post reflects on disappointment, temptation, and choosing not to drink, one day at a time, as part of my Six Months to Change My Life challenge.

“Progress begins the moment courage outweighs comfort—forget the fear of failing and step forward anyway.” This week didn’t start perfectly, that’s fine. But when Friday came and I’d achieved very little, well....that wasn’t so fine. Something had to be done if I was to make any progress in my challenge to improve my life, and that something had to be done now. And, on Friday night something did get done, something that I believe will alter my journey. I realised that you can

Having decided to change my life in six months, this week has been about looking really hard at myself and asking what I want to change and why it feels such a difficult thing to achieve. The week proved to be a lot tougher than I ever expected. When I started my six-month reset, I thought the hardest part would be getting organised and being motivated to learn new things like opening an X account or designing the blog site. But, despite struggling big time with the technical

Lately, I've felt stuck, existing instead of living. I wake up tired, move through the day on autopilot and end most evenings wondering where the time went. My energy's been low, any good habits have slipped, and I have no idea what happened to my motivation. I was becoming an expert in procrastination, avoidance and computer games where every day started to feel the same. I realised I was waiting for something outside myself to change things. But nothing was going to change