Gentle reader: How are you coping with all that you are going through, right now? If you feel like you need help, never be afraid to seek it.
Author: Michael Carty
Writer. Artist. Tweeter.
David Ogilvy’s genius: Of great writing, giants and Russian dolls
David Ogilvy was the advertising genius of the 20th Century. He was also generous in sharing his wisdom on the art of writing.
The not-so-immaculate conception of Basil Fawlty
BASIL! When was Basil Fawlty created? The first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast 47 years ago this week. We can also pinpoint the day on which Basil was conceived, via Michael Palin’s The Python Years: Diaries 1968-1979.
Time to open and change?
If each of us has a limitless capacity to do good, why not use it?
Mental health: Six things I’ve learnt in 2022
If you are experiencing mental health issues, you are not alone. You are never alone. Here are some things I have learnt about mental health issues over the first six months of my ongoing mental health journey.
All these moments
A lifetime is built moment by moment. Like the individual frames that make up a film. When the film that is your life is played back to you, what will you make of the decisions that you made?
All that matters
Every step that you have ever taken has brought you to this exact moment. You cannot change what went before. But you can change what happens next. You can create the future.
Anxiety: Your own worst enemy
A post inspired by some wonderful and insightful words on anxiety from two very different people: TV chef Nadiya Hussain and novelist Robert Harris.
Relax harder
Nothing should be more important to you than your own health and wellbeing. Rest and recuperation should never feel like a guilty indulgence.
No feeling is final
No matter how stuck you might feel, no moment is eternal and no feeling is final. There is always a way through.
MJCarty 