Good Morning Friends, I hope you're well. We're well into May now, and I'm truly basking in the greenness of the forest I see on the horizon each morning. I've been considering the relationship between time and meaningfulness this week, as I find spare time more fleeting yet moments more memorable. Time has become more of a commodity over recent years, yet the more you get is like money: there's no point in having so much if you don't do anything meaningful with it. We all think we want more...
8 days ago • 2 min read
Good Morning Friends, I trust you're well. To start, I'd love to ask, ' How do you live fully?' I'm leaving it open-ended as I try to expand my own awareness of what it means. I've found living presently with intention pre-child was a tool for being more fulfilled with life, yet post-child, you have no choice; you will live presently! Are there more levels? Does it just continue to evolve? Does it heighten the experience of simpler things? Does it allow you to be more ruthless when...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Good Morning Friends, I trust you are well and basking in any sunshine that's coming your way at the moment. I had an incredibly full weekend with all the things I love in my life. One of those things was a day trip cycling round an island on the west coast of Scotland which I will share photos of throughout today's letter. The Isle of Cumbrae Some of my sporadic journaling this week has led me to consider what we want out of life. As life changes and evolves, so do our priorities, needs and...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Good Morning Friends, I trust you are well. I can't believe how week on week, this letter writing feels more sacred. In a good and bad way, which I'll allude to through writing to you today. I'm spending any creative time I have at the moment reflecting and diagnosing the theme of 2025 so far - Living Fully. You know how it works by now From what I have so far, the more obvious it becomes. This could be encouraging for you or fill you with despair. As the eternal optimist, I choose the...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Good Morning Friends, I hope you are well. The early sunrises are back and if there was a moment I could capture all year round, it would be the slow increase in daylight, temperature and greenery of March and April. Firstly, I want to acknowledge the lack of podcasts in the last 3 weeks but as baby life continues, I'm adapting to carve out time in the schedule to build the habit again. It reminds me of the idea of having a stable environment. This term is what I would use as a predictor for...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Good morning friends, I write to you after a week away from real life. We took our wee one away for his first trip abroad and it was magical. The moments of joy we had will be tough to top at this stage and like anything in life, these moments are sacred because they pass. I could write about living presently or being grateful in this vein yet I'm going to go down a slightly different path today all about busyness. For years, I talked about the desire for peace and quiet for the rest of my...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Good Morning friends! There is something unusually familiar about my setting this morning as I write. It's the cusp of summer, the birds are singing and I'm writing uninterrupted with what feels like unlimited time. There is a beauty in being able to capture moments of your past and revisit them. You'll notice you feel differently now to how you did then. Positively and negatively. I think it's special to even spend a few seconds as you're past self and bask in it's glory. I was re-reading a...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Good Morning Friends! I hope you're well. We are on a 10-day streak of sunshine here in Glasgow, which I've never seen in 6 years of living here! People moan about it still being cold, but it is absolutely beautiful to absorb after a long, dark winter. Yes, it's true, there's sun in Scotland! I find myself growing branches from the idea of 'Living Fully'. We are heading into Spring I guess... I hope you enjoyed my piece about admiration last week, and I think the more I write and delve into...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Good Morning Friends, I trust you're well. As I write, the sky right now at 6:37am matches the colour in the SIP logo. I'm excited for the sun to begin rising sooner each day over the horizon of trees out the front of our house. It's a magical time of year that I always know I will look back on and remember fondly. As 2025 unfolds, I'm trusting the thoughts that surface through the precious writing time I have. 2025 seems to be the beginning of the musings of 'Living Fully' which has brought...
2 months ago • 2 min read