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Blogmas 2017 Day 11 – Review of the Year
This year has been amazing. I’m an extremely lucky man and I can probably count 2017 as the best year of my life. I know that’s often a...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 23, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 10 – Luckier than you think
Sitting at home right now I can’t help but feel lucky. I have a home, a car and a large and loving family as well as a beautiful wife....
Gareth Ellis
Dec 22, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 9 – Snow joke, I love a Christmas film
What’s your favourite Christmas film? J asked me this yesterday and it’s such a difficult question because you could pick so many for a...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 21, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 8 – I think I’m going deaf
I think I’m going deaf. ‘What?’ I hear you cry. Hilarious I know but seriously I have such terrible hearing that my doctor told me that...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 20, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 7 – I’m British and I’m sorry
Why do we say sorry so much? It’s a very British thing and I’ve noticed we apologise all the time. I don’t mean for the stuff we actually...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 19, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 6 – Crying isn’t a soft thing
When I was younger I thought that crying was wrong. I thought it was a sign of weakness and something that soft people did. Then, one day...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 5 – Procrastination or organisation?
Procrastination. The thing that harms my life the most and is the reason I do hours’ worth of housework/shopping/work in half an hour....
Gareth Ellis
Dec 17, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 4 – Food, Not So Glorious Food
Don’t diet at Christmas. The hardcore out there will no doubt be reading that and thinking that I’m wrong and that dieting is an all year...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 16, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 3 – Drivers are terrible
Why are drivers so shit? Of course that is a massive generalisation but so many drivers on our roads at the moment are an absolute...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 15, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 2 – Death of the High Street
Christmas shopping used to be something I really loved. I weirdly love the crowds, despite hating how slow people walk at any other time...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 14, 20172 min read
Blogmas 2017 Day 1 – Fear of Missing Out
I suffer with FOMO, but what exactly is it? Fear of Missing Out isn’t some kind of modern, made up bullshit, it’s actually a thing. It’s...
Gareth Ellis
Dec 13, 20172 min read
Holidays aren’t coming, they’re here!
I love Christmas. It really is the most wonderful time of the year and I love seeing how happy people get in the build up to the 25th....
Gareth Ellis
Dec 10, 20172 min read
Cheers to being sober
What is the big deal with drinking? When I was younger I couldn’t wait to grow up a bit so I could have a drink. Now I’ve grown up I kind...
Gareth Ellis
Nov 20, 20172 min read
Happy Birthday to ME!!
So, tomorrow is my birthday. For the third year in a row I’m going to be 30. I know what you’re thinking: “Gareth there‘s no way you look...
Gareth Ellis
Nov 14, 20172 min read
Isn’t it getting dark outside?
I love this time of year. The sun is out but there’s a chill in the air, so it’s the time for walks with big coats and scarves, kicking...
Gareth Ellis
Oct 30, 20172 min read
V – Suitable for Vegetarians
I love eating meat. I am a carnivore and there aren’t many meals I can usually get through without some kind of meat product. J is not...
Gareth Ellis
Oct 23, 20172 min read
How to sell a house in your pants
Recently we made the decision to move house. Our current, beloved, little home is just too small for us now and we need to move somewhere...
Gareth Ellis
Oct 16, 20172 min read
Old guys at theme parks
When I was younger I loved the idea of going to a theme park. It didn’t happen all that often so it was a rare treat to go to Alton...
Gareth Ellis
Oct 9, 20172 min read
Lazy like Sunday Morning
I’m lazy. Right now I am such a lazy bugger. I get up, I go to work, I work hard, I come home, I eat and then I go to bed. Notice what...
Gareth Ellis
Oct 4, 20172 min read


Don’t stress over stress
What is stress? Is it that feeling you get when you have too much work to do? Is it the notion that there aren’t enough hours in the day?...
Gareth Ellis
Oct 1, 20173 min read



