Life

The Final Countdown & My New Love


Today was my very last Games Maker training session - it was gloriously sunny and toasty warm. After the session was over and we headed out out St James's Park it suddenly dawned on me that this is it. That was it. No more training and practising, no more 'getting to know your team' or… Continue reading The Final Countdown & My New Love

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Lessons In Life #35


Lesson #35 Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. We all have things where we could have gone and done something but said 'meh, I don't fancy it today' and then never got the opportunity to do it again. Do it. Whatever it is, do it. Take a day off… Continue reading Lessons In Life #35

London Olympics

The Olympics – Starting To Feel Real


This time last week I was sat in Wembley Arena with over 9,000 other people at my London 2012 Games Maker Orientation Training Event. It was about half way through, probably about 10.30am, that everything suddenly started to feel less like a dream and more like something that is actually going to happen. Seb Coe,… Continue reading The Olympics – Starting To Feel Real

London Olympics

My Olympic Dream


I suddenly realised that I never actually wrote this post. Only thought about it. Sorry! Back in July I posted about attending my Games Maker Selection Event at Warwick University and my hopes at being chosen as a volunteer for the 2012 Olympics in London. Well, I got my results back finally and... I GOT… Continue reading My Olympic Dream

London Olympics

Olypmics Games Maker 2012 – The Next Stage


On Wednesday I set off on the next stage of my personal adventure to try and be a part of the London 2012 Olympics. Months and months and months ago I filled in the application form to volunteer as a Games Maker, sent it off into cyberspace and sat back to wait. Well a few… Continue reading Olypmics Games Maker 2012 – The Next Stage