It has been 10 years since JustFrances.com entered the blogosphere, so I thought it was time for a reflective post to mark the milestone. After all, the average…
My primary 2020 resolution is to be a stronger, more confident me. As part of that goal, I am working to identify my strengths and weaknesses,…
I don’t know about you, but I find annual resolution-setting to be a challenge in itself. I love the idea of a strong resolution to…
A new year means a new resolution. And this year, I have just one resolution*: To finish my PhD. Yes, that’s it: My 2018 New Year resolution is…
It is Mental Health Awareness Week here in the UK, so I thought I’d share a bit about my recent efforts to keep my mental health in…
There seems to be a bit of interest in my on-going ankle recovery, specifically around running. So, I thought I’d give a wee update for those who’ve…
I need to start this post by saying that I know I am not overweight and I don’t think that I am fat by any…
Right. It’s a New Year and therefore time to state my new running goal. And for the first time in a long time, my goal doesn’t include…
It started a little over a year ago. Every few days, I would wake up and there would be faint, shimmering lines on the carpet…
As part of my desire to create better, healthier routines for my physical and mental well-being, I decided I needed to get back into the habit of enjoying my…
After two failed attempts to run a full marathon in 2013, I decided that I would run only half marathons in 2014 to work on my time for “shorter…
“You will feel better than this. Maybe not yet. But you will. You just keep living, until you’re alive again.” I heard this quote the…
Today has not been my best day. I knew it would be a hard one, as I was saying goodbye to my parents ahead of…
I’ve been at my folks’ place for nearly two months now and I think they’re ready to see the back of me. Not because I’ve…
I decided to treat myself to a manicure before the Edinburgh Whisky Fringe more than five weeks ago, and was talked into trying out the gel manicure…
I am packing my home yet again and it’s filling me with a sense of dread and panic. It shouldn’t be so difficult, but it is—in part…
You may know by now that I’m a big fan of Martinis. It’s not that I’m a big drinker; I just like my RyanCentric Martinis a bit.…
You’ve slogged through post after post of me going on and on about my goal to earn my master’s degree. You’ve listened to me whine…
Sometimes I think about dating. Only it’s a confusing topic for me. Not the dating part; I know how to do that. It’s more the…
I like setting budgets for myself because it keeps me accountable to, well, me. And, because I used to have to budget every penny or…