Tag: life lessons

#TellYourStory: 5 tips for supermarket shopping

Food shopping. It’s one of those mundane tasks that we all have to do. Yet go about it the wrong way and you could end up blowing your entirely monthly budget in one hit!

So to help you out here are five of my top tips for saving money on your supermarket shop.

14 October 2020 0 comments

Chris Hack

The importance of being idle

One of the most important elements of keeping your mental health in good check is allowing yourself to enjoy some regular downtime. Some ‘Me time’ if you will. The problem is though, that more often than not we’re encouraged to “keep busy” or “stay active” in order to stop our minds from drifting back into […]

02 November 2020 4 comments

Chris Hack

My alternative Christmas wish list

The festive season is almost upon us again and thanks to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic things are going to feel a little different. Work Christmas parties will be cancelled, traditional carol services will be restricted and those that love a big family gathering on the day itself will probably be disappointed. But Covid won’t stop […]

15 November 2020 0 comments

Chris Hack

#TellYourStory: What age would I revisit?

The concept of time travel has always fascinated me. Movies such as the seminal Back to the future trilogy, the Bill & Ted series and the more recent About Time have always managed to capture my imagination. Likewise, television is no slouch when it comes to exploring time travel. The Canadian series Being Erica is […]

17 November 2020 0 comments

Chris Hack

I’ve started Christmas early. Here’s why.

When I was a kid we were never allowed to put the Christmas tree up before the 23rd December. I didn’t understand the reasoning for it then and I’m still baffled by it now. It always had to come down by January 1st too. The magic of Christmas only allowed a minimal stay in our […]

26 November 2020 1 comments

Chris Hack

My new year resolution is to be more selfish. Here’s why.

The new year is fast approaching and many of us will be starting to think about our new years resolutions. For some it might be to join a gym and lose some weight. For others it might be to give up smoking or to reduce your alcohol intake. Or perhaps it’s something a little more […]

08 December 2020 2 comments

Chris Hack

Learning to drive? Check out my top tips.

Learning to drive is exciting. But it can also be one of the most challenging and rewarding things that you do in your life. The ability to drive opens up a whole wealth of possibilities that might well have passed you by if you had remained a pedestrian. I learned to drive later than most, […]

15 December 2020 0 comments

Chris Hack

#TellYourStory: The power of Twitter

I can remember a time before we had Twitter and other social media. It used to be that we all communicated via email or through one of the many online messaging services like MSN or AIM. Then there were chat rooms of course, something that has all but died out these days. A/S/L anyone? These […]

09 February 2021 0 comments

Chris Hack

#TellYourStory: What makes you happy?

One person’s idea of Heaven could be another person’s idea of Hell. Somebody might relish the idea of spending the evening getting dressed up and heading out to watch a musical. Whereas I would be more than happy to curl up on the sofa with a glass of wine and spend the evening in front […]

09 February 2021 0 comments

Chris Hack