An inspiring post by Iona Brownell, one of our previous workshop participants. I left school last year and went into an apprenticeship. The ‘normal’ step after completing school is college or university. I felt that neither of these options were for me. I think gaining experience is just as important as receiving the certificate. I […]
It’s quite a question: what’s the best decision you’ve ever made? We asked as our theme for autumn and we certainly weren’t disappointed by the answers from our Community Correspondents. Some were big life changes, like quitting your job to travel the world, others were more personal, like deciding to be honest about how you […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Faud Alakbarov @DrAlakbarov Not all those who wander are lost. Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Wilson @iamemmawilson Returning to University as a mature student was exactly the fresh start I needed At 25 I seem to be putting some amount of pressure on myself to be at a certain stage in life, and I’m not entirely sure what that may be. When […]
A post from our Community Correspondent John Dane The best decision I’ve ever made was a firstly accepting I had a mental health problem, and secondly discovering the Glasgow Association for Mental Health. Until then I was very much a loner with very little social skills as I found it hard to trust […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Robert Terry From the time we rise to the time we retire to bed and, good decisions get us safely through the day. When you’re a kid, people make decisions about you: decisions that change the course of your life and all you can do is live with it. Then […]
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes One of the hardest things about being depressed is feeling incapable of doing anything about it. In fact, it’s not just doing anything about it: it’s deciding what to do. Sometimes the sheer weight of making a decision can feel too much to bear. Sometimes I can’t decide […]
@hippychick1987 Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe shares her story When asked about the best decision I ever made, there is no doubt in my mind, or need to contemplate. Moving to Scotland, is by far the best choice I ever made, both for my mental health and for my life happiness. I moved from the north-east of […]
