It hasn’t been the best year, let’s be honest. All the various memes that have come through the feeds of my socials are testament to that. And while I haven’t been directly affected by either the Australian bushfires that kicked off 2020, after beginning in 2019, nor by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been plenty … Continue reading A Man Locked In
Author: Mike Atkinson
A Man’s Ups & Downs
Nobody is happy all the time. We experience the ups and downs of life. We feel the highs of being in love or getting a new job. We feel the lows of breaking up or getting fired. These are definitely extreme examples of the peaks and troughs, and most of them are of course much … Continue reading A Man’s Ups & Downs
A Man Returns
I think this is the third time I have sat down and started a new blog post. And given I haven’t posted one in more than 18 months, you could be forgiven for thinking I was gone. That A Balanced Man Writes was no more. No such luck, I’m afraid. Maybe I didn’t have much … Continue reading A Man Returns
A Man Reviews
We’re not quite there yet. Lots can happen in just a week. But it’s a good time now to think back across 2018 and think about how things have changed. How I have changed. And if there’s one thing I can say with absolute clarity about this year, it’s that it has been a year … Continue reading A Man Reviews
A Motivated Man
The last couple of days I have felt incredibly motivated. Which is kind of weird. I’m already following a path that I feel connected to and that gives me great intrinsic satisfaction. It made me wonder about motivation sources - why we sometimes feel motivated, and why we sometimes feel like the simplest task is … Continue reading A Motivated Man
A Balanced Man Writes 