Tag: Mental Strength
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Live, Laugh, Love
You may have noticed these words hanging around my blog, in fact if you look on the homepage they are right at the top, in fact these words mean so much to me that I now have them tattooed on my left arm. Yes, that’s right, I have them tattooed on my arm in the […]
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Push Yourself Outside Your Comfort Zone
One thing autistic people do time and time again is break outside their comfort zone, whether it be going to a party and having to socialise, catching a bus or for some just walking outside the house. In fact, my book is full of examples of where I’ve broken my comfort zone including asking companies […]
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It’s A Dream Come True
Wow, I’m amazed at the response I’ve received since launching my first ever book. If you’re not aware, I’ve written and published my first ever book about my life living with Aspergers. I tell my story from a mental health hospital after suffering a psychotic episode, I tell my running tales after running the London […]
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I FAILED But…
Last year I signed up to Run Up 2 Christmas, I had to run 31 miles in 25 days, but I FAILED, I only ran 4 miles.
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Home Sweet Home
I’m home but the difficult bit starts know, adjusting from being in hospital to everyday life. At the minute I need to focus on my projects, one is running, the other is writing a book, yes I’m in the middle of writing a book called LIFE – Living With Aspergers: Daniel Jones Story. I’m talking […]
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The Most MAGICAL Run Of My Life
Wow, that was the most MAGICAL experience of my life, from today my perspective of running has changed, pace, time, speed, it doesn’t matter, all that matters is you, the road and nature and of course, crossing that finishing line.
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The Biggest Mental Challenge Of My Life
Okay, this is difficult, this is really, really difficult, I’m talking coronavirus by the way. I’ve never experienced anxiety like this before, I got home on Tuesday and burst into tears, since then I’ve been really teary, today I started shaking and my palms got really sweaty, I decided to go and plank for 3 […]
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Autism Is A Talent, Not A Disability
Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Darwin, Michelangelo and many, many others have one common trait. They all had a form of ASPERGERS or AUTISM. Before you read this blog, I bet you didn’t know that, I bet you’re wondering how on earth they accomplished so much with such […]
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Read This And You’ll Never Get Sick
Cold, flu, sickness bug, I hear people complaining that they’re ill all the time, but the truth is they’re not. Just because you’ve got a runny nose or they’re suffering from a stomach bug, they’re not actually ill, they can breath, walk and eat, it just might end up coming out your mouth in a […]
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Scared To Run A Marathon? Read This
Tonight (Sunday 5th January 2020) Ant Middleton starts another series in the UK of SAS Who Dares Win. If you’re not familiar with the show he’ll put 20 or so contestants under a demanding training schedule for the SAS. If they complete it, they’ll win a place in the SAS. One thing that stops most […]
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Me And My Mental Strength
Whether I run outdoors or on the treadmill, it all comes down to my mental strength. Telling myself that I can do this, I can complete this workout.
Living With Dan 