Tomorrow is my name day. I’ve been thinking about my plans for next year, and I’ve been feeling happier with my writing again. It was great seeing my writing in Mslexia this week.

I received a letter from a local college inviting me to enrol on a Level 2 counselling course; it must be some sort of glitch as I applied to Level 3. So, it looks like I have another nine months until I continue my counselling training – if I choose to. I have been feeling bad about my taking a year out from study but between work busy times, fees increases and the college I wanted to attend going into administration it has never felt like the right moment to continue.

I’ve begun journalling my regularly. I even signed up to a journal journey course I saw advertised in a local wellbeing centre.

A lot of my words in my journal flutter around academia; universities and research coming up more often than I expected. This is something I am going to reflect on.