Thank you for being my #recharge2025 accountability buddy, even if you didn’t realise you were. Making a commitment to post regularly on social media and learning each week about what recharge really means for me has changed my mindset, and I don’t think that would have happened otherwise 💙

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A very cold and wet day in Scarborough 🥶 which included a visit to Scarborough Castle, Terror Tower, and Peasholm Park.

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Enjoying a festive tradition of going away for the weekend to see the Christmas markets with one of my closest friends. This year was York. 🎄🎄🎄

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I do enjoy the run-up to Christmas, and one way to get me into the Christmas spirit is to put up the Christmas tree with Christmas music playing the background.

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This weekend I have been to not one, but two light trails: Aglow at Auckland Palace in Bishop Auckland and Nightfall at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough.
Both were fabulous 🤩

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 45.
I had a bit of JOMO on Friday night – the Joy of Missing Out.
Husband: out of the evening
Me: Feet up, TV on, pizza and a glass of prosecco.
Lovely!
The picture is not of me – I was far too busy chilling out to think about drawing faces on my feet!

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 44.
Last lake swim of the year – it was very, very cold! 🥶 🥶 🥶
Soon recovered after a full Sunday dinner at Ellerton Lakeside Café 😀

Good to be joining the discussions at #Recharge2025 hosted by the Danish-UK Association today.

#Denmark is the largest inward investor in UK's renewable energy system, and the developers and supply chain companies here today UK+DK, are very excited about the opportunities for investing in the UK.

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 44.
I have done several lovely things this week, but unfortunately, they have been overshadowed by lots of small stressors, so I’m left feeling less than recharged. It made me think of this post I wrote last year 👇

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 43.
Halloween fun 🎃 🎃 🎃

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 42.
I completed a business course run by Enterprise Made Simple (which was great 😊). The experience was a real recharge. Immersing myself in such varied perspectives reminded me how refreshing it is to step away from the familiar.

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Recharging with true crime – I know, it’s a bit weird!
Killer show, literally.

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 40 - or lack of recharge is probably more accurate. I've been so busy that I found myself in the situation where my body did indeed pick a day (or two) for me. I will try better next week....

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 39:
I often focus on what I can do outside of work/my business to recharge, forgetting that I can also do this while working. I joined a course last week and I’m already seeing some of the benefits outlined below, and I’m only two days in!

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Belly laughs watching Nurse Georgie Carroll at Middlesbrough Town Hall 🤣

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My holiday made me think about this. Although I did very little and slept well, I still came back tired, so maybe I wasn't getting enough of each type of rest.

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Holidays 😍
Not quite the holiday we had in mind, as my husband has been unwell (although he is getting better now). However, the ‘forced stop’ has been exactly what I needed, even if I didn’t realise it at the time.
Here is the view from our cabin 👇

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A little bit of Sci-Fi at Queens Hall Arts Centre in Hexham.

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Seeing Bill Bailey at the Stockton Globe.
Such an uplifting evening. He is just brilliant😍

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 33:
Shinrin-yoku at Kiplin Hall 😊
The practice of forest bathing originated in Japan in the 1980s as part of a national health programme. It encourages you to slow down, observe the small details of nature, and be fully present.

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Swimming at Lake Ellerton, with a bacon sandwich and cake to follow at Ellerton Lakeside Café. What a gorgeous day with one of my favourite people 🏊♀️ 🍰 ☕ 😍

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 31:
This post isn’t about how I’ve been adding to my week to recharge; instead, it’s about how I have been looking at what I can remove, so when I am doing nice things, I’m not worrying about my to-do list. I have been building a subtraction habit.

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 30:
Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but 5 hedgehogs in our garden.
There were actually six, but one was camera shy…
😍🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔😍
I just feel so happy when I see them.

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Murder mystery night at Ormesby Hall filled with drama, intrigue, and a plot twist I still don’t understand 🤣 🔎 😀

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Being creative 😍

A lovely Saturday, getting crafty with friends.
#fairydoor

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Alice through the Looking Glass 😍
Watching outdoor theatre at Kiplin Hall on Saturday evening:
Suncream ✔️
Sun hat ✔️
Prosecco and wine glasses ✔️
Tickets ✔️
Such a lovely evening out.

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 26.
I have hurt my foot (nothing serious), so I have been doing a lot of swimming instead of other exercise – swimming in the pool, Aqua HIIT and Hydro Fight Aqua 🏊 🏊 🏊
I have definitely been using some different muscles than usual!

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 25.
This is about a change of habit. Instead of doomscrolling on my phone, over the past few weeks I have been reading fiction on my Kindle, and what a difference it has made.
Writing this reminded me of this illustration I developed.

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 24.
Having fun in the sun at Whitby ☀️⛱️😎🍦

Here’s my #recharge2025 accountability week 23.
Baking is good for the soul, particularly when using a Bob Ross Waffle Maker!
Yes, it does really exist, but what waffles have to do with happy little trees I’m not really sure… and he does look weird...