Without my knowledge my ‘Get me to Ghana’ campaign has been recognised by the other Thrive Africa volunteers. Last night I got home and I was casually checking up on Facebook when I found this post in the volunteers group: I’ve got to admit that I’ve been having a hard time of it lately and […]
I had a meeting with the manager of my gym yesterday to discuss them getting on board with my fundraising activities to help get me to Ghana to volunteer with Thrive Africa next June. He said he’d be delighted – and would throw in some free PT sessions to boot. Amazing! I’ve kept this under […]
So all systems are go on the Ghana fundraising. I’ve contacted a fair few people and have quite a bit in the pipeline. I don’t want to reveal too much just yet in case plans fall through but a virtual climb of Kilimanjaro at the gym on the stepper may be on the cards. I’m trying to […]
Oh yes! and I’m already at least a quarter of the way through. I love the way it’s written, there’s a lot of warmth that comes through in the writing, it feels very personal. The ideas communicated are very interesting and I’m definitely hooked. I don’t know whether I can see myself stopping smoking at […]
Yesterday I spoke to my friend Tobias. He’s in a band called The Dead Betas and they’ve just got back from touring with Mindless Self Indulgence. I didn’t really think much in to it but asked him if he would mind working with me in promoting the Get me to Ghana campaign via his bands […]
Here is my attempt at getting my banner across all of my social media, also tweeting with the hashtag #getmetoghana Looking in to getting a tshirt printed but I need a high-res version of my banner and I need to understand how these online t-shirt printing companies work!
So here is my latest challenge. A few weeks ago I applied to Volunteer with a charity called Thrive Africa to go to Ghana next year and help in building libraries, disaster prevention and developing the Kumasi orphanage.. I hadn’t really thought much about it until I got home from work a couple of days […]
That’s right, I’ve finally dragged myself out of my lazy-coma and am getting my butt to the gym tonight. I’m a little reluctant, not been in about a month and I’m hoping my fitness levels haven’t dropped too much. The proof will be in the treadmill pudding. So, what do I do at the gym? […]
So I found this pretty cool simulator. I guess it’d be really useful to give you an idea of what you would look like when you hit goal weight but I’ve used it to show you how much weight that I’ve lost: When I began I weighed 14st 9lbs and that was just over a […]
So here is what I just ordered: Still sceptical but I’m looking forward to giving it a bash. I’ll let you know when it arrives and how I get on. Might have to purchase some patches before I start reading it!
Jess and the city 