Happy New Year and welcome back to Midlife Breakthrough Crisis Averted. I've been absent for a few months as I finally made the decision to buy a used Mercedes Sprinter Van to convert into a campervan for full-time living. Yippee !!!!! The build is going well but lots to do for summer readiness.

We often give into fear, insecurity and dread humiliation in front of our peers. Episode 4 looks back at a primary school audition for Rabbie Burns where I self sabotaged my chances to perform in front of an audience. 32 years later I'm putting that wrong to rights........

Sources:

1. https://www.biography.com/writer/robert-burns

2. http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/tamoshanter.htm

3. http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/toamouse.htm

2020 has been a good year to reaquaint myself with the modern world of online dating. This is my experience so far and an insight into why I swipe left (rejection direction !). Also try to address the common question posed by women in their profiles 'Why match and not chat ?'.  

My top 10 reasons for and against doing a podcast as I enter middle age, and pass through the most unsettling period of my life.