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# Are we there yet?
- URL: https://berniejmitchell.com/are-we-there-yet/
- Published: 2013-10-17T16:18:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-17T16:18:00.000Z
- Author: Bernie J Mitchell
- Tags: BLOG, #Migrated-1772907944273, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-07 18:26

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**I have been talking about blogging ALL WEEK and have not written a word.**   
**(Warning: this is going to be quick and dirty and probably won't make much sense)**   
**ANYWAY**  
Last week I had what is a "break though" session at therapy, I made a connection between tones of stuff, from 9 areas of life that shone a light on blocks and barriers in er, my being. (Did that sound Woody Allen enough?) It is nearly a year since I noticed my head falling apart and went to see the Doctor.  
  
The last few weeks I have been walking uphill in treacle, with lead boots.  
Luckily this is only on a couple of things (there is ONE thing that if you are near me you'll know that I have been procrastinating on like a Bull just outside an abattoir.)  
  
With the help of people around me, in particular my #coworking crew I am on the final run. The other thing that has helped cause a shift is doing the 30 day blog challenge by [+Natalie Sisson](https://plus.google.com/106110987498232220064?ref=berniejmitchell.com) \- as the opening line of this blog reveals..... I have been crap at writing.  
  
The HUGE reward for me has been joining the dots between what I want to be doing and what I am actually doing. I have just stopped punching myself in the face for wasting large chunks of time "with my ladder against the wrong wall" as Steven Covey would say.  
  
**So what is going on?**   
(Look I have to hurry up - I have 6 minutes left to finish this!!)  
  
1\. The "Horror" of the last few weeks (I exaggerate for effect) means I have joined the dots, really fast in fact. Writing certainly helps and also I think that looking carefully at what is around me and then looking into the future has helped. When answering one of [+Natalie Sisson](https://plus.google.com/106110987498232220064?ref=berniejmitchell.com)'s blog questions I realised that I have more than enough around me.  
  
2\. I am able to laugh at mistakes and see the lesson now. (More on this another day).  
  
3\. In our house we have made a huge effort to all sit down and eat together, for a few weeks we became fragmented because of work times and other things. My #supercoolwife instigated us all having breakfast and other meals sat down together at a table. MAGIC ;-)  
  
4\. My phone was stolen, two guys robbed my phone from me outside the British Museum in London. It has taken AGES to get the IEMI number stopped by [+Vodafoneuk Web](https://plus.google.com/103239393831554592526?ref=berniejmitchell.com) in fact two weeks and four phone calls has nearly got it sorted. Then I have to wait another two weeks for the insurance company to process everything, I think the lesson here is get your insurance with your carrier not your bank.  
  
A twitter mate had her [+Vodafoneuk Web](https://plus.google.com/103239393831554592526?ref=berniejmitchell.com) stolen the same night and was up and running in 48 hours.  
MY POINT IS:  
I actually have welcomed not having a phone, I have been made to unplug in my own environment, to stop tweeting, swiping, emailing and all the other bollox.  
  
When I run away, and I will I will be armed with my laptop and a family - not my phone.  
  
Chris is back and I have to go. BYE ;-)