🛠️ What Am I Doing?

The sun came out (at least twice this month). There is more light at the start and end of the day. My chest infection has gone (it took three weeks). These are just three reasons why February has felt way better than January (for me).

I am also making good progress with my half-marathon training, although I am mindful that my weekly mileage seems to have increased significantly over the past fortnight, so I am being careful to adjust my fuelling and recovery to match. By the way, if you are on Strava and want to connect, I think this is the link you need (if I have that wrong, please let me know).

Professionally, my year has started gently (by design), but I’m now delivering more training and am loving working with new coaching clients. Thanks to everyone who purchased a digital product from me over the past month. I appreciate your support and hope the tools help you. I’d really like to be delivering some of my one-hour skill sessions towards the end of Q1 and the start of Q2. If this might be of interest to you and your company, please contact me. The sessions can be in-person or online.

Something that felt significant to me this month was finally leaving Twitter. Even though I only spent a small amount of time on it, the mental space I have gained from leaving is considerably more.

A personal highlight of February (and one of my goals for 2026) has been doing some creative experiments. This week, I tried Lego printing, and it was so much fun. This is my first print, and I love it.

I hope you’ve had a great month.

📺 What Am I Watching?

There is some outstanding TV on right now. I am still obsessed with The Pitt (season two) and am eagerly awaiting the return of Scrubs. This month's guilty-pleasure TV has been the latest series of Bridgerton; I am looking forward to part two, which starts any day now. I started season two of Paradise last night, which was incredible.

I also watched two films this month: Wuthering Heights and The Housemaid. Both of these films are based on books I have read both. Wuthering Heights was visually stunning, and as long as I remind myself that it is an interpretation of part of the book, I can say I enjoyed it. The Housemaid was great.

🧠 What Am I Learning?

I am reading a lot at the moment (perhaps to balance out all the TV!), so I feel most of my learning is coming from books (in particular, Art Cure, by Daisy Fancourt, which I am reading in preparation for seeing her at the Guernsey Lit Fest). I am also learning through creative experiments (like my Lego print-making).

🎧 What Am I Listening to?

I’m two-thirds of the way through my re-read/re-listen of The Lord of the Rings. I love this story so much. I also have a friend who is re-reading the book at the same time (we have a long history of loving the story). Occasionally, we WhatsApp each other memorable moments, or quotes as if we were on the quest ourselves, e.g. “I’ve just arrived at Shelob’s Lair”.

This month I found a new podcast called The Book Club, and it’s fab. It led me to start Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go. I think this book is incredible and suspect it might become an all-time favourite.

📚 What am I Reading?

Take a look at what I am reading here: Martine’s Library.