An introduction

A friend of mine, who is preparing to set off for 6 week adventure in New Zealand, recently told me that she had set up a blog to record her travels. This inspired me to put my own thoughts down on paper (or on screen in this case). 

I am no writer by any stretch of the imagination but a few years ago I started a blog about my horse and our exploits together. I really enjoyed blogging but it fizzled out when my horse was out of action with an injury for a year. There wasn’t much to talk about while he was confined for the four walls of his stable for months on end. 

Earlier this year I thought about picking it back up again but it just didn’t feel right to restart the same blog after being left abandoned for the past few years. So when the spark ignited in me to start writing again earlier this week I thought I would start something new, completely different for me and a little (maybe at times a lot) out of my comfort zone. 

So a bit about me…

I am 26 years old and happily married to my better half of 8 and a half years. I have a reasonably paid but not overly exciting job and I am one of the lucky few of my peer group who has managed to get a foothold on the property ladder. 

Although in print it looks like I may have it all, there is also a part of me that is far from faultless. I try so hard keep this part of me locked away but every now and then my depression and anxiety rears its ugly head.

Depression has been a part of my life for the past ten years and although I acknowledge that it is a part of me and who I am, I refuse to let it become all of me. Even with an amazing support network around me it can be a lonely battle againsts these demons. As I have got older I have come to realise that mental health problems are far too wide spread and not enough is said by those who battle with these daily struggles.

So here is my blog, an open and frank account about my life and all that comes with it, warts and all!