Fran's Blog

I recently turned 30. I said it. It’s happened. The days of grumpiness, beer bellies, staying at home and dinner parties have arrived. Kind of. The overwhelming desire to criticise and change things has been the main change I have noticed since my late 20s hit me. Government are crap, kids are out of control etc. And whether you like it or not, everyone will hit 30 at some point (if they haven’t passed that age already), hopefully.

Anyway, the main point of this post is small changes. I bought a book called “Change the world for a fiver” by the lovely people at We are what we do and have been trying to get it for anyone who might be interested. It’s a book which, in a creative way, makes people think of ways they can improve the world we live in. Not major things, just stuff like “plant a tree” (and the seeds are attached to the page). You pick and choose and feel better about yourself.

Community is a good thing. A great thing, and more than ever, humans are involved in online communities or activities, usually without even knowing.

So I discovered a site called The Nag. I just received my weekly email about an hour ago. It is made up of things that are bad (nags), and ways we can change them. Minor things. You don’t have to do anything, but you get tremendous self worth as you complete something. For example, someone wrote in upset that Dorset cereals have a large amount of sugar in its kids range. I recently worked on the Change4Life website for the NHS which has got me thinking about the subject of those little fatties getting out and walking. So I decided to do what it said, and write in to Dorset cereals. Job done. I feel good, kids might get less sugar and we’re happier. It might not have any effect at all, but maybe the next time it will. That’s the beauty.

The main nag this week was actually about bringing food in to work for sharing, just buy something, anything and write “Feel free“. A nice little idea which I might try
in the near future.

Go make it better, go on!