Leuty Parker

Tag: #blog

  • Blogging

    As per usual, I’m at the gym (I can walk! Mission accomplished. Now the stair machine. It’s horrible/exhausting/important to my progress), and I’m listening to this podcast:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-american-life/id201671138?i=1000697170696

    And this really spoke to me. I need to use this platform better. To express myself, to blog about what I’m passionate about. To read audiences.

    I’m writing my dissertation for my MSc now. This takes a lot of “finding myself”… what I want to write about.

    Soooo what am I really passionate about?

    The future. Fashion. Design. Evolution Technology avancement. Trends.

    So, with this, my dissertation is focused on the evolution of wearable tech.

    It’s clear throughout industries, the “digitisation” of various products. So while researching, I’ll hopefully blog my findings.

    Let’s see how this goes…

  • Future Directions

    If you’ve been following my blog (or even seen some posts) you might have understood that I HATE being out of work.

    Aside from lack of income, the main issue was lack of direction. Lack of objective. Most mornings, I’d wake, and think “there’s no reason for me to get out of bed”.

    So, both wishing to make others’ who are in my position’s life’s easier (grammar?), along with something to actually do, I started this blog.

    As well, it has clarified where my priorities are. What I find important. What makes me, me.

    The amount of tumult in spells of posting frequently, to nothing for weeks, helped me realise that this is perhaps, more of a recreation activity.

    BUT…..

  • USPs

    So far a while, I put my blog in my routine. I was diligent on posting every day. To build a routine including it, being a way to help me get through my brain injury; a certain time endocrined in my routine. That’s how our brains work; having a time that you are meant to do certain things.

    Don’t you remember in school you had a time for a certain class.

    My blog became less important as other things gained more of my attention, but i want to return to blogging more often as it’s a way to regain my routine. It is something that can help my memory & an introduction to working life.

    Also a way to help/inspire others in my position. So I have to set a theme of this blog, well it’d be like meeting me digitally.

    But as for the theme I have to decide who my target market would be & work out what my USPs are (USP=Unique Selling Point). I think you can probably work out who I’m aiming to read this from what my USPs are, but I’m pretty sure none of my readers are stupid. So here we go;

    I am recovering from a brain injury. Attended @headway for a short time, however I mainly went to use their gym.

    I’m leaning to walk. All of my walking progress is down to my private physio sessions. Done through @neurophysio.

    I’m in care in @leonardchesire in #edinburgh where I live.

    I’m working to commit my leisure time partially to this #blog.

    I’m currently doing an MA in business and management at @uclan

    I have #diabetes. diabetes mellitus, so type 1. A lot of my content may be targeted to the diagnostic community.

    While being vain, I have a fair amount of social capital (those who know me in person can vouch for that).

    I’m fairly #errodite. Into #randomfacts

    I studied #faskiondesignanddevopment at @lcf in London

  • 2/6 – Blogging

    I think that blogging is my way of logging my discoveries.

    It can hopefully help others in my situation, who had a brain injury. It is really true that I need to stop comparing the old Leuty who I thought was more clever, pretty & social, stop trying to recreate that, & create a better, new version of me!

    Stop trying so hard to regain what I once excelled at before & create a new super Leuty. That sounds like a super hero though.

    I’ve always been very determined, I should stop trying to be “better” & be satisfied with what is happening now.

  • 20/5 #2- Epiphany

    I just had a conversation which led me to this epiphany. I need to find my USP (unique selling point). It’s very nice that I’m so committed to my blog & try to promote it all the time but what am I trying to achieve?

    Well I ask myself this so I guess I’ll answer.

    Firstly, it keeps me busy & I do it almost every day.

    I think my personality is quite interesting. I have more to say than just “hi”.

    It is a good way to meet me digitally.

    For people who’re studying psychologically, I consider myself as a nice and interesting use case.

    I have some friends who I think care about my well-being, & I want them to show that I care about them too.

    I hope that others who are in my situation (who have suffered a brain injury) can empathise, use me as a symbol of hope.