Terms of Reference- Refresher!

I thought it was about time, I updated the aims of my blog, ‘Spanish Views’. It makes sense to update the terms of reference now and again, to clarify to ones readership, just what this blog is all about. This is a detailed explanation, rather than a mission statement.

I started blogging in 2015, after an illness, brought about by bullying in the workplace. I began writing ‘Bipolarcoaster’, encompassing the trials and tribulations of dealing with the ups and downs of bipolar. At the time I was experiencing turbulent times, working for the large international charity, Oxfam. My second blog ‘Forever Enduring Cycles,’ details recovery from illness and coming to terms with what happened to me, during my time at this charity.

In December 2015, I began writing my third and current blog ‘Spanish Views.’ This blog documents my new life in Spain, after leaving the UK, to start a new life, away from the memories of the past. Living in Gran Alacant on the Costa Blanca, I write about daily life in this little part Valencia. As a writer, I include articles from my column ‘Chatter,’ written for a local magazine; as well as a one stop shop, for readers to buy my books, currently on sale, at Amazon.

‘Spanish Views’, also references my struggle, campaigning to bring Oxfam to account for allowing the bullying of myself and others, to go unchecked.

The bullying I experienced, ultimately made me decide to move to Spain and remains a large part of my life. ‘Spanish Views’ compares and contrasts two different lives; one in the UK, one in Spain, brought together, through adverse times. My new home has helped aid recovery and allowed me to finally live the life, I would have chosen; fulfilling dreams, pursuing ambitions, goals and aspirations, stored away until now!

‘Spanish Views’ is written as a diary, a personal account of my time, living in Gran Alacant. It aims to discuss the issues important to my friends and neighbours who live here, referencing my life in the UK, as and when appropriate, as I continue to wrestle the ghosts of the past, in order to move towards an untried and as yet untested future.

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