The recent pandemic has got me stressed, anxious, worried and above all fearful. So much advice to take on board. Such a vast amount of social contribution. Not to make light of it but to provide a bit of relief from the heavy debate I have searched for some of the humour the virus has […]
The first ever New Years on 1st of January was celebrated on the year 45 BC when the Julian calendar was started by Julius Caesar. But supposedly the idea of making resolutions dates back as far as the Babylonian times, when they would make promises to their gods to pay their debts or return items else they fall out of favour with said deity’s (rather … Continue reading New Year New Me
I was recently at an Ice Hockey Coaching Course. One of the main points was something that could actually be applied beyond Hockey The theory come from Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers – The story of success. It is simply that it takes 10,000 hours to excel at anything. If you do something, anything, for 10,000 hours you will master it. Bruce Lee had a similar … Continue reading 10,000 Hours
Welcome. My name is Chris. But in University my nickname was Berg. And this is my Place. I wanted to create my own little space on the internet to share with people my everyday life, as interesting or uninteresting as that may be. In a world of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, it seems like everyone is doing just that from their mobiles. It has almost … Continue reading Welcome Back
There has been a sad change for my life recently. One that I didn’t want to talk about. One that I can’t express fully yet. But one that I must at least mention in order to move forward. Me and Mrs Berg have split up. The sad details around this may never be revealed on here fully however I feel there will be a definite … Continue reading Bergs Place Continues…
Today is Rick Moranis’ Birthday. Ages ago I read something that really stuck with me. It was about actor Rick Moranis. He was/is a famous actor from the 80s 90s. Ghostbusters, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Little Shop of Horrors, of course you know him, the list is endless. The story goes that sadly Ricks wife dies. At the time he was one of the … Continue reading Happy Birthday Rick
This month. Sawyer passed his skating grade 1, Freya started skates lessons, Freya and Skye got trophys in Dance, I made my Falcons Ice Hockey Debut, we saw a deer, Freya got a bronze award, and we made cakes, cheesecakes, and pancakes yummy. Berg Continue reading Our Month – February
This month we have caught the third evolution of all the starter Pokemon, we went to the beach. We had a brilliant New Years days and started very festive. Fun walks and beach walks. Family have came round, from cousins to grandparents. I launched the Hockey Journal and Sawyer began his hockey Journey. Despite a lot of fun we are glad to see the back … Continue reading Our Month – January
Finally I get to get back on the ice. As I get changed someone enlightens me that it has been 4 weeks since our last training session. For Christmas I got a new stick. A Nexus 9000. There are two differences between this stick and the last. The first is the length, my previous stick I cut down really short. The basis for this was … Continue reading Week 2 – Back on the Ice
For me 2016 set me one of my biggest changes ever. We finally swapped our parental responsibility s so it was me who had more time with the kids and Mrs Berg who had more time at work. The events that caused me the most stress in life was when my family conflicts with my job. In theory it’s a no brainier. Family comes … Continue reading The big swap out
