About me…

Pull up a chair. I’ve ordered your coffee… double-shot, mocha, flat black, piccolo with 3 sugars and a dash of cinnamon, right?

profilepicrunning Last year I finished my degree in Criminology & Criminal Justice. I learnt that while immersing myself in literature on serial killers, domestic violence, terrorism, imprisonment, and punishment, was highly fascinating and entertaining, it was also mentally draining. The need to get my head out of that space from time to time ultimately prompted the birth of this blog a few years ago now.

I stay positive most of the time and try to focus my thoughts & energy toward the more interesting facets of life; people-watching, social observations, traveling, creating fictional worlds, losing myself in music (or sport), and of course discovering life with my fiancée Selina.

So what will you find here? For starters…

Random thoughts on life
Short stories
Music picks for the month
How my recent switch to veganism is traveling
Glimpses of my photography
Travel expeditions

Or check out some of these previous posts:

Quitting the stomach-churning social media carousel that is Facebook
Exploring the urban landscape of my own city
Digging up some helpful travel tips
Appreciating simplicity
Avoiding unnecessary conflict
Figuring out the oddities of the 21st century male handshake
Exercising a little more patience
Living your life as a tourist, and
Appreciating your job for what it is

So unwind from the grind and take a break.

~Mike~

38 thoughts on “About me…”

Finding My Inner Zen

What kind of dog do you have? 🙂

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January 12, 2015 at 4:00 pm Reply
1. Mike W. Strachan
  
  Staffy 🙂
  
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  January 12, 2015 at 4:01 pm Reply
Eduardo

I would say your about me is pretty good!

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January 12, 2015 at 6:05 pm Reply
1. Mike W. Strachan
  
  Thank you Eduardo! 🙂
  
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  January 13, 2015 at 5:10 am Reply
GretchenYuma

Australian?

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January 19, 2015 at 5:11 am Reply
1. Mike W. Strachan
  
  Australian 🙂
  
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  January 19, 2015 at 5:15 am Reply
  1. GretchenYuma
    
    Way cool. My mom was an Australian war bride. Only been there once, but want to return. I enjoy your “ease” of writing. Hoping and working on it. Thanks for tour quick response.☺
    
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    January 19, 2015 at 5:18 am Reply
    1. Mike W. Strachan
      
      Thank you very much 🙂 What’s a war bride??
      
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      January 19, 2015 at 5:22 am Reply
      1. GretchenYuma
        
        An Australian woman who married an American soldierduring WW2. She left Brisbane at 22 to come to America. The only family i know live in Oz.
        
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        January 19, 2015 at 5:25 am Reply
        
        Mike W. Strachan
        
        Oh wow! I learn something new every day 🙂 Well I hope you can make it back down here to Oz one day.
        
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        January 19, 2015 at 5:45 am Reply
        
        Lola Jane
        
        Also wanted to add the war brides were also part of the wave of new immigrants to California in the Filipino-American community during WWII — it is an interesting term. Filipinos who settled in various parts of California and fought in the war married and brought their wives to the U.S.
        
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        June 2, 2015 at 2:15 am Reply
thatssojacob

Hello Mike! I’ve decided to read and follow 15 interesting and new blogs a day every day for the first month of 2015, and yours is today’s #8! Feel free to come visit me when you can at http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com, and follow if you like what you read. Happy new year and happy blogging!

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January 26, 2015 at 9:17 am Reply
1. Mike W. Strachan
  
  Cheers Jacob! Happy new year to you too, and good luck with those goals 😉
  
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  January 26, 2015 at 9:57 am Reply
SecretParade

Hey I just love your Blog so I had to nominate you for the versatile bloggers award, the instructions are on My Blog : https://secretxparade.wordpress.com/ please accept the award, your Blogs just amazing!

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January 29, 2015 at 7:01 pm Reply
SecretParade

I had to nominate you for the versatile bloggers award, the instructions are on My Blog : https://secretxparade.wordpress.com/ please accept the award, your Blogs just amazing! please please accept. I look forward to your reply.

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January 30, 2015 at 3:15 am Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Thank you! I’ve added you to my Gratitude page 😉
  
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  February 1, 2015 at 2:08 am Reply
  1. SecretParade
    
    Thanks for adding me but my actual name starts with S so it would be S from Secret Parade haha Your Blog is doing amazing and I can definitely tell you’re going to continue getting even more nominations and awards because its great!
    
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    February 1, 2015 at 4:53 pm Reply
    1. Mike S
      
      Thank you! And I’ve updated you from a P! to an S! now 😉
      
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      February 1, 2015 at 5:14 pm Reply
DreamAchieveEnjoy

Hi Mike, I have gone through your blog and I feel that your blog is really nice and very versatile. Keep up the good work and keep engaging people with your nice writings.
It’s my pleasure to nominate you for the versatile bloggers award. CONGRATULATIONS!
you can get the rules to accept here : https://theatuljain.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/versatile-blogger-award-2/
Have a Good day and Happy Blogging

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January 30, 2015 at 4:40 am Reply
tinyexpats

Just nominated you for the Liebster Award! http://tinyexpats.com/2015/01/30/liebster-award/

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January 30, 2015 at 7:09 pm Reply
Maria Johnson

I love your blog. Your style is charming!

I look forward to more visits. Meanwhile, I’ll sip on my very sweet, very thick cup of Cuban coffee and try to shore up the nerve to chuck social media. Cheers!

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February 4, 2015 at 4:03 am Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Ooh I like the sound of Cuban coffee! Thank you for stopping and having a read. I do appreciate it 🙂 Let me know how you go with the social media!
  
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  February 4, 2015 at 9:25 pm Reply
S

Hi there love your blog ! The look, content everything ties in. Hah this page is great! You are worrying for no reason there. Look forward to reading more Happy Blogging!

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February 6, 2015 at 9:12 pm Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Thank you so much! Happy blogging to you too 🙂
  
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  February 6, 2015 at 10:46 pm Reply
bookreviews1966

Mike, I wanted to thank you for stopping over at my blog. I am also a dog and cat lover. I had to come see what everyone says over here, and by what I am reading you have a great following…and a gratitude page I have to stop at next…Happy Valentine’s Day to you, friend.

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February 15, 2015 at 5:11 am Reply
1. Mike S
  
  And Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Thank you for dropping by here, I do appreciate every visitor that comes on through 🙂
  
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  February 15, 2015 at 6:15 am Reply
Kay

It’s funny perhaps, how reading your comment on the Daily Post comments, about the importance of the ‘About me’ section, led me here to your own, Loving the list method… I think I’ll stay, though I don’t like coffee… 🙂

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February 24, 2015 at 8:21 am Reply
berryduchess

hey Mike! 😀 I just nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! I hope you can check out the details here: http://berryduchess.com/2015/04/08/the-versatile-award/

xoxo,
berryduchess

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April 8, 2015 at 12:06 pm Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Thank you so much! I really appreciate it 🙂
  
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  April 10, 2015 at 10:07 pm Reply
  1. berryduchess
    
    🙂
    
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    April 10, 2015 at 10:26 pm Reply
Lola Jane

Wonderful that you can keep positive and cheerful despite the things you have to read about!

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June 2, 2015 at 2:17 am Reply
stu06bloc9

Just flew-by for a quick visit 🙂 thanks for the coffee, enjoyed your oddity of socks among others. Hope you’re having a good summer. Cheers 🙂

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August 28, 2015 at 10:37 pm Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Thank you for the visit! I’m glad you enjoyed the article, hope you’ll be back 😉 I’ll drop by your page shortly! Have a good day!
  
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  August 29, 2015 at 8:59 am Reply
supergirl2000

I am taking an undetermined amount of time away from Facebook this year (it’s been one month now!) and it is quite freeing! I think everyone should unplug from Facebook now and again. I don’t even miss it, and I certainly don’t plan to get addicted to it again. At some point, I’ll log back in to check my notifications, but as for the checking my newsfeed? No, I think I’ll pass.
Really great “About Me” page! 🙂 I look forward to checking out your blog.

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February 1, 2016 at 5:08 pm Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Thank you very much! I actually just got back on Facebook, but I unfriended everyone I have contact with in the real world, even my mum!! haha so it left me with about 15 people, and I use it mainly to keep up to date with music news and announcements and a few other pages like that. It’s easy now because I know my newsfeed will have little on it, and even less to annoy me :))
  
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  February 1, 2016 at 9:53 pm Reply
  1. supergirl2000
    
    Sounds like the way to go! When I get back on, I should delete all the annoying people, haha! But for now, I’m going to just stay away a bit longer, it’ll be too easy to fall back into the habit of constant checking:p
    
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    February 2, 2016 at 4:21 am Reply
I'm Revan

Hi Mike, I’m new to this and I just came across your page. I’m impressed. I LOVE your ‘about me’ section. Keep up the good work!

-fellow caffeine junkie xx

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February 3, 2016 at 6:38 pm Reply
1. Mike S
  
  Thank you so much! I’ll check out your blog once I’m back on the computer 🙂
  
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  February 3, 2016 at 6:40 pm Reply