Category Archives: blogging

14 years on wordpress

Posted on Dec 11, 2025 by duncanainsworth

Apparently today is the 14th anniversary of me signing up for wordpress! I’ll admit I don’t post on here as often as I could or should. I often struggle with coming up with something other people might consider interesting. I … Continue reading →

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Mornings or Nights

Posted on Dec 2, 2025 by duncanainsworth

Are you more of a night or morning person? My gut instinct is to say I’m more of a night person, I can quite happily stay up to the small hours of the morning and sleep until late morning or … Continue reading →

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Dyspraxia Awareness week

Posted on Oct 11, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I learned recently, on LinkedIn of all places, that this week (6th-12 October) is Dyspraxia Awareness Week, and as someone with Dyspraxia, I feel it’s only right that I celebrate it. What is Dyspraxia? Dypraxia, also known as Developmental Co-ordination … Continue reading →

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The Small Hours

Posted on Oct 5, 2025 by duncanainsworth

What’s your favorite time of day? I’m not sure what it is about the middle of the night that I find so appealing, but I find it to be the best time of the “day”. Maybe it’s my ADHD or … Continue reading →

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What is Autistic Masking?

Posted on Aug 20, 2025 by duncanainsworth

What is autistic masking?In short, Masking is the conscious or unconscious efforts made by autistic people to hide or suppress their autistic traits and behaviours in order to fit in with Neurotypical (non-autistic) people. There are many ways that autistic … Continue reading →

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My Vlogging Journey So Far

Posted on Jun 1, 2025 by duncanainsworth

Earlier this year I challenged myself to make more content for my YouTube channel, Beardo Bloggins. I decided to do this in the form of Daily Vlogs (Video Blogs), partly because they seemed easy to do, film different clips from … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Audiobooks, that I listened to in 2024

Posted on May 2, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I did a lot of listening to audiobooks in 2024, especially while out and about on things like my daily walk that I do, but even just around the house or doom scrolling through social media, so I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Five Fun Things

Posted on Jan 17, 2025 by duncanainsworth

This is one of those blog prompts where I might have to resist the inner autistic voice and take this as literally as possible. I could list only five things that I find fun and just leave it there! It … Continue reading →

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Goals for 2025

Posted on Jan 6, 2025 by duncanainsworth

It’s that time of year when everyone sets goals or resolutions for themselves to achieve over the year. I don’t normally do this, but I wanted to write something down so that I can hold myself accountable throughout the year! Continue reading →

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How I manage my Depression

Posted on Mar 10, 2024 by duncanainsworth

I was first diagnosed with Depression in my early twenties, since then I have developed several key ways to help me deal with some of the more intrusive negative thoughts and feelings. This is obviously anecdotal, as I’m only talking … Continue reading →

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