I suppose this should be renamed from ‘What’s it all about?’ to ‘Why the hell should I listen to anything you say; I don’t even know you!’

And that’s fair too; without knowing anything about me how can you decide whether my experience has any relevance to you and your life. I don’t know what you’ve experienced and it’s probably totally different to my situation. I haven’t lived your life, felt what you’ve felt and seen what you’ve seen.

But what I have done is lived my own life; a life in which I’ve done a lot, had a lot of fun, experienced great joy but also lived through some extremely painful things.

So if you read past this point know this; I’m not trying to tell anyone how to live their life or provide a silver bullet cure for anything.

I am writing primarily for myself to deal with some of my own demons but if by some chance someone else can benefit from my experience, even if it’s just the knowledge that they’re not alone, then that makes it even better.

My aim is to write about things that men of my (middle) age go through from my own experience and perspective and try to share some of my conclusions. Sometimes I won’t reach any conclusions and will simply describe my journey.