Last summer, I visited Frankfurt for the 2015 CGI Euros football tournament. The very last thing to happen in Frankfurt was the announcement that the 2016 competition was to be held in Lisbon. I took the opportunity to explore the city before the tournament; any excuse to travel, right?

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Over the last couple of weeks, Charlie and I have been attending “puppy parties” hosted by his vet to help with his socialisation. Up until recently, when I started seriously researching adopting a puppy, I had no idea just how important good socialisation was for young dogs.

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I’m foregoing the obvious opportunity to leave this blog post blank as a statement about minimalism. It pains me to do so, but I don’t want to waste an entire blog post on a pun, however clever I might think I am.

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I feel like all of my writing could quite easily start off describing the view outside. It’s usually how I begin; staring off into the deep blue Scottish sky. I prefer to write with a clear head, disconnected from the outside world, where I can think and type in peace.

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I’ve spent over a year now designing, building, and tweaking this blog and accompanying portfolio site. When I first started, I was still relatively green when it came to front-end development, so I avoided CSS preprocessors in favour of the more familiar pure CSS. I wish I hadn’t.

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If you met me in person sometime in the last year or so, engaged in conversation with me about personal finance, or even just made an off-hand comment about budgeting or not having enough money, chances are I’ll have mentioned (okay, let’s be honest, forced down your throat) the benefits of the budgeting software YNAB - You Need A Budget.

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