‘Worrying is a waste of time’
My non-negotiables are what I need to do to feel good and turn up every day. A big one is running. Four mornings a week at 6am, before everyone else in my house wakes up, I go out for 40 minutes and run between 5km and 7km. If you communicate your non-negotiables with everyone in your life, you can find a way to accommodate them.
When running, I’ll often multitask by listening to a podcast featuring a guest I’m soon [to be] interviewing on or Radio 2. If I listen to music, it’ll be upbeat and fast to help me switch off, which I’m not very good at. I can’t sit still, so running is my meditation and the benefits are more than just physical. It’s a bit of a placebo because I feel I’ve
