Glass of AJ

01/08/2022

My website glassofaj.com turned 3 years old on the 29th July 2022! I'm horrible when it comes to time managment so this post is a bit late.

To honour my site and the goals I have managed to achieve so far, I decided to write a poem! Don't judge me too harshly for it: https://glassofaj.com/glass-of-aj-is-3-years-old/

Although this is the first post on here in a while, I have still been publishing content. To see all of the things I have posted since my last update in October, click here: https://glassofaj.com/blog-posts-since-last-social-media-update/

Facebook Business pages only allow you to post one video per post. This has upset me GREATLY because I spent the MAJORITY of my Sunday making really cool GIF videos! But the good thing is you can see them all on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgun8a8o78U/

Caption: Time to pour my heart out in the form of verse!
GIF: Shrek saying "Oh Boy" while looking exasperated and tired of my s**t

01/10/2021

I'm back on the job hunt because I got laid off. Yay!

If you can't sense the sarcasm, I don't blame you. Tone is a difficult thing to sense in written content.

Although things may seem bleak, I have a plan. Yes, the slightly disorganised scatterbrain has a plan!

Find out what I'm going to do to turn this situation around here: https://glassofaj.com/when-one-door-closes/

Sharing is caring:Hello! I’m unemployed again and job hunting already feels demoralising. Back in April, I mentioned that I would need to figure out what my next steps were in terms of employment and training after my apprenticeship was done. Well, I finally finished the apprenticeship in June and...

01/09/2021

This month's post is about taking the first step, despite my own personal reservations.

I'm always whining about not doing things, so I decided to change the script and actually do the thing!

You can read the blog post here: https://glassofaj.com/shut-up-and-just-do-it/

I'm going to try my level best to stream once a week! I've started on , but we'll see if I need to switch to another platform like or because of the recent issues with hate raids.

People are bloody horrible.

I couldn't stream last week because of a lovely slip and fall I endured, but no worries, this weekend will be the one! Just have to be careful on the stairs until then 😅

Also check out my Twitter for updates about streams and when I upload VODs to YouTube.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimpleThimbles

Sharing is caring:Sometimes you have to just throw caution to the wind and give something a go! Throwback (21/08/21) I mentioned in my anniversary video last month that I was going to start giving things a go, so I can continue to move forward – but now I feel stuck again. We all knew this […]

29/07/2021

glassofaj.com is 2 years old today!

In this short clip, I talk about a new approach I want to take, not just just for the website, but in all facets of my life. I want to start giving things a good go.

Full video here: https://youtu.be/i5t2pDJvplk

If I didn't give making a website a good go, we wouldn't be here right now, at the two year mark. If I didn't give blogging a good go, I wouldn't have figured out how much I like writing. If I didn't give anything a good go, where on earth would I be? I'd be in the same place I was a few years ago, unable to express myself on my own platform.

No progress means no growth. Staying in the same place wouldn't help me change, and if I believed it would, I would be insane!

Is there something that you want to do, but you feel like you're holding yourself back? Leave a comment down below!

(Ending theme belongs to me)

26/06/2021

I was drawing a blank when thinking of an idea for this month's post. All of a sudden, a song idea popped into my head and I actually felt compelled to make it.

So I decided to write about how I made a song in about an hour, give or take:
https://glassofaj.com/made-a-song-in-an-hour/

The song is available to play on the blog post or on my YouTube channel.

Sharing is caring:From 1:13 to 2:19 am on a Friday, I recorded and cut some sounds together to make slightly melodic noises. No, I’m not a musician As you may or may not know, my posts on here don’t really get planned in advance, at least not by a considerable amount of time. While struggling [....

04/06/2021

My latest blog post is now available on Medium!

Did you know you can't import blog posts if they have tables or other unsupported embeds in them? Well we both know that now!

Read it on medium here: https://glassofaj.medium.com/im-addicted-to-buying-game-keys-but-i-m-only-playing-myself-glass-of-aj-add921a3c3c8

It’s quarter-past midnight on a Monday and I just activated some keys on Steam. No biggie — this is quite a normal time for furloughed gamers to be knocking about. The issue is that I bought games…

31/05/2021

Overused meme, much?

I have an addiction to buying game keys for platforms like Steam, but the problem goes much deeper than the cavernous hole left in my purse. Find out more by reading my new blog post here: https://glassofaj.com/addicted-to-buying-game-keys/