Time to lower weight and raise funds

Men's Health Week happened, and like a responsible adult I did the responsible adult thing: I went to the doctor. Bold move. Very on-brand for someone who usually treats "health check" the way most of us treat a smoke alarm's low-battery chirp — a small, insistent, valid warning signal that gets ignored right up until it can't be.

I've ignored the mirror and scales for years... but blood tests are another story.

So, the plan is 91 days of doing 'something'. Yes, 100 days sounds catchier, but my birthday is only 91 days away, and the doctors wants new blood tests in 3 months.

Here's the plot twist, though, knowing what I need to do and doing it are, for me, two entirely separate postcodes. I have ADHD. Executive dysfunction is not a personality quirk or a cute little procrastination — it's a very real wall between action and the status quo.

So, rather than quietly hoping willpower shows up, I've decided to also raise funds for House of Science, a charitable trust I'm proud to serve as a director of, delivering hands-on science kits to primary schools right across Aotearoa.

So cheer, heckle, donate, whatever gets you through your day — I'll take it. Every donation acts like a catalyst to make things happen. Every bit of support helps. I can't promise elegance, but I can promise effort, mild suffering, and semi-regular updates to share the pride and the pain.

Let's see what 3 months can do — for kids doing science, and a guy who really should be doing more walking.