Lifestyle – Glen Conbeer

Plumbing Work + Updates

28/03/202128/03/2021by GlenLeave a Comment

Well hello there! It has been a little while since I did an update on the work happening at my new house. I posted a finance video as my last instalment on my YouTube channel and blog post which you can view by clicking here. I spoke about the costs involved in the entire purchasing process including legal fees, deposit, mortgage and additional costs. In this update I'll be walking you through the next stages of work that have happened at the house. This mainly consists of plumbing work, removing the fireplace and remaining kitchen sections as well as checking the heating system and pipes.

Blog, House Renovation, Lifestyle

Financing My First Home

31/01/202116/07/2021by Glen3 Comments

In this blog post I wanted to cover everything financial from buying my first home. I did include some of these figures in a past blog post 'I Bought A House!' but I wanted to create a separate post to highlight everything in one place. This previous post was about the whole process of finding out how much money I could borrow, viewing property, agreeing on a price and every step through the process if you wanted a bit more of a detailed read. I hope you find this post useful and if you are thinking of buying property it might give you an insight into costs to expect.

Blog, House Renovation, Lifestyle

The Work Begins

14/12/202014/12/2020by Glen2 Comments

I am so excited to share this next instalment and update with you. I've been working (with the help of my lovely family and friends) on my house over the past month and my latest renovation video is now live. The first video I featured in the series was a tour of my house without any work completed and there has been quite a lot going on around all of us working full-time. We've taken any opportunity to get working here from evenings during the week to stints on weekends.

Blog, House Renovation, Lifestyle

New Home Tour

13/12/2020by GlenLeave a Comment

So I bought a house back in November and I wanted to feature my first tour video in a separate blog entry. I had included it in my last post about the whole buying process but as I am creating a YouTube renovation series it definitely an entry of its own. This is the very first footage I have of my new house, I wanted to film it every step of the way to be able to remember what it was like and how much progress goes on in the coming months.

Blog, House Renovation, Lifestyle

I Bought A House!

08/11/202014/11/2020by Glen3 Comments

I can’t believe I’m writing this post. I’ve been working towards this for so long and I wanted to document the full process from start to finish and recapping what I have done before 2020 to facilitate this process. I have put this post together from journal entries and drafts every day that something significant happened in the journey. Hope you enjoy reading and it gives a bit of insight if you haven’t bought a property before.

Blog, Health, Lifestyle

Month of Miles | Diabetes UK

30/09/202030/09/2020by GlenLeave a Comment

This October I am taking part in Month of Miles to raise money for Diabetes UK. I haven't been running in so long so I am a bit nervous about getting back into it. One of my work colleagues Lynne has helped by sending me a couch-to-5K plan with some great warm-up ideas so this should definitely be useful. I have set myself a small target of raising £30 for Diabetes as I know there are many people who are struggling financially at the moment so any donations are really greatly appreciated. I've set my goal of running a full marathon over the month so 26.2 miles. This means I have to run just under a mile a day but I am going to see how I progress as the days go on (I'll likely do much more than this)!

Blog, Health, Lifestyle, Technology, Tiny Home, Travel

Elsa Rhae + Barron, Normal to Nomad

27/08/202003/09/2020by Glen7 Comments

I have recently stumbled across amazing content online from Elsa Rhae & Barron Link on YouTube, their websites, Apple Podcasts and their Instagram accounts. A video was recommended to me on my YouTube home page (thank you algorithm!) which I have embedded below. The video went into detail about isolation in their 13ft Scamp trailer which they live in full time and the effects of a winter snow storm on their daily lives.

Blog, Food, Health, Lifestyle

Erbology Plant-Based Nutrition

15/08/202015/08/2020by Glen2 Comments

Erbology reached out to me about their plant-based, organic products to promote health using natural ingredients. If you have been following my blog for a while now you will know I have been eating a vegan diet since May 2018 and I have seen a huge improvement in my health and energy levels since then. I really believe that how you fuel your body is so important and I was thankful that Erbology was able to provide me with a selection of their products to try and review.

Blog, Health, Lifestyle

Everyday Gratitude

30/07/202008/08/2020by GlenLeave a Comment

With everything going on in the world right now it's more important than ever to find gratitude wherever possible. I wanted to write a blog post to let you know what I am thankful for within my daily schedule and things that I have appreciated more than ever since March. I think it's fair to say that everyone has been through quite a lot since March with work, finances, health, relocating, job uncertainty, stress and anxiety to name a few. Even though it might seem that things wouldn't get any better at times, I found it really helped to change my mindset on things as much as I could to be more grateful.

Blog, Lifestyle, Summer Camp

1000 Interviews Completed!

01/07/202008/08/2020by GlenLeave a Comment

Hi, hope you are well. I haven't posted in quite a while and wanted to start blogging regularly to document everything going on in the world right now. I am working on some longer blog posts about the current global pandemic and how this has affected life for so many people but to begin with I saw that I had three drafts from earlier in the year that I wanted to share.