Welcome to Paul Day Away. This is me away travelling, away in adventures and sometimes being away from rational thoughts. I’m doing my best to better myself in some way every day and I do that in a lot of different ways, I also fail in many different ways too. That’s life.

In case you hadn’t guessed, I’m Paul Day… just a normal guy from a small village in the North of England. I’ve suffered with depression since my Dad passed away in 2011 and I have anxiety and self-loathing issues too.

However, I don’t let this stop me from living my life.

I’m a writer, dreamer, adventurer, poet, actor, blogger/vlogger, brazilian jiu-jitsu purple belt, dog/cat owner and loads of other cool things that I’m probably forgetting. All these things keep me sane when the darkness creeps in… and it does, often.

That’s what depression is, having loads of great things in your life but you can’t stop yourself from feeling sad.

So this brings me to Paul Day Away: An adventurous quest for Happiness…

Well that’s it, right there in the tag line. Everyone is fighting a battle and this is my attempt to win mine. As I have to deal with being sad a lot of the time, I thought about all the things that bring me joy in life… and I wanted to share them with others.

I try to be as open as possible about my mental health so others can gain the courage to become more open with theirs. We all fight the same fight but a lot of people still do it alone, silently.

This started as a travel blog but I want it to be an everything blog, I want to post about my trips, I want to post about mental health, I’ll chuck some poems and monologues out there too if I feel like it.

Screw the labels, this is simply me experiencing life and trying to inspire others to do the same.

This is Paul Day Away 🙂