Get Up and Go - diaries/ journals/events

30/08/2025

Why our diaries?
What makes us different?

We live in a complex ‘information’ age.
With ever more technological advances in communication, people are increasingly confused, distracted, dissatisfied, disconnected and stressed.

With our co-founder, Eileen Forrestal's, background in health care as a medical doctor for 30+ years, we understand the impact of stress and dis-ease on our health and wellbeing, and are we are committed to providing tools and resources (diaries and journals) that support and empower people being well, productive, happy and powerful.

We believe that our beautifully illustrated personal diaries, with carefully chosen messages and timeless 'truisms' (ie wisdom), provide balance and perspective to the stresses of modern life.

'When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change".

Engaging with our products allows you to see, and hopefully discover for yourself, how viewing your current circumstances through a new 'prism' eg gratitude or forgiveness, will get you ‘up and going’ again. As you engage daily with your diary, it will keep you ‘up and going’ every day, inspired and motivated to face the future with courage and confidence.

So many of our customers have received a Get Up and Go diary as a gift from a friend. They then give one as a gift to their friends. We love this. This is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Some of our customers have all of our diaries going back to the first one in 2007!!!!

A letter from an 8 year old customer: “Thank you for making my mummy happy. She loves her diary and shares a new message with me every day.”
Isn't that wonderful??

“This diary kept me alive on the lung transplant list for 4 years” (GRyan CF)

We believe that everyone deserves to live an inspired life, inspired by who they are and what they can accomplish. Our purpose is to remind people 'you have everything you need inside yourself'.

The value to the receiver vastly exceeds the very affordable price paid by the giver.

And not to forget, "all you give is given to yourself."

Keep an eye out for our 2026 editions - our 20th Anniversary Year!!

And ... Future Proof YOUth Life is happening November 1st

You will get a signed copy of your favourite diary when you attend in person.

Here is Jack Canfield encouraging me to keep going in 2020 ....

26/08/2025

23/08/2025

🔥 Future Proof YOUth Life – Saturday November 1st 🔥

📍In Person (Sligo) + 🌍 Online – Join from Anywhere!

🎤 Multiple Speakers
🧠 Real Talk on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Wellbeing, Activism & More
🚀 Tools, stories & ideas to help you build a life YOU love

This isn’t a lecture – it’s a launchpad.

A day for YOUth to rise, speak, dream, build, and shine.
Are YOU in?

🎟️ Book your place now: link in comments below

08/08/2025

Announcement!

Due to popular demand ..

FPYL Event is POSTPONED to Nov 1st.

Put it in your calendar now.
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Too many people told us that Friday afternoon in the middle of Summer Holidays didn't work for them - and they really wanted to come ... that it was an important event ... and asked us to change to a more suitable day and time.

So we did.

😊

07/08/2025

Speaker profile 🤗 ALAN KAVANAGH , PSYCHOTHERAPY is one of many amazing speakers at our November 1st Future Proof YOUth Life event ✨🌟 in person OR attend online wherever you are in the world ! 🌍

Alan Kavanagh is a fully accredited Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapist with the Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) and the Association of Adolescent Psychotherapists and Counsellors in Ireland (AAPCI).

He is also a social entrepreneur with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, where he developed the Fire & Ice Men’s Programme and will soon launch the DADS programme at The Sanctuary in Dublin 7.

Alan is passionate about men’s mental health and empowering young people to create a better future for us all.

Currently, he runs his private practice at 33 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. He also works at Marino Counselling & Psychotherapy in Fairview and at Bergin Psychological Services on Wicklow Street. Additionally, he is a school counsellor at a secondary school in Dublin.

‘Future begins now: Ignite your inner leader’

Email Alan at E: beliefcounselling@gmail.com

In person tickets are limited 📲 (link in bio)
https://FutureProofYouTHLife.eventbrite.ie

Get yours today and don’t give yourself cause to regret! 🌈

06/08/2025

🌟 FUTURE PROOF YOUTH LIFE event REGISTER NOW!
📲https://FutureProofYouTHLife.eventbrite.ie

🌟Come join us at the Clayton Hotel Sligo OR online on zoom (from anywhere in the world) for an exciting event FOR 15-25 YEAR OLDS / THE ADULTS INSPIRING THEM .

The impressive line up of speakers will inspire you to navigate your way through the challenges of the future!
FUTURE PROOF YOUTH LIFE 2025 is all about preparing YOU and your young adults for what's to come.
From career advice to personal development tips, this event will equip you with the tools you need to succeed. Don't miss out on this opportunity to invest in the future guided by a passion for purpose!

✨ At Future Proof Youth Life, you'll:
✅ Hear stories that will shift your mindset and inspire your next move
✅ Find connection and community with others who get it
✅ Discover simple tools to build confidence, courage, and real momentum
✅ Walk away with one key insight:
You already have everything you need inside you 💡

🔥 What You’ll Discover
🌱 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Hear how young founders built businesses that make a difference.

🌍 Environmental & Social Impact Meet youth activists tackling the biggest issues of our time.

🔬 Science, Tech & Discovery See how curiosity fuels the future.

🎨 Music, Art, Sport & Adventure Explore how creativity and play unlock purpose and wellbeing.

💡 Tools for Life Learn how to boost your confidence, speak your truth, manage your mind, and step into your power.

🎤 Speakers & Sessions Include:

Young entrepreneurs with powerful stories (Danni Blechner) (Karina Murray)(Richard Flanagan)
Environmental leaders rewriting the impact narrative (Kat Hamilton)(Masami Sato)(Eileen Forrestal)
Sports icons on courage, passion, leadership and grit (Nina Carberry)(Hannah Dormer)
Facilitators on wellbeing, self-esteem and making choices that matter (Rahul Hasija/ Alan Kavanagh)

🧭 You Will Leave With:

A personal vision of what you want to accomplish within 10 years.
Clarity about the impact you want to make.
A stronger belief in your own voice and value.
A renewed sense of hope, possibility and purpose.

While the event is directed at 15-25yr olds, it is not limited to 15-25yr olds.
There is a 15-25yr old in all of us.
Maybe yours is waiting for you to let them out.

"It's never too late to become what you might have been.
It's never to early to start becoming who you want to be."

REGISTER NOW!
📲https://FutureProofYouTHLife.eventbrite.ie

Dream big. Act bold. Be you - with courage and clarity. Be the change at Future Proof YOUth Life 2025. Online & in-person. Register now!

03/08/2025

love this 🏖️ New Beach Toy
Library at Streedagh Beach ⚽🛻🪣🌊

Now you can Borrow, Play, and Return beach toys with ease.

How it works:

* Choose a toy.
* Have fun in the sand and surf.
* Return it for others to enjoy.

This initiative reduces beach plastic and saves parents from having to buy and bring toys to the beach.

Got unwanted beach toys at home? Drop them off and help keep it stocked.

Well done to the talented men at Men's Shed for making these with enthusiasm. Much appreciated 🙏

03/08/2025

Speaker profile 🤗 is one of many amazing speakers at our August 15th Future Proof YOUth Life event ✨🌟 in person OR attend online wherever you are in the world ! 🌍

Nina is a champion jockey, a Dancing with the Stars winner, and now a Member of the European Parliament — but more than that, Nina Carberry is proof that you don’t have to choose just one path in life.

At Future Proof YOUth Life, Nina will share how courage, discipline, and saying YES to new challenges shaped her incredible journey — from breaking boundaries in a male-dominated sport to finding her voice in politics.

If you’re wondering how to turn passion into purpose, or how to pivot, rise, and stay grounded while chasing big dreams — this is your chance to learn from one of Ireland’s most inspiring trailblazers.

👟💫 Come for the story. Leave with the spark.



In person tickets are limited 📲 (link in bio)
https://FutureProofYouTHLife.eventbrite.ie

Get yours today and don’t give yourself cause to regret! 🌈

01/08/2025

Speaker profile 🐎✨ From the Saddle to the Spotlight – Meet Nina Carberry at Future Proof YOUth Life! ✨🌟

Nina is a champion jockey, a Dancing with the Stars winner, and now a Member of the European Parliament — but more than that, Nina Carberry is proof that you don’t have to choose just one path in life.

At Future Proof YOUth Life, Nina will share how courage, discipline, and saying YES to new challenges shaped her incredible journey — from breaking boundaries in a male-dominated sport to finding her voice in politics.

If you’re wondering how to turn passion into purpose, or how to pivot, rise, and stay grounded while chasing big dreams — this is your chance to learn from one of Ireland’s most inspiring trailblazers.

👟💫 Come for the story. Leave with the spark.



In person tickets are limited 📲
https://FutureProofYouTHLife.eventbrite.ie

Get yours today and don't give yourself cause to regret!

01/08/2025

Why bring diverse speakers, from different walks of life, to an undefined audience?
What do 15-25 yr olds have in common they they should be our "target audience"??

Nothing other than they are young people with more years ahead of them than behind them, so the future is really important.

Why diverse speakers?

Because they have life experiences that allow us to widen our vision for what's possible.

When I was 15-25 there was little choice in careers for me.
(Personally, there was none. I 'chose' the longest course in college' so I wouldn't have to engage with the 'real' world with my damned stammer!!)

And here I am.
Engaging with real world ... because I no longer have a stammer and I believe that what I have to say, and what these speakers have to say, is important.

It's important ...

- that young people know they have a voice and they have a choice.

- that they can be inspired by who they are and what they can accomplish in life, through the discovery of their 'genius', passions, purpose and ikigai.

- that a lot more is possible that they realise.

- that they have a say in how they show up in life, and in the world, and the difference they make.

-that it is possible to go beyond their personal and geographical boundaries and widen their vision for what's possible.

-that it takes courage to speak the truth.

-that self expression is essential to life.

- that they have all the resources they need within themselves to be fulfilled, happy and satisfied in life.

- that, despite everything they see on social media, there are good things happening in the world when they go looking to find them.

- that's it's important to BU in the age of AI.

Link to register below ..

And ... NEWS of the BIG Prize coming SOON
..
If you're not in you can't win.

xx