I don’t want to pretend that everything I did this year was a success, because it wasn’t. I’m only human and definitely prone to failure (something I’d like to actually do more often, if we’re honest). Things for other people There was a lot of stuff that I did last year not because I wanted [...]
Well 2012 I think is going to be a year of habits. Internet blogger Leo Babauta is a little bit of an inspiration to me. Bits of advice I picked up from his blog, Zen Habits, sort of helped me do a lot of the things I’ve done in the past couple of years, and [...]
So we’re coming to the end of 2011, and all of the blogs are starting to do that “what I did in the past 12 months” post. I’m going to do it slightly differently. Home sweet home I’m at my Dad’s house for Christmas this year. I sat down with my brother Adam today and [...]
Quit your job! Work from home! Be your own boss! What a load of bollocks. Step one: buy boat. If you want to cut loose from the moorings that keep you from drifting out to sea, make sure you’ve got a course planned first. Make sure you have a structure. This is different from um-ing [...]
When I write blog posts, songs or other things I want to show off to the world, I tend to want to publish them immediately. But is this really the best way to work? I’m not so sure any more. When you’re in the moment of creation you can feel incredibly passionate about what you’re [...]
I’ve made a decision, I think. I’ve got a little project brewing. It’s a bit different from the other projects I’ve done so it’s pretty scary, but it’s also only small. Stop Waiting With anything scary and with the possibility of failure comes resistance, and wanting to take the “best” or the “most right” or [...]
Why do so many bloggers live in Portland? Loads of them do, seriously. It must be blogger paradise. I bet they all sit around and have LAN parties and motivational workshops all the time there. Do you think it’s Portland that creates these people or does it attract them like magnets or flies? What [...]
Oh wow oh wow, look at all this stuff there is that needs to be done! And look at all of these people, they’re so excited – they think your Big Thing is going to be AMAZING. Oh but it’s just a Baby Thing really – you’re going to have to do so much more [...]
It’s September, and it’s apple season. There are loads of apple trees all over Southampton, I headed to one on the East Common, along with a few transition members and Alan Gibson, the Urbane Forager. Man, there were so many apples! And it was only one tree! I must have enough apples to last me [...]
Hey yo. With all this productivity knowledge from reading blogs and having an awesome slick GTD system in place, why am I not as successful as Tim Ferris or Ryan North already? Doing Too Much This goes back to the limes thing. I’m attracted to too many things. Aside from wanting to run a food [...]