I’ve been thinking about my productivity, since I’ve restarted blogging. Blogging takes perhaps an hour a day, an hour that I didn’t think I could easily find. Strangely that hour blogging seems to have increased my perception of available time though and this post explores why. Blogging has provided me...
As part of my efforts to restore my health over the last decade I’ve done quite a lot of research into happiness. I’ve also developed a deep interest in sustainable living and how we cope globally with rising consumption and dwindling resources. I’ve felt for a long time that the...
In my recent reading on health I’ve been focussed on the body’s ability to heal itself. There are a few themes that seem to be recurring and at their core is the idea that if you look after the body at a cellular level, the body will look after you. ...
I’m starting to get my thoughts together in preparation for a session on business development strategy. This is an area that’s fairly new to me, so I’m in research and idea generation mode. Today I’ve been trying to put myself in the mind of a customer, playing around with what...
I finished listening to The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage this morning, it’s been a good book to listen to over the last few days as I faced a new set of challenges with Stills Disease and finally got through them as I...
I’ve used my unfair share of painkillers over the years, being a chronic migraine and body pain sufferer. I’ve always considered them to be mostly harmless, moderately effective but too easy to pop. About 3 years ago I discovered that the pain meds I had been prescribed for my migraines...
For much of my life I’ve spent a lot of time away from home, either studying or travelling on business. Then illness and a change in job role meant a transition to working from home and rarely travelling and for 10 years I relished it. I loved that I got...
Like all good strategists I’m planning for my retirement, which will probably come some time in the next 5 years. Retirement will bring with it the biggest change in my lifestyle since I became chronically ill about 13 years ago. Such a huge change requires careful consideration and one of...
The rugged east coast of England is one of my favourite places and I’ve made many visits to it this year, mainly to walk the beaches and cliffs, but the rest of the family have enjoyed the shopping and museums too. This last week we stayed at Scarborough which was...