I’ve achieved a lot in 2014, but there are a few things that I’ve failed on, I’m intending to try and fix these. But I’m also planning to be a little kinder to myself; to reduce the number of objectives I have; to worry less about work; to leave more...
In December last year I decided that this year was going to mark a change; a year that I needed to take seriously; to plan; and measure. This shift in my focus came for three big reasons: My health was starting to decline again, after a few years of improvement...
I know I’m getting old, surprisingly this isn’t because my body has lots of aches and pains; because I’m forgetful; stuck in my ways; no – I know this because of how I spend my time. A recent study bought this home to me, it found: Retirees spend more than...
I’m not one to drift through life without a plan of action, even at school and university I was always focused on doing just enough work to succeed, but not too much as to curtail the rest of my life. So one of the first things that I did when...
I was up early this morning, excited to get in 30 minutes on my exercise bike watching TED talks before walking on the beach and enjoying the amazing sunrise. I like to pick TED talks pretty much at random and be ‘pleasantly surprised’. It’s ironic then that today I got...
There’s endless talk on the blogs about the dangers of sitting often linked to the benefits of a standing desk. I agree completely with the former, but the idea of standing still for long stretches of the day fills me with horror. In my experience there’s nothing worse for me...
I’ve been meditating in one form or another for 40 years, I first discovered it as a kid through yoga and I didn’t think of it as meditation then, just conscious breathing. Fifteen years ago this occasional anonymous practice became more systematic and got a name, Vipassana Meditation, now a...
Even though I only do traditional ‘work’ for 4 hours a day my life is still packed full of activity, often too much activity! Over the years I’ve gradually created a coping strategy based on simplifying my life and in particular simplifying all the little things in life, with the...
Most people only have one job, it’s at the centre of their lives, it’s the way they make their living and often the main thing that defines their purpose in life. My job used to be that for me, I spent 50+ hours at work and mostly loved every minute...
I’ve been tracking my health data for many years now, using combination of blood tests every month, tracking in a variety of IOS apps and using a fitbit and Moves apps to track my activity. It’s trivial in terms of time, taking maybe a few minutes each day, but it’s...