This post is part of my What I Like series I’ve decided to write a series of posts trying to figure out what I do and don’t like. This first post is about TV and I’m prompted to write it as a result of recently stopping watching quite a few...
I’ve been messing around with Twitter and Facebook today. I like to share what I read and write, but I don’t like that information cluttering up my main Twitter account that I use for my diary. I’ve concluded that I need to have three Twitter accounts: @SteveRichards – this is...
There have been a few days when I’ve come close, but today is officially the first gardening day of the year and what a joy it’s been. Truth be told I’d forgotten what a simple pleasure it is to take a rather ragged garden and start to smarten it up. ...
I consider one of the secrets of my ‘success’ to be a determination to keep busy. For most of my life I’d never even considered that there was an option, through school and university and most of my working life I always had too much to do, someone else kept...
I’ve had my unfair share of silence this week and it’s been wonderful. There’s something unique about the high fells, when there’s no one about, no bubbling streams, no wind, just quiet. I’ve been soaking it up because it’s so precious. Back in my apartment, I’ve been struggling with the...
After three days of heavy walking I decided to focus on work today. I’d accumulated a lot of emails and my employer is strongly encouraging us to take part in an online event to shape the companies future identity and I wanted to spend a couple of hours on that....
A few weeks ago Graham and I were out walking and I mentioned that I favoured repeating familiar walks, while he favoured new and exciting adventures. Since then I’ve been lucky enough to do lots of new walks which I’ve greatly enjoyed, but I still love familiar walks. On Monday...
As I crested the first peak on my laboured ascent of Cat Bells I noticed two red specks in the distance approaching the scramble to the peak. I continued upwards at q pretty good pace (pain free today) and they didn’t seem to be moving very fast. Eventually at the...
Being in the Lake District again I can’t help but think about Alfred Wainwright and how comfortable he was alone. I’m the same, whilst I love the company of my friends and family, the buzz of a busy cafe or the crowded seafront promenade on a summer’s day I’m totally...
All through my working career I’ve noticed that the best people are both incredibly focussed and easily distracted. Which doesn’t make sense, until you remember that in many areas of work (especially high end knowledge work) demands are rarely smooth. The best people focus intensely on the demands of today,...