I’ve been spending a lot of time with my boss today, just watching him is exhausting, but unusually I’ve been exhausting myself as well. My day started early at 6:30 followed by 30 minutes meditation and chasing around sorting the house out, then it was into the car to drive...
I came across a nice article on the The Creativity Post blog with 21 tips for working smarter, not harder. The tips are nice but I thought it would be interesting to see how I’ve applied them in my life. 1. Complete most important tasks first. Yes, I do this,...
Not working much I focus on impact and today was one of those days. It started as usual waking up early so that I had time for 30 minutes meditation before heading to Caffe Nero for an hours reading. Then heading to the doctors for my normal monthly blood tests...
The picture on the right is very important to me. I came across it about 10 years ago and found it both beautiful, thought provoking and the more I studied it more the meaning and subtlety I got from it. I pinned it to the whiteboard in our dining room....
Last night just as everyone, except Anna, had got off to sleep she managed to set off the fire alarm upstairs, the first time it’s ever gone off and through a pretty weird series of events. Anna was in the bath, relaxing by candle light when all the wax managed...
During the last weeks holiday I’ve accumulated a huge work and personal reading backlog which I was determined to clear today, that meant some serious cafe time. I started at the Beach Terrace Cafe first thing, I’d not been for 10 days and they’ve changed their philosophy a bit, apparently...
While I was away last week the water leak sensor on our washing machine activated. Debbie and Anna struggled mightily to get the washing machine out from it’s snug little cave in the kitchen, apparently it took over an hour of hard work. Debbie decided to leave the washing machine...
I started with a cold on Tuesday, but I think the combination of not eating much and pushing myself hiking suppressed my immune system a bit and I seemed fine until last night (little sleep) and worse this morning (full on cold, fatigue and pain). Still I was in a...
My last full day at Center Parcs and the weather gods have smiled on me, Buttermere is scheduled to be dry most of the day. I’m starting with a cold so I didn’t sleep very well, which meant a late start and after the hours drive I arrived at about...
I finished this audio book today and enjoyed it a lot, maybe in part due to the fact that I listened to it while hiking in the northern Lake District. Chris Hadfield reads the book himself and as it’s a deeply personal book this works well, even though Chris isn’t on...