Yesterday was one of those so very rare days, when everything in the world seems to line up and progress becomes effortless. I woke up mostly free of pain, dodged the showers on my walk to Caffe Nero, had a great time reading before heading home just before 10am. The...
I’m exposed to a lot of start-ups, flooded with VC money and trying to make their mark on the world, or get bought. Evernote rises above them all, it’s been the foundation of my personal knowledge management system for many years, but more than that it’s been an inspiration to...
As an atheist, Christian books are not often on my reading list, in fact I’ve probably only read a handful of religious books in my life. This month though I’ve been tempted into reading one, A New Kind of Christian which was recommended by Debbie’s pastor as one of the...
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...
We tend to think everything’s improving all the time, and that only grumpy old folks (like me) think things were better in the past. But with problems like information overload, the decline in conversation, obsession with smartphones and lots of other disruptive change it might be worthwhile to look back...
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...
For me infections (colds, flu …) are one of the major triggers for flares. Every year I used to get a couple of colds and a couple of sore throats and Tonsillitis which combined would result in 5-6 weeks of pretty bad flares, essentially turning these mild infections into the...
I’m making some progress in challenging my chronic migraines, Adult Onset Stills Disease and Fibromyalgia. It’s been a 12 year battle and it’s far from over, but I’m still moving forward and that’s been one of the keys to success, trying to wake up each morning and live the best...