• Weeknotes #21 - Training Edition

  17 Jun 2018 11 Jun - 17 Jun 2018 One of the perks of having your own business is taking off when you want to. Tuesday ended up being one of those. A longtime colleague and friend who’s now mostly retired had an afternoon gathering...

• Weeknotes #20 - Scramble Edition

  10 Jun 2018 4 Jun - 10 Jun 2018 Slacking off at the weekend meant I didn’t do my usual weekly review on time. As I’ve mentioned before, it really throws my week out when that doesn’t happen, and it’s usually compounded by needing to...

• Weeknotes #19 - Restful Edition

  03 Jun 2018 28 May - 3 Jun 2018 This week I’ve had a week off work. We didn’t go anywhere, just generally relaxed at home and been catching up on some of my personal goal targets for the year. I published another article, originally...

• Indifference

  31 May 2018 A common misconception about Stoicism is the idea of indifference. To many, they think that Stoics are cold, emotionless people who don’t care about anything; a Spock-like figure. Nothing could be further from the truth. When the Stoics talk about indifference there...

• Weeknotes #18 - Weighty Edition

  27 May 2018 21 May - 27 May 2018 Kettlebell near miss Now the light is lasting longer and the weather has been getting a bit better I’ve been experimenting with doing my kettlebell training in the evenings instead. I’ve found that having a day...

• Weeknotes #17 - Scouting Edition

  20 May 2018 14 May - 20 May 2018 I published another article, Stop Reading, Start Doing and finally got chance to build a bit more of Ninjago City. Reading progress I’m currently reading Willpower doesn’t work and I also started Ready, Player One. I’m...

• Stop Reading, Start Doing

  16 May 2018 You have a goal. You’re reading articles, like this one, on your chosen topic. You’re feeling good, you feel like you’re making progress. There’s one problem; reading is not action. Don’t get me wrong, reading and accumulating knowledge is a necessary step...

• Weeknotes #16 - Tired Edition Part Two

  13 May 2018 7 May - 13 May 2018 There’s not much to report this week - it’s all a bit hectic and I don’t feel like I’ve achieved all that much. I’ve become the quintessential parental taxi driver. Getting in later from work and...

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