• The Drift

  31 Aug 2018 Sometimes it’s good to take a break. I chose to leave my journals behind on a recent short trip. I wasn’t sure I would find the space and time to do them. Plus, it’s good to re-evaluate what you’re doing on a...

• Weeknotes #31 - F1 edition

  26 Aug 2018 20 Aug - 26 Aug 2018 So I’m writing (and then publishing) this a bit delayed because I spent the bank holiday weekend in Belgium for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. I actively chose not to take my iPad and have a...

• Weeknotes #30 - Build edition

  19 Aug 2018 13 Aug - 19 Aug 2018 What a week! It’s been very productive in some ways, but it feels like I’ve been just keeping all the plates spinning. I’ve been trying to re-stabilise my daily routines this week. I’d been ending up...

• Weeknotes #29 - Lone Parenting Edition

  12 Aug 2018 6 Aug - 12 Aug 2018 It has been another crazy-busy week, but looking back each week helps to remind me that there’s still been time for the small, but nice, things. Tuesday was our regular date night, and we went back...

• Cultivate ignorance

  12 Aug 2018 One of the criticisms often levelled at Stoicism is the seeming lack of emotion. In society today, with the regular news and gossip that is circulated, you can be vilified for not feeling or emoting enough about the latest thing that’s happened....

• Weeknotes #28 - No Complaints Edition

  05 Aug 2018 30 Jul - 5 Aug 2018 It’s been a seriously busy week at work with a new project kicking off. And just like the proverbial buses, that of course means that existing clients suddenly want lots of work doing, along with some...

• Weeknotes #27 - Wet Edition

  29 Jul 2018 23 Jul - 29 Jul 2018 Sweat It was another hot week, until the weather finally broke towards the end of the week. I’ve been pushed hard and doubling down on my kettlebell workouts to try and hit my goal. With the...

• Better at what?

  25 Jul 2018 So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, but that doesn’t make them more community-minded, or modest, or well-prepared for any circumstance, or more tolerant of the faults of others. Marcus Aurelius Chances are, if you’re reading this, then you’re trying to...

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