Daily notes and things that don't belong on my newsletter or in other tags.
There has been a lot of change around here. In the last seven months, I've turned 50, got a new job, sold my house and moved country. Â In a sentence, it doesn't look much, but I suspect that a therapist would talk about 'life changes&...
I ran five kilometres this morning. Four months ago I couldn't run for a minute. I used to visit the gym two or three times a week, repeat twenty or thirty minutes of cardio. Sure, I'd be sweaty and puffed out, but I couldn't...
I'm over halfway through the Couch to 5km programme [https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week/], it's the first time I have undertaken a fitness challenge like this one. I'm not a natural runner, so it has taken some effort to get here, but...
I've written before about digital detox, and the benefits that reducing electronic clutter and dependence on devices has had on my productivity, and mental health. This weekend, I was interested to read a story that started in the tabloids about Simon Cowell, who has reportedly given up his...
This is a review of 12 Rules for Life: An antidote to chaos [https://amzn.to/2sHSD4v], a book written by Jordan Peterson. It's fair to say that Jordan Peterson is enjoying a 'moment', from academic to YouTube 'person of interest', there has been...
It's a funny thing. Someone stole a day. My plane took off from Vancouver on Tuesday night - flew for fifteen hours, and I touched down in Sydney on Thursday morning. The International Date Line is a strange, arbitrary line where one side is Monday and the other...
