September 13, 2016
September 2016
September 12, 2016
Illuminate your life with these 7 Quantified Self and lifelogging apps
This week we did a podcast on the Quantified Self and lifelogging, something I’ve been interested in ever since I read Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell’s book Total Recall: How the E-memory Revolution Will Change Everything. We’re in a place and time where documenting our lives has never been easier....
September 12, 2016
Listening to music together is key to good relationships
Music moves souls closer together. I know I share playlists with you. I would love to get to know you better through your playlists. Send me link to one of your Spotify playlists or Youtube playlist or just type the titles in the comment section.
September 11, 2016
Things I got rid of
A few days ago, I wrote a post about minimalism and mentioned a guy named Fumio Sasaki, and the other day I watched a channel 4 documentary called Life Stripped Bare. I’m now feeling inspired to begin decluttering my life and move more toward the minimalist spectrum of things. I...
September 10, 2016
What I’ve been listening to this week
Hello beautiful people. It’s Saturday. It’s raining. And I’m suppose to be at a food festival. Somehow the idea of eating a soggy burger just doesn’t appeal. Maybe tomorrow. Meanwhile… Over the coming weeks, I plan to add some regular columns to the blog, like this one ‘What I’ve been...
September 10, 2016
Netwalking in the Clent Hills
I have a love/hate relationship with small business networking events, but netwalking – networking while hiking – is awesome. What makes it different is we’re all focused on the shared activity of walking – the networking is secondary and happens naturally as we walk along the trail talking with one...
September 8, 2016
sometimes it is, sometimes it’s not
From the street artist Konny Steding via Savage Eyes. I dig the flow of her lines.
September 8, 2016
Don’t eat that!
Considering I just finished wolfing down a Big Kahuna Burger from the Royal Pug in Leamington Spa, writing this post is probably out of turn. The Royal Pug has added this beauty to the menu – The Big Kahuna. Very tasty and has a lovely kick from the jalapeños |...
September 7, 2016
It’s helpful for all of us to feel a bit special
“As a specimen, yes, I’m intimidating!…As you see, I’ve got biceps to spare!…I’m especially good at expectorating!…And every last inch of me’s covered in hair.” – Gaston, Beauty and the Beast Me, me, me – me too. I’m trying to figure out where on the continuum between healthy ego to...
September 7, 2016
Time to make the donuts
I sometimes wonder why I even read the news. This was waiting for me in my inbox this morning: While you were sleeping The Syrian government dropped chlorine gas in Aleppo. The UN condemned North Korea’s missile launch. Corsica upheld its Burkini ban. Bill Cosby was assigned a trial date....
September 6, 2016
That’s the dream
You know, I’m always harping on the idea that you should do what you love and love what you do. I don’t know how many times I’ve shared this quote: The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his...
September 6, 2016
When less is more
How much stuff do you have in your house or flat? If you’re anything like the average person, you’ll have about 300,000 items. I’m pretty sure we have twice that amount. What if you could only have 150 items, which ones would you keep? Don’t think it can be done?...
September 5, 2016
To vote is to exist – Milton Glaser
When it comes to politics, I’m usually not very vocal about it online. I like politics. I was an instrument of politics as an army officer. I just tend not to talk too much about it on the Internet. But in this Bloomberg video, Milton Glaser makes two very good...
September 5, 2016
Purge, don’t organise
Time freedom is like a mythical creature we chase believing it will somehow make our lives better if we can find and catch it. I was reading through this list of life hacks and noticed that a lot of the hacks are about saving time. Americans spend 9.1 years of...
September 3, 2016
Not a fact
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. – Marcus Aurelius
September 2, 2016
Never quit, right?
At least that’s how I was raised. My mom didn’t care if I tried and failed, but she we go mad if I gave up and quit. There were lots of things I did when I was younger that I absolutely hated and probably would have been better off to...
September 1, 2016
I remembered an important childhood lesson
I was out walking along a path I know well. I closed my eyes for no apparent reason, but I’m glad I did because I remembered this lesson: we walk by faith, not by sight.