Back to the future part 2
Continued from part 1, in which I write about the origins of this blog in 2011. After blogging every day in 2011 and then limping through 2012, I tried to reignite the blog in 2013 because I did enjoy blogging and interacting with the people who read it and...
2020 in review
Susannah Conway’s Unravel Your Year 2021 workbook asks you to describe the year just gone by in three words. It’s left open to you how you interpret this: you could, I imagine, choose three words that describe the year from a global perspective, from a personal perspective or anywhere...
20 for 2020: week 52
Week of 21 December 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Keep pushing with the morning planning routine at work. So, how did that go then?I didn’t do it. I did, however, start to set up what I hope is a better...
20 for 2020: Week 51
Week of 14 December 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to track how many times I mindlessly picked up my phone and scrolled through stuff for no reason. So, how did that go then?I forgot. Again. Also, to be...
20 for 2020: week 50
Week of 7 December 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to track how many times I mindlessly picked up my phone and scrolled through stuff for no reason. And to force the morning ritual at work. So, how did...
20 for 2020: week 49
Week of 30 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to track how many times I mindlessly picked up my phone and scrolled through stuff for no reason. So, how did that go then?I forgot. On to 20 for...
20 for 2020: week 48
Week of 23 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to stop looking at my phone in moments between activities and do some kind of movement instead. So, how did that go then?Probably not so well. The phone’s in...
Bored and Brilliant: Challenge 7
This is the final of seven challenges in the Bored and Brilliant series, based on the exercises in the book by Manoush Zomorodi. I actually started this challenge in March 2019 after I read the book. I got all the way through the first six challenges last year and...
20 for 2020: week 46
Week of 9 November 2020My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Put the phone down! Not unconsciously check Instagram. Move more. Not stay sitting down in one place for too long. So, how did that go then?This work has been very busy at...
20 for 2020: week 45
Week of 2 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Learn to identify early warning signs of becoming distressed in overwhelming situations and removing myself instead of trying to push through because I “have to” stay somewhere. So, how did that...