Turmeric and Ginger Slurry
Jan 19, 2020
Inspired by good friend Lawrence Hunt, and guided by this recipe, I’ve created my own, highly unpalatable version that’s relatively quick and easy
Bad News
Jan 9, 2020
A few years ago, principally triggered by the Brexit referendum outcome and the associated trauma, I asked myself the question What would happen if
Ten Books
Dec 16, 2019
Man do I love reading, sitting as it does in the very nexus of pleasure and meaning; intrinsically enjoyable, satisfying of intellectual curiosity
Do you even lift?
Dec 1, 2019
Obviously Betteridge has it covered already, but if you need further convincing you should watch this. Anyway, I had some rather tedious problems
Cycling in Majorca
Oct 31, 2019
I first went to Majorca in 2009 and I had no idea at the time what I was getting into. Since then I’ve made over 30 trips and it’s been some time
Happiness
Oct 3, 2019
Yeah, well, having tackled - and settled obviously - matters relating to nutrition, health, productivity and parenting with customary humility I
Sleep
Sep 24, 2019
Since reading Why We Sleep last year - by the very nice man Matthew Walker - I’ve become motivated to consistently, and quite unashamedly, get a
Beating Distraction
Jul 14, 2019
Okay, let’s kick off with a nice quote from Naval Ravikant. The modern struggle… Lone individuals summoning inhuman willpower - fasting,
The Joy of Podcasts
Jul 10, 2019
Without too much doubt I can say that discovering podcasts a year or so ago - and only a decade after everyone else got excited about them - has
(My) Nine Rules of Parenting
Jun 18, 2019
Being a parent is about as rewarding an activity as you’ll get to do in your life, but it’s not easy. I dare say I have very little to add to the
Best bits of 2019
Jun 8, 2019
Here’s a list of the stuff that has most entertained and educated me so far this year. Matthew Walker - Why We Sleep A genuinely wonderful book and
Forget Calories
Jun 6, 2019
Here’s a thing Every diet works (in the short term), every diet fails (in the end) There is a “nutritional Godwin’s Law” that states that, as an
GTD - Setting up Workflowy
Apr 13, 2019
If you haven’t read the previous article on the principles and process you should probably do that first. I’ll walk through how I’ve set up the
Getting Things Done
Apr 11, 2019
Quite literally actually. Perhaps a bit more literally : getting all of your easy stuff done in a really efficient way whilst achieving peace of
Enjoyment and Pleasure
Apr 8, 2019
I often quote the following from the outstanding book Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi “The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive
Spaced Learning
Mar 18, 2019
I love to read and get through a couple of hundred books a year not, by the way, that I finish anywhere near that number. Whilst reading is a
Compound Effect
Mar 14, 2019
I spend more time that I should reading about personal development (which is not to be in any way confused with self help neither is it a cry for
Calories In Calories Out
Mar 4, 2019
All diets work, all diets fail. Any diet that restricts energy intake for a while will see initial positive results. Unfortunately however, in the
Three Day Fast
Feb 27, 2019
Well, I’m about 65 hours into a 72 hour fast. So I thought why not bash out a quick post harnessing the focus and energy that being in a fasted
Inbox Zero
Feb 18, 2019
I’ve been practising ‘Inbox Zero’ for a few years now and it’s a valuable strategy to help deal with the daily battle against distraction. An
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