Posted on April 22, 2016
Are you a glass half full or glass half empty person? The chances are that if you're tending towards the empty, that you also suffer from anxieties. You may even have a black dog following you around
Posted on April 23, 2016
I remember watching the first London Marathon on the TV as a kid in 1981. It was a big deal. This was back when we only had 3 channels on the TV. The BBC gave it rolling coverage for well into the
Posted on April 24, 2016
Quite a few of my old narratives were well and truly crushed today: I am unfit I don't do running I'll never run a marathon These were stories I was telling myself. Turns out all I needed to do was
Posted on April 25, 2016
2024 update: I never wrote this book. As I alluded yesterday, I am going to write a book about OneNote. I've been a fan of OneNote for over 10 years and have been meaning to write this book for as
Posted on April 28, 2016
Around 2010 there was a spate of blog posts bemoaning the end of the comment thread. The claim was that Twitter was making us dumber. We were too busy, or too lazy, to spend the time to craft a
Posted on April 29, 2016
TL;DR Years of a terrible diet, no exercise and not dealing with my underlying stress & anxiety problems left me a gibbering wreck. I was having panic attacks, experiencing physical pain and I was
Posted on April 30, 2016
Marc recently wrote a post called Disclaimer. Disclaimers, wordy intros, apologies: they’re all unnecessary. They water down the message. It resonated with me. I've already mentioned my tendency to
Posted on October 12, 2016
Getting a cart out of a rut is hard. The sides are steep and it's hard to gain purchase. Just a slight turn to either side is ineffective. The wheels won’t catch; they just hit the sides & bounce
Posted on December 29, 2016
2015 ended with me having a panic attack in a restaurant car-park, somewhere in South Bristol. It's not as bad as it sounds and in hindsight I put it down to that end-of-year,
Posted on December 31, 2016
Personal review posts of the outgoing year are becoming more popular and I enjoy reading them, particularly those produced by my peers. However, when I wrote mine earlier this week I purposely left