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Sending Slack messages from Laravel console commands

I recently struggled to get my Laravel 11 app to send messages to a Slack notification channel. My first confusion was that the docs refer to making the relevant model class notifiable and sending the …

The Importance of Reminders in my Trusted System

A snippet from my OneNote based Trusted System I have a sieve for a brain. I can forget things easily. Really easily. I blame this on my A.D.D, my general anxiety and some weapons grade hedonism in my …

Removing Redundancy When Writing

When I started this challenge I was focused on volume. I just needed to write some stuff and publish it. Writing each day has definitely helped me to get faster and also to have more and more ideas. …

Comparisons Can Be Harmful

Comparisons can be harmful, whether comparing yourself to others or judging other people. That person has better stuff than me. That person has it easy. Their business is doing better than mine. They …

At Least It's Not A Blue On Blue

Twitter told me yesterday that someone at 123-reg deleted a part of the internet. My immediate thought was: "Owch, that's got to hurt" And then: "I'm glad I'm not that boss right …

What Will People Think?

I got lots of interest and feedback from my morning routine post. Well, I say lots. I mean some. But, it was lots compared to the tumble-weeds that normally occur when publishing here. So, huge thanks …

My Morning Routine

A day last month 2024 edit: my morning routine looks nothing like this any more. I do still try to meditate and journal every day, though my workflow is very minimal and relaxed these days. There are …

Changing Your Internal Narrative

It is widely recognised that as humans we all have a sort of split personality. In our brain at its core, the limbic system, we have our lesser evolved chimp. This deals with emotions or feelings and …

Putting Some Fire in Your Belly

When I got back from my expedition to Scotland in April I was floating around for a few weeks before my feet properly touched the ground. I was so chill, ever so mellow, nothing could phase me or sour …