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To think, to write, to work. 30 minutes without checking your phone, looking at Facebook or watching tv, just half an hour to think about what needs done next, where you want to go, and to write it down on a piece of paper. It can be surprisingly hard to find, but absolutely worth the […]

Everyone has basic needs they need to fulfil, you know you need to brush your teeth, drink 2 litres of water and eat breakfast for instance, but a lot of people don’t want to do these things. But the secret of the kind of people who love staying healthy is, at some point, they didn’t […]

I’ve been getting up at 7 am on the first alarm ring for months now. Do you know how I’ve managed to do this? Because my alarm is on the other side of the room and it is loud and annoying, so I have to physically get out of bed and walk over to turn […]

You’ll do 40% more than someone who practises every weekday. 40% is a lot, especially when it starts compounding on itself and growing. But ok that assumes you practise the same amount every day, well what if you work on something at the weekends only but you have two long 4 hour sessions of practice, […]

I’m caffeine sensitive to the point where I’ve been kept awake at night because I had a strong coffee 8 hours previously. The other day when I was very tired it got to about 5 o clock and I was flaking, almost ready for my bed and so my inner turmoil began. Wondering whether I […]

While seeing the tax come out of your wage every week always feels a little bad it’s actually a great privilege. Paying tax means you’re making more money than most, and the more tax you pay the more you’re earning and so the better off you likely are. And if you’re not paying tax then […]

I was watching the salt lamp in my bedroom turn itself off last night with the timer we have it plugged into marvelling at how such a simple thing can make my life so much better. It’s set to come on in the morning during weekdays when the alarm goes off while it’s dark outside […]

This is one of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules For Life, to aim for better, to aim to make today better than yesterday and head towards a place that is better than right now. Not in a hedonistic way but a much smaller simpler way. For instance, if you have a big stack of paperwork on […]

But you have to show up and do the work anyway. Just the same as how you go to your job on the bad days if there’s something you’re working on at home you have to show up on the bad days and do it. In fact, showing up on the bad days is more […]

Yesterday I officially moved my site to a new domain, if you get this blog post via email then more than likely you didn’t notice because hopefully it all worked and sent as normal. But to officially let you know this blog is now at kieranmacrae.blog, if you go to moneyonfire.co.uk you should be redirected to here […]