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It’s all very well knowing what you need to do, but how you do it is a very different problem. One that often gets forgotten. But it is the important second step, after you’ve identified what needs done, you need how you’re going to do it. And I’ve found the best way to get into […]

My mobile can have my attention when I’m ready to give it, no sooner, that’s why I turned off 90% of my notifications. All my apps don’t get to decide when I look at them I do, and my phone has become so much more pleasant to have on my person. It’s not constantly taking […]

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 […]