Now having had to empty two places, I have a pretty good idea why we shouldn’t be collecting so much stuff, and just how easy it is to accumulate things that we simply do not need. My father was the worst culprit. I remember throwing out cans and cans of paint, some of which had […]

There’s a bit of an odd phenomena that I’ve noticed between Japan and New Zealand; sitting on the floor. In Japanese elementary schools, each child has their own desk and chair and they often sit in rows usually with a pair. In New Zealand primary schools, at least in my case, we had chairs and […]

Isn't it wonderful but also strange that the hardest things to put into words are the most common themes for songs and art. Love and heartbreak is so hard to describe that we need different media to do so, and I feel that we still miss the mark. This is not a hit at artists […]

We talk about your place on the team, because that could change, but your place on the family? If you’re part of the family, you’re always part of the family, but teams can be split. In a family, love comes first. In a team, goals come first. In a family, the shared goal is happiness […]

I’m trying to improve my swim time for the triathlon this year, and this morning I wasn’t as fast as I hoped I would be. I want to swim the 1.5k in under 20 minutes, and at the moment I’m just over, at around 20 minutes 30 seconds. Well, that was when I timed myself […]

Don’t over-focus on the solution, focus on the problem. Know the problem. Constant refinement. Design. Always make someone’s life better than before they met you. These are all from this short podcast called Business is Boring on Asuwere by the Spinoff team. Great advice to keep in mind.

My dad gave me some advice to overcome adversity. He told me the important thing was keeping the same routines, no matter how tough it got. Dad had broken up with my mum, but he still did things as per usual. To be honest, it was as if it didn’t faze him, which sounds harsh, […]