Hold a stone in your hand, you cannot hold anything else. Hold nothing in your hand, you can hold anything. -Zen teachings. Possessing things stops you from your potential. Being versatile gives you more ability to feel free.

Ive talked about my rule before that if I don't get two swims in a week in then I'm too busy. Well, recently I've been able to push them in and I was on the verge of not meeting that rule, but only because of random openings in my schedule. Anyway, the other day when […]

When my Nana passed away a few years back, I was looking through her stuff as any good grandchild would. She had actually hidden a massive pile of sentimental stuff, like family photos from more than 100 years ago, and scrapbooks of things that is grandchildren and great-grandchildren had written her. Well, in amongst it […]

'Choose to do nothing, or write' -Neil Gaiman. Words to live by. This particular part of Tim Ferriss' recent podcast really struck me. The basic premise is this: give yourself the permission to only do two things; 1) nothing, or 2) the thing you set out to do originally, in Neil Gaiman's case, write. According […]

Don't do it. I'm about to embark on a journey. It's a journey I've done multiple times, only this time it's different. This time it's the same journey, only with a new leader. That in itself is enough to excuse ill preparation. I could do minimal preparation and then at the end say 'it's ok, […]

By writing, you hold your thoughts accountable. Putting them down onto the page, or screen in my case, puts them out into the world, and putting anything out into the world means putting them up for scrutiny. This means you have to have a strong argument, otherwise it will be ripped apart. Sometimes I put […]

Of course it's good to care about what those who mind think about you, but I don't think you should listen to it all the time. If they have compelling arguments, listen. If their arguments don't stack up in your mind, don't worry. If they were truly dear to you they should have an unconditional […]