When I saw the words "a productivity system for organising your life" I was skeptical. I immediately rolled my eyes actually, rather assuming that the YouTube video in question would be a gratuitous plug for some new app. I've done that all too many times. From dietting to dating, there's an £11.99 per month app for everything that's...
Getting everything you've ever wanted still won't be enough. Sorry, but it's true. You could say, 'surely, to say that for certain, you'd need to have lived a life of opulence first?' That's one way to find out for sure. Or you could save yourself a lot of time and trauma and simply Google it. There are plenty of examples out there....
There are many reasons that keep people in the same job for years and years. Maybe you want your career to go somewhere and sticking it out for the long run is the way to get noticed. Or maybe you don't really like the job at all and are simply in it for the money. But I reckon the biggest...
There's a stark and erroneous conflation between busyness and productivity, when in fact the exact opposite is true - being busy does not mean that you're being productive.
When I first heard the term Finsta, somebody had to explain to me what it meant. A bit embarrassing for a guy whose career was already several years vested on the tech industry. I admit, when it comes to things outside of work that are (let's be honest) largely unimportant, I'm a bit of a gran! And so too, if...
So we're fast-forwarding a lot this time. More than a year has passed since I was having daily mindful moments by the riverside in Kandersteg. It's 9 PM on Sunday, August 18th 2019. I'm 30,000 feet above Glasgow in a plane that's just started its descent toward the runway.
Beep-beep, beep-beep. Beep-beep, beep-beep. I awoke, stirred slightly, stretching an arm out to smash the snooze button, perhaps for the second time. I'm very quick to wake but very slow to start functioning again. The sun had barely risen, but today was the day. I unplugged my phone and checked the time. 6 AM - good, I'm not running...
I first discovered the concept of minimalism back in 2018. It was a different time, in more ways than one. I've started thinking about my life using terms like "pre-covid" and "post-covid," as if it's comparable to the birth of Christ. A bold comparison, I'm aware, but the Coronavirus lockdown has seen me go through a few major paradigm shifts....
Saying 2020 wasn't a great year would be the understatement of the year. It was a shit show! At the time of this writing, since November 2019 there have been more than 81 million confirmed cases of Coronavirus, a SARS outbreak which has claimed at least 1.77 million lives. The country went into lockdown on the 23rd March, with Prime...
It had just gone 5:45 PM one Monday evening in mid-to-late 2017. I had just boarded my train home from Glasgow City Centre when I suddenly took what my gran would call "a funny turn." My chest was tight as I struggled for breath, my heart pounding so hard I thought my ribcage would burst open like that scene...