A few years ago I read a book that upended everything I thought I knew about time management and productivity. The book is Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. The gist of the book is in the title. The human life expectancy sits somewhere around 80 years, and if you do make it to that…
Read moreThe Paradox of Productivity
Here’s a question for you: How would you like to be more productive? This is a rhetorical question, but I feel like I can hear your answer through my screen, and it goes something like “Duh, who wouldn’t want to be more productive?” The thing about the productivity though, is that it’s an endless pursuit,…
Read moreSmall Steps
Imagine you’re on a scenic walk and you come across a raised cliff. It stretches to the horizon in both directions and is at least as tall as you so that it poses an obstacle in your path. To proceed with your walk, you have two choices: you can take the cliff head-on and attempt…
Read moreBe Soaked And Happy – Part 2
Last week I told a little story about the night my wife and I got caught in a storm on one of our date nights and had little choice but to make the most of the experience. I’ve spent the last few days thinking about this still, especially in the wake of the recent storms…
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There is a line in a book that I come back to every few weeks, and have done so ever since I came across it a few years ago. Given the recent change in weather, with all the precipitation we’ve had this week, I’ve found myself thinking about it again, and it reminds me of…
Read moreFailing For The Future
Regular readers of this blog will know that there are certain concepts I tend to come back to repeatedly because I find them fascinating. Two of these, which I hope to discuss in this post, are the concepts of the future self and our misconceived notions of failure, and their intersection. The idea that our…
Read more2024: Here We Go
Happy New Year. It feels like yesterday when I wrote a blog post to reflect on 2023 and to say there’ll be a 2-week hiatus in my posting schedule, but here we are again. It’s the first week of 2024, and this January, like every January, I feel like I’ve been inundated with the same…
Read more2023 Reflections
Last December I wrote a two-part blog piece to reflect on the year 2022. In the blink of an eye, the end of the year has come around again, so I figured I’d lay the groundwork for what will hopefully become an annual tradition, and write a piece to reflect on 2023. So, what happened…
Read moreIn The End
Millions of people across the pond, and the world over celebrated Thanksgiving the other week, and once again, we find ourselves smack in the middle of the holiday season. This is a time of year that emphasises connection, getting together with loved ones, breaking bread and drinking wine with those around us, our colleagues, our…
Read moreMetrics
As I write this, we find ourselves in a peculiar time of the year. You know the one I’m talking about, when the weather turns bitterly cold, we get our first glimpse of snow, it’s dark for most of the day, and despite the subzero temperatures, the streets are awash with people out and about…
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