All my life I have been a great believer in the power of planning. You would think by this point I would have realised that in real life that is rarely the case and that the complexities of the world around me would interfere in some way but no, I still believe deep down that you plan and you execute.
Tag: think
what makes a great vacation?
Having come back from holiday a little less than 24 hours ago, straight into back to school preparations, the hope of a long lasting restorative effect is long gone.
activity based holidaying
“Will, work harder! We’re going to nail this front crawl! Then work on your tumble turn!” (Will is 3 years old and was quite happy splashing around in the pool until Dad came back from kayaking).
that’s better
If you have had any interactions, however fleeting, with any British people in the last week you will know we’ve been having a heatwave. We won’t have been able to not mention it.
normal service will be resumed
When I started this website I had wonderful intentions of a constantly overflowing fountain of exciting ideas and creative projects. But life gets in the way.
may tsundoku
Still working through sorting the house out but I did want to share what’s on my bedside table (figuratively, not literally. Bedside table all sorts of a mess).
march tsundoku
This month’s tsundoku includes a variety of quite different types of books, with some more or less likely to make it to the promised land of actually getting read.
perfection is the enemy of perfectly adequate
I have always been a perfectionist. I hate making mistakes. Simply the thought of others seeing my mistakes makes my face burn. It is impossible to enjoy activities that I’m not naturally very good at, and there are plenty of those (mainly sport related).
what’s the point of meetings?
A couple of years ago I was part of a group at work looking at why we have so many meetings and how to make them more productive. We came up with various best practices and pieces of advice but fundamentally the outcome was that people should only have meetings when there is a clear purpose to getting people together.
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