Written in July 2025: I have a rare month with nothing to worry about. I did well in my first semester, and I won’t know what I’m studying next semester until it begins. I’ve had a lot of time to think. All this time off means for the first time since my child was born,Continue reading “Life”
Category Archives: work
Ménière’s??
This is a follow-up to Ménière’s? VertigoIt’s been a rough week. I had two major vertigo incidents. One ruined our Sunday plans with friends and family. The other happened quite publicly at work. Now more people know. With hospital visits and sickness, I’m having to take a lot of time off work, but health takesContinue reading “Ménière’s??”
Mental bandwidth
Years of depression, anxiety, struggle, busyness and ongoing addiction have had a significant impact on my ability to think clearly. It was only when I committed to abstinence, occasional meditation and running that my mental clarity grew significantly. (I still slip up sometimes.) I was amazed by the mental bandwidth awarded to me for theseContinue reading “Mental bandwidth”
Don’t react, respond
Wanting to help is not the same as being helpful. I keep having to remind myself to respond instead of reacting. Stop, step back, assess, respond. When I fail to do that I’m like someone running into a burning building with no knowledge or plan. I want to help, but end up making things worse.Continue reading “Don’t react, respond”
Practice
If you look at the greats, they don’t just well perform on the day. They perform well on the day because they’ve practiced different eventualities, every move thousands of times before the day, making it look simple. Deliberate practice. They sweat the details. We don’t see the minute details of their practice and tweaking andContinue reading “Practice”
Deadlines
Deadlines ensure work is done in a reasonable time or faster than it would have otherwise been done. They’re powerful, create extra pressure and get stuff done, but they can be hard to stay on top of when you have multiple deadlines running simultaneously. This is more a lesson for myself: In the last fewContinue reading “Deadlines”
Age
Health and time – takeaways at the end. When you’re young, there’s a tendency to believe you’ll live forever. I believed my health and time would continue endlessly no matter what I did, so I treated my body and time accordingly. I don’t consider myself old but I’m beginning to notice some changes and asContinue reading “Age”
Opportunity
It’s taken most of my life to realise the power of opportunity and the present moment. Having missed many potentially life-changing opportunities, I learned the value and necessity of taking opportunities immediately and ultimately realised that it’s possible to create them. It’s easy to think that you’ll do something when the time’s ‘right’ but you’llContinue reading “Opportunity”
Incremental Progress
TLDR: Get plenty of rest and sleep, reduce distractions, prioritise, focus on what you can prevent, do your best, focus on what you can control, take opportunities immediately, respond don’t react. I made a commitment to myself to become a writer. This means writing every day. I write a lot that I never post andContinue reading “Incremental Progress”
Study
Study has the power to change your life. The keys are to pursue what interests you, read or listen a little every day, narrow down your filter over time and apply what you learn immediately. How you study is also important. It’s really important that you pursue what interests you, especially in the beginning. IfContinue reading “Study”
Goals
– You can have everything you want(just not all at once) (Series hiatus) TLDR Re-define realistic. Goals don’t need to be huge in the beginning. Be careful what you tell children about their dreams. Don’t delay gratification until you achieve your goals – enjoy the process, learn to not be attached to the result. AvoidContinue reading “Goals”
Burnout
(Unplanned post Part 2 – tools at the end) So now I’d like to talk about burnout. I’ll talk about how it developed, what it looks like, how it makes me feel and how I’m fighting it. How it developed It seems quite obvious, probably to you too if you read Part 1, but IContinue reading “Burnout”
