Category: Life
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Packing
I’m almost half-way through my two-day week – the result of a Monday Bank Holiday and me flying to Spain on Thursday for a break in the sun. And despite all the unfinished tasks in my various Things 3 projects, all I can think of is the need to pack my bags tomorrow evening. Although…
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Awake
I’ve been awake since 3am this morning and I’m not that bothered. For starters, I’ve no idea what woke me up. The apartment was silent. I was just awake. No illness, no stress, just awake. After tossing and turning for about thirty minutes, I gave up and started to read. After an agonising ninety minutes,…
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Spring
Spring has, allegedly, sprung. Meanwhile in London, it’s dark, windy and very wet. I’ve been up since 5am, so I can catch an early train down to Brighton. I’m working down there today – the first of three client visits this quarter. And I ever so slightly regret agreeing to a 9am start time. Anyway,…
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Email
After six hours of very interrupted sleep, starting this morning wasn’t the easiest. But I had a big event to run as soon as I got into the office, so that was all the motivation I needed to get out of bed and get the day started. Unfortunately, I arrived to an in-box of absolute…
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Commitments
Even when we want to, we can’t keep all our commitments. This is something I need to remind myself of, especially when others let me down. Thinking about this earlier today, I realised that I’d much rather know about a cancellation or disappointment straight away, no matter how abrupt, than be left hanging on indefinitely,…
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Saturday
It was pretty much a perfect Saturday. Despite being woken by our feral neighbours at an ungodly hour, the day improved immeasurably from that point. I spent a couple of hours lying on the sofa, reading and drinking coffee. After finally getting showered and dressed, we headed to an art fair in Shoreditch and had…
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On paper.
Yesterday, my new box of business cards arrived. You might be wondering why someone working in London in 2023 might need business cards. I wondered it myself. But in a single week, I had a half dozen occasions when someone asked me for a card. And all I had to give were cards with my…
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Time with friends
Last night, I met up with nine of my closest friends and celebrated my birthday. It was nothing fancy – we just went to the local Brewdog for buffalo wings and beers. But by the end of the night, my jaw ached from laughing. Time with friends is better than any other kind of entertainment.…
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Entering my 48th year
I turned 47 earlier this week, an event that really didn’t matter much at all. It’s not that it wasn’t celebrated. It’s not that I didn’t get some nice cards and gifts. It’s that I really don’t feel any different and don’t intend changing as a result. I’ve never been the kind of person who…
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Time for ‘Dry February’?
So…completing Dry January was a doddle. And then, normal service resumed and I realised just how god-awful I feel after a night on the beers. Not ‘waking up in a skip’ or ‘I’ve lost all my belongings’ or ‘waking up with a mystery tattoo’ awful, but just exhausted and wiped out. So basically, the answer…
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