Blog Archive -2026

This one’s about how #thebusyness has weaponised the min-maxing trend, made faffing around a no no and what we’re missing out on as a result. It’s a small attempt to make faffing around great again (MFAGA).

This one is a reminder that sometimes making things slightly less sh1t in the short term may make things a lot worse for you in the long term, with some tips about looking deeper into the changes you want to make so that you can make them stick.

This one’s a trip down memory lane inspired by a genius question. It’s about the gifts we get off people that aren’t things and how, maybe, we already have all the answers, but we just need a bit of help realising that.

A story about weirdness, fitting in and how accepting yourself for who you are is the key to making the most of the gift of life that we have all been given.

A post about the rise of podcasts, their ability to fill but maybe not satisfy our need for human connection and how we spend our whole lives in a trance, so it’s important to choose to be in the right trance at any given moment.

A bit of a rant about the most pervasive and crippling thing humanity has ever faced, with some tips on how to treat it.

A tale of sagging pants, a joy destroying super power and the important role that awareness plays in having a brilliant life.

A short story about reincarnation, avocados, the Rhondda Valley, sheep shearing, music and life, with a suggestion that we should all look beyond the surface to find the insights we need to thrive in the 21st century.

This little tale illustrates how, sometimes, when we most need wise advice on how to move forward, we just aren’t able to seek it from the right sources and gives some tips on how to change that.

Inspired by a blog about Modern Life Syndrome (MLS), this post is a short piece of reflection on the things I’ve put in place to keep me MLS free, that will hopefully help you do the same.

A short piece about to-do and to-don’t lists, how what-if-ing can take you to some interesting places and, to complement our posts on the ten commandments of happiness, a new testament take on things.

A story about catching monkeys, cat toys, rude drivers and how the universe finds a way to remind you of stuff just when you need it.

This one starts with me sharing the changes I’ve made to reduce the impact of enshittification on my online usage, has a bit of a poke at the rose tinted world of linkedin and then gets serious about mediocrity and how we can combat it.

This post follows on from Week 2788 and brings together stoicisim, wellbeing, Daniel Pink and Thunderbirds to help you on your journey to best self.

A story about grandkids, horses and country roads, with some well tested advice on how to minimise the damage potholes do to your car and in your life.

A short story about the lengths people go to prove themselves right and the true power an attitude of gratitude has to transform your life.

A story about teaching and learning, the difference between knowing something and living it and a brief trip down memory lane to the fictional town of Trumpton.

This one starts with a an admission of failure, quickly turns into a celebration of being winning out over doing and then evolves into offering a solution to the curse of mediocrity which seems to have become a default setting for so many people.

A post about the weaponisation of differences, our unhealthy relationship with fear and how choosing to focus on similarities can help us kick the fear habit.

This is the third and last in a short series unpacking the brilliant ten commandments of happiness from the Art of Brilliance team and digging deeper into how following them will help you live a brilliant life.

This is the second in a short series unpacking the brilliant ten commandments of happiness from the Art of Brilliance team and digging deeper into how following them will help you live a brilliant life.

The first in a short series unpacking the brilliant ten commandments of happiness from the Art of Brilliance team, with a small rant about marketing and online advertising thrown in for free.

A story about audiophile ludditery, car playlists and how they revealed to me the secret of thriving in the 21st century.

A tale about turning a bad few days into a valuable week of reflective learning and how our attitude can be the author of our life story, if we let it.

A tale of gluttony, reflection over the festive period and some thoughts on how to make new years’ resolutions work for you.