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One of the things I’ve tried to do this year is actively working on creating side projects. This has lead to some growing form ideas, some not even maturing past the seed. However, it has taught me that even in passing, a side project can be something to celebrate; the sheer fact you allowed that…

I love that my work means I get to be creative. However, one thing that maybe took me far too long to learn in this career is that I have to recharge that creative flow. When I don’t, not only do I feel it myself, everything becomes more difficult; honestly, my work isn’t as good.…

I adore my brain; it’s got me some pretty incredible experiences and a great life so far. For me, a consistent thread has been communication; how ideas come from inside that headspace to the outside world. I am not different from many, but I wanted to share how it’s ok to be frustrated at times.…

It’s taken me a very long time to work out that what I had thought of as meditation was not the only way. There is undoubtedly a place for stillness, sitting and being in the moment. However, that’s not the sole space of meditation. For me, I often find I get some crucial meditative boosts…

Do you ever have thoughts that borrow deep inside your head? It might be a worry or a doubt that seems to multiply the more it stays there, the more into your brain it grows. I think of this as brain worms, and they multiply. Brain worms start typically with one thing – it might…

If you say to anyone, ‘but I thought you were,’ this probably means you had told their story without them having the opportunity to tell theirs. They didn’t get the opportunity to tell you. Likely this means you also didn’t get their story right because the only true teller of someone’s story is them. Our…

Over the years, it’s seemed I gained fewer hobbies, space to do them. I slid into work mode. Everything became work. Clock in, focus, clock out. Even if I did something ‘casual’, it often had a flavour of work or was for a work reason. The more the years pass, the more this is changing…

I used to write every year my reflections on the year like a whole lot of people. It was my bow I tied on the season as I packaged it up and moved into the next. Time passed and I dropped this habit, this year though I feel the need to in a little way…

One of the big things I have focused on this year is doing more offline things. As a result I have rediscovered knitting. Whilst this has helped in logging me off its also had an unexpected benefit. I’ve found that by knitting a little at night my brain churns through things and unclogs itself. I’ve…