Everything in your past has succeeded in bringing you here today
A friend of mine had a discussion with me during the week about free speech. He tried to get me to understand that sometimes suppressing free speech was a good thing. Some people might get offended at the words someone … Read more …
The one constant in my journey is change. There’s always change. Even when I think something is certain, it’s going to change. A case in point is when I decided a few months ago to move away from things that inspired me … Read more …
As I’ve been writing about recently, I’m in the process of getting a BMW. I’ve been looking at various high performance models within a strict budget based on what I’d get from selling the 4WD plus a bit extra, but … Read more …
We’re all born with a gift, but most of us go through our entire lives without ever knowing what that gift is. Some of us try to find it, some of us succeed. Some of us never succeed, no matter … Read more …
I woke up this morning to find a new trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie, which I watched with a sense of excitement. It was 1977 when Star Wars first came out, and I wasn’t allowed to see it … Read more …
I opened Facebook this morning and at the top there was a notification of a new feature showing what I’ve posted on this day in years past. The first one was ‘on this day last year’, but then I also … Read more …
Last night I sat up in bed at midnight and wrote 200 crappy words because I knew that I had to. I learned a long time ago that if you want to succeed at something, you need to keep at … Read more …
One of the greatest challenges of modern times is to work out what our purpose in life is. It used to be that our purpose was to breed in order to further the human race, and hopefully to stay alive long … Read more …
If you’re not saying “Hell yeah!” to something or someone, then say no. Too many people get caught up in the grey area of ‘maybe’. If you’re not enthusiastic and excited about something or someone, then you’re not interested. Move … Read more …
We didn’t earn any of the things that really keep us alive, or that make life good. We didn’t earn air. We didn’t earn being born. We didn’t earn our conception. We didn’t earn being able to breathe. We didn’t … Read more …
Over at Web Design 4 You I design websites for people, businesses and organisations. From today I’ve changed the business model so that instead of setting a fixed price for my web design services, I’m giving completed websites as gifts. … Read more …
One of the things I saw when I visited Shanghai, China in 2011 was a lot of people standing by the side of the road. Lots of roads. They were just standing there. Not looking at anything or anyone, not … Read more …
It was a brief holiday my wife and I had, traveling up to Sydney yesterday for the Bruce Springsteen concert, staying overnight, and coming back home today. Just like the concert was, it was a wild and wonderful ride. We … Read more …