Another new chapter begins
For me, a huge part of enjoying my work is enjoying the people I work with. If I can’t develop strong connections with them, or they’ve all moved on, then I can no longer enjoy my work, and I need … Read more …
Untether
The 100 things challenge
Minimalism has been a part of my life for…. well, probably for most of my life. For me, living a minimalist lifestyle is about having only what I use. If I don’t use it, then my desire is to get rid … Read more …
You don’t need to be a millionaire
Many people think that they need to become millionaires in order to be financially free. But the truth is, you don’t – you only need to have more money coming in than what you can spend, but that money has … Read more …
The theme is changing
There’s a background theme to my life that’s slowly changing. I can feel it, and as some of the changes are occurring, I can see it. It started with this feeling of deleting everything on the blog and only maintaining popular, … Read more …
Backing up my life on the cloud
For well over a decade I’ve been using online storage solutions for files that have been important to me. But as the years have gone by, what I’ve wanted to store has quite dramatically increased in size. 2Gb of free … Read more …
It really is time to declutter our life
When Fanfan and I were trying to work out what to take with us to Melbourne and what to dump or sell, there was still so much stuff that we couldn’t make a decision on in the short time we … Read more …
I’m in the freelance web design business now
As a result of my success with the web design proposal last week and getting my first client, I spent most of the weekend working on a professional website to promote myself and my web design services. I’m excited to … Read more …
Do you want to drop off the grid?
With all the talk about NSA surveillance of everyone’s online activities, and how you can’t trust any corporation on the internet because they’re all complicit in monitoring your activities. there’s a lot of people getting more and more pissed off with … Read more …
Untethering from what doesn’t serve you
I’d like to talk about ‘untethering’, because I think it’s important. But before I do, let me give you a quote from one of my favourite authors, Ev Bogue, to explain what ‘tethering’ is: “A tether is an obligation that … Read more …
Evolving beyond
Whenever you evolve or get better at something, or you want to explore a new direction in life, people around you will try to prevent you. They’ll give you all manner of reasons and arguments about why you shouldn’t be … Read more …
The most annoying man on the planet
He’s been described as ‘the most annoying man on the planet’. I don’t think I’d give him that honour, but I’ve seen how annoying he can be. His name is Ev Bogue, and for me he’s been annoying, intriguing and … Read more …