Thinking out loud – Page 3

The road in context

The phone needs charging and I’m in a fit of the humdrums. I look over to the bookshelf and ask if there’s anything there to entice me? With this house being so drafty, I haven’t been game to bring my books out of storage – a fear justified by last summer’s dust storms. On topContinue reading “The road in context”

Procrastination

If I want to solve a problem, one method I use is to write a blog post about it. This method has one major benefit. It allows me to procrastinate. There’s something over there I should be doing, but for whatever reason I’m just not drawn to it. Why? In this case, the thing overContinue reading “Procrastination”

By way of efficiency comes decline

There are a few more jigsaws on tables around the world than might normally be the case. Some people are rediscovering why they gave them up in the first place. Some people might be realising there’s more to this than meets the eye. Visual acuity is a term for clarity of vision. For clarity, weContinue reading “By way of efficiency comes decline”

Distracted by Less Distractions

Less distractions; less to write about. That’s what I thought. A Year of Less Distractions should mean being distracted less than has been the usual. With that in mind, I fully expected one of the causalities would be my ‘excessive’ use of YouTube. But it was there I found my first lead on how toContinue reading “Distracted by Less Distractions”

End of another decade

It came as a surprise. ‘End of the decade’ he said. I hadn’t noticed. Turns out, it is December 2019, and next year will be 2020. Thinking in terms of decades is not something we do very often. Usually only once every 10 years. And a decade feels such a long period of time. I’veContinue reading “End of another decade”

A different approach

Beware unintended consequences because you might get what you asked for. This wasn’t what I had in mind when I said ‘Bigger’! But first a bit of background. Before starting this site, I read some how-to-blog blogs and gathered a few tips and tricks. First, be informative and inspirational if you want to encourage peopleContinue reading “A different approach”