Are you busy? Because this article has got out of hand. Just counted—it’s 5,000 words. Isn’t that like a book or something? And it includes stories about my enchanted homeland of New Zealand (kidding about the enchanted part). And I talk about how my parents tried to give me away because I was so embarrassing […]
If DOING NOTHING were a Pill it'd be Worth a Fortune!
It’s only by stepping briefly away from my wife and bosses and friends that I’ll have anything useful to bring to them. Pico Iyer This quote comes from an article published late last year in the NY Times. And can I just say… Aaaaaah, and… I agree, and … Of course I agree – it’s […]
So I received this question the other day…
“How do I stop my ‘monkey mind’, i.e. incessant thinking & chatter inside my head?” Great question, which is why I thought I’d answer it here, with the … So, first thing … Do NOT worry about the fact that you have a MONKEY MIND It’s perfectly normal. And while there are ways to slow […]
Recipe for 'Holy Cow' Brilliant Ideas!
One of my favorite things in the world is to solve a problem (yeah, yeah, challenge) with some wacky completely perfect solution even though woah no-one else has done it like this! But here’s the thing. I used to study science. A lot of science. (Nutritional Science). And science-studying doesn’t teach you about original ideas […]
I Hereby Crown 2012 The Year of Doing Nothing!
We all have goals! Which actually is the very point to doing nothing sometimes, because the more you do nothing the more your other non, non-doing goals get done. Like painting the house or starting the book you’ve always wanted to write or oh my god, finally learning how to use Twitter. Then there are […]
You Should Like Totally Meet My Friend Bob and His Mental Health
Whenever I see this poem it reminds me of a funny friend of mine who one day when I was trying to sell my house and had this painting lying around advised me to get rid of my man hating poem. Which is the kind of thing that can happen when you only read the […]