The magic 50!

Fifty This is my 50th article in 111 days, and it has gone by in an absolute whirlwind. It seems like yesterday that I first sat down at my computer and started typing out the words to welcome to my journey. And what a journey it has been so far. I have learnt tons, and […]

The time was right to take a break

I’m sure no one noticed, but I took a break last week. It was mine and my son’s birthdays and we had a weekend away planned with good friends, the first in nearly a year. So we packed up the car, and headed up the roads to Center Parcs, and had an absolute whale of […]

Why you need to believe in yourself

It’s all too easy to let the waves of self doubt wash over you from time to time. It may start as something really small, but it easily grows unless you can truly believe in yourself. Steven Pressfield would refer to this self doubt as ‘resistance’ in his book “The War of Art” (which I […]

The rollercoaster of sharing your work

A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to actively promote my journey by 1st May in my leap of faith. That is today. So this post will be the gateway to my friends, family, acquaintances or anyone else that happens to stumble across this article. I’ll start very candidly, there is no expectation for […]

What to do when you suffer a creativity crisis

The last week was a slog. I found myself struggling with what to write, even though I’ve got a database of ideas. But it didn’t really feel like any of them jumped out at me. To be fair, the last few months of writing or filming have gone pretty well to be fair, so maybe […]

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The Leap of Faith

I’ve spent the last couple of days going through an introspective review of how 2021 is going so far, and where else I want to go. A few friends and family have become aware of my ramblings and YouTube videos through social media, although I haven’t largely shared too much on my own personal channels. […]

The Secret…

Some much has happened over the past few months, and I’ll definitely be giving you more detail in terms of the resources that I used, the systems I’ve utilised, and the progress that I have made. But to me, the below is the best place to start in terms of creating your own contact, no […]

Burnout already??

So this may seem like a real deep and meaningful post already, but I listened to an interview with Austin Kleon, and it came across that blogging is not about the search for what you should say, but you blog because you have something to say. And I feel this is something I need to […]