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Gifts, Passions, Service (GPS)
I was lucky enough to see Afdhel Aziz speak recently. He had a great story, which was basically that he was killing it in corporate life and in marketing, but found his work devoid of meaning. I don’t know whether … Continue reading
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One year ago, I stopped drinking
I posted this on the Stop Drinking subreddit at Reddit last week. Thought I put it up here too; who knows, someone might find it useful one day… TL;DR – One year and two days ago, aged 43, I woke … Continue reading
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Progress
It’s slow. But I’m meeting two people this week who have left the company I work at to do different things. As long as I’m taking action every day, then I’m happy as I’m moving in the right direction. Baby … Continue reading
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Action is king
I’ve learned a lot in sobriety. One of the things I’ve learned is that it’s one thing to know, think and say stuff, but it’s something else entirely to take action. The first thing I learned – and I didn’t … Continue reading
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I’m back, nothing and something has changed
I’ve been on a journey and I’m back. I know the 15 users in Russia who viewed my previous posts in 2012 will be relieved! I started this blog because I wanted to get away from the corporate bullshit. Lately, … Continue reading
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Things must change, and I like going surfing.
Everything is linked. My growing interest in ecology, sustainability and the belief that as humans we are better to do nothing unless it directly benefits those around us and the planet ties in nicely with the fact that I’d prefer … Continue reading
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Love this blog post – you only need $40k to be happy
OK so it was published in 2004, it was US dollars, so that number may have gone up a bit by 2010 – maybe it’s AUD 60-70k now. Whatever – it validates my thinking. I recently bitched and moaned and … Continue reading
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Back to the land and sea
I think I’ve found a phrase for my philosophy and my next work endeavour: back to the land and sea. I think it has a nice ring to it.
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Do less and life is better
The more I read, the more I find people thinking in like-minded ways. It started with Tom Hodgkinson’s “How to be free” and the latest thing I’ve found is the slow food manifesto, reproduced below from http://www.slowfood.com/about_us/eng/manifesto.lasso. It all amounts … Continue reading
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Is D-Day here?
Almost passively, I have arrived at a potential crossroads. I have two choices: either I ask for more leave, even though I’m already 8 days overdrawn, and go on the surf trip, or I quit my job, go on the surf … Continue reading
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Flows Free 