I’m finding it hard to get going this year - 2012 has not gone off like a rocket for me because I’ve been poorly since the New Year’s Eve fireworks. So I am totally with you if you can’t be doing with all this resolution/intentional living/goal-setting/big life stuff I’ve been going on about. However, I have been incubating lots of ideas and projects and inspirations … [Read more...] about Pacifying the Urgency Monster
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How to create a bespoke future
Yesterday I was talking about Eddie Izzard and the art of living big. You may have asked yourself the question, what would my Big Life look like? If that seems overwhelming, start smallish and work up. Start by doing an assessment of your life in 2011 - what went well and what didn’t? What would you like your personal theme of 2012 to be? It could be a tune, a photograph, a painting, a quote, … [Read more...] about How to create a bespoke future
Eddie Izzard and the art of living a big life
We can’t all be like Eddie Izzard. We won’t all be able to run 43 marathons for charity or do stand-up comedy in French and Russian. Eddie lives his life with military precision and plans far into the future. I have no doubt he will fulfil his ambitions to become Mayor of London or an MP by 2020. But that’s Eddie for you - he’s a relentless superman. However, if you are an ordinary mortal who … [Read more...] about Eddie Izzard and the art of living a big life
Memories are only stories
Today is a bank holiday, but I know what you’re thinking. “Oh God, I’ve got to go back to work tomorrow… I’ve been sitting around for a week and a bit and haven’t really achieved anything… All those things I’ve got to do… I haven’t even started on my list… Resolutions? Haven’t even thought of any yet… Does that make … [Read more...] about Memories are only stories
My only New Year resolution
Welcome to 2012. My first and possibly only resolution is to post one pearl of wisdom (and I’m not bigging myself up here, this is stuff I’ve learned from people who know a lot more about the meaning of life than I do) for every day of this exceptional year. How do I know it will be exceptional? Because it’s Olympics year, it’s the Queen’s Golden Jubilee year, … [Read more...] about My only New Year resolution