Time poverty is no joke — I’m yet to perfect the cloning process. Until that side project results in a fully functioning replica, doubling my productivity remains a pipe dream. But I have made minor changes to my routine to fit more in. These micro-productivity hacks are critical if you care about making the most of…

A short story about a damn good boy — Getting cancer was the second worst thing to happen to me that year. Eating hospital food was the worst. This is the story of a boy with Leukaemia. And a little sh*t of a dog. Dogs love unconditionally I don’t need to tell you that. …

Spend your hard-earned money on something else — I love being a full-time freelancer. I don’t love having to source the tools that a traditional agency would provide. I can’t ask for the logins for the tools I need because that would mean asking myself, and that’s a philosophical wormhole I don’t have time to tumble into. At…

A story of sloth, lethargy & missing limbs — There was a black cat next to me in the morning. His noise landed somewhere between a meow and the word “why.” It was all very surreal and haunting and didn’t half make me think I should close my eyes and go back to bed. …

It will happen to you too — “I’ve literally been dying to see this band”. Standing two rows from the stage, I wondered if this was a horrible misuse of the word ‘literally’. Or… Was this girl at the concert as part of a Make-A-Wish-style send-off before she died? Looking back, that should have been my first…

A science-backed approach inspired by cute crustaceans — Did you hear about the crab and the bucket? So it goes, a single crab can escape a bucket. But fill that bucket with crabs — things change. Instead of freedom, crabs drag each other down. No one escapes. There’s no malice. Each crab grabs something in their climb. They…

Give yourself permission to let go of something you’ve loved — I once found a squirrel in a bin in Washington, D.C. OK, that’s a bad example of a travel story. Thankfully, I’ve got a bunch more. I started a travel blog in 2017 to document my travels around the world. In 2023, I shut it down for good. Here’s why…

A delicious approach to doing, well… anything — I eat the bottom of the muffin first. Then, I finish with the delicious muffin top. I didn’t create this revolutionary lifestyle. You might recognize it from Seinfeld Season 8, episode 21. Here’s how this approach can better your life. There’s no blueprint for life No single solution. No guarantee of success. We’re all unique. …

BREAKING NEWS: It sucked. But science says there’s some method to the madness. — I took cold showers for 30 days. According to Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof, committed exposure to the cold can unlock various mental and physical benefits. As a cancer survivor with an acute anxiety disorder and PTSD, the speed of negative thoughts gets fast, then overwhelming. …