It’s Sunday, a regular Sunday, nothing out of the ordinary. I know people out there are sleeping off the night before and relaxing, so that should be okay for me right? Yet there’s something that’s making me restless, and it’s the thought that I should always be working harder and longer than I am. When […]
Jimmy Osmond and Networking for the Introverted Entrepreneur
“Excuse me…” I asked, knocking on the glass partition of the first class train carriage. “Are you Jimmy Osmond?” I was on a train back from London late last night when I spotted the youngest of the Osmonds. I’d like to say that I walked over to him confidently, introduced myself and began chatting easily […]
Springsteen Philosophy – Don't let the past eat you up.
Anyone who knows me, knows how much I admire Bruce. He has record breaking eye sight because every time I’ve been to see him I swear he’s managed to find me in the crowd and sing right at me… Dreaming aside, the Observer Music Monthly caught my eye in January for featuring an interview with […]
Your chaotic thought process isn't wrong!
Ever wish you had linear thoughts? I sometimes think it would be nice if my ideas formulated in order, from start to finish, and grouping themselves in the correct order of importance and theme. Only sometimes though, because I also quite like the way our brains want to naturally work, chaotically swirling and stewing ideas […]
Persistence …and Isaac Asimov
In a second hand bookshop I stumbled upon a three book collection of Isaac Asimov’s First Orbits. It’s a collection of his early science fiction works with commentary in between each story with biographical details of how the pieces came to be with an evaluation of each work. As I began reading, it seemed like […]
Dreaming big when starting small
Last Wednesday I attended the £5 app meet at the Werks. I was drawn by the idea that great on line applications and businesses can be built with resistance and passion and not necessarily millions of pounds. The main showcase for the evening was a new interactive text based adventure from the Guardian presented by […]
Baby Steps
I had a wonderful send off from work last Friday and this week I took the first shaky steps of working for myself. It’s a little strange at first getting up in the morning, getting ready and then not leaving the flat, and I will be pleased when I manage to get a computer and […]
Carving your own path
Tomorrow is my last day of work, most of my jobs have been handed over, and my things packed up and taken home throughout the week. Looking at the contents of the sweet jar on my desk, it’s evident that no one likes butter mintoes. I’ve had some great offers of contract work here and […]
Don't Look Back – Monday 27th Oct 08
Mary Engelbreit’s greeting card appeals to me at this moment in time. By now the people I am close to at work know that I am leaving and on the whole seem very happy for me. Some people think I’m being foolish leaving and not having a plan but to me it just seems more […]
Mentors
Today I was offered a new project to work on with my previous boss; same salary, more control, familiar team and prospects of working in the States for some of it. I felt the pull, and I could taste the regularity of my skinny cappuccino sipping back into my life. I could work on it […]