Letters, reflections and stories on resilience, discipline and change
The world has never been less interested in your meaning. The structures that used to supply it - religion, community, clear social roles, and the assumption that a life well-lived followed a legible shape, have either collapsed or calcified into something most of us can't or won'
Last week I had a really fantastic meeting. An incredibly positive hour with someone I admire enormously, that gave external validation to my work here on protocol, and will hopefully lead to some exciting opportunities in the near future. To be taken seriously by someone who could actually move it
We'd been in the car for hours. One of those long drives where the silence gets heavier the further you go, and the person next to you can feel it but doesn't want to push. Both afraid to speak. My then girlfriend knew that something was
Having launched two businesses this last year (one of which died a horrible death), I care an awful lot these days about standards, discipline, and building a solid career and a fulfilling life. I am also, by trade, an actor, which means I care about playfulness, imagination, storytelling and silliness.
Something important I’ve learned over the past couple of years, has to do with outsourcing your value. I had an uncomfortable realisation, about 18 months ago, that I had built a large part of my sense of worth on how I was treated at work. When things were going
I’ve had a feeling for a while, and I’m going to try and articulate it now, hopefully it might resonate with you. I think it will. I’m struggling to describe the feeling without sounding overly dramatic or increasingly paranoid, of which it is neither. It’s quieter
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