Monthnotes

I read a lot of business-ish books, but many of them don’t leave me too many lasting lessons. Last month I read been Cal Newport’s … Read More

It’s been an up-and-down kind of month. A sickness bug, dog hassles and rubbish weather led us to wish we’d gone away somewhere for a … Read More

Thirty one days since I last hit the keyboard and wrote some monthnotes…and it feels like a lot longer. I feel like I’ve crammed a … Read More

Writing these notes on the 29th day of February led me back to wondering about the last leap year. Revisiting my monthnotes from February 2020 … Read More

“A bit of a grind”. That’s how I described January in a conversation with my son about two weeks in – and that still seems … Read More

Looking back over the last 31 days, it feels like December was definitely a month of two halves. The first half of the month was … Read More

Looking back over November, it’s felt like a bit of a “hard graft” kind of month – one where there was plenty to get done, … Read More

A good friend once told me that building a portfolio working life was like planting saplings to form a new forest. He explained that over … Read More

September was a back to reality month for me – both at work and home. At work the first two weeks of the month felt … Read More