This is the question that keeps me awake at night. It is a question I have never really been able to answer. For many years, it was the question I didn’t know I needed to answer! There is such an innate human need for us to belong. From an evolutionary point of view, it makes […]
The Taxi of Tomorrow
By February 5, 2014 16 Comments
I, for one, hate owning cars. They are a pain in the *****. If anyone talks about the freedom of driving, they haven’t really considered what it takes away. Depreciation. Insurance. Fuel. Cleaning. Maintenance and servicing. A tiny scratch, bump or scrape costing a fortune to fix. Paying for parking at home and away. And […]
Oh, the Places You’ll Go at Burning Man 2014
By January 29, 2014 13 Comments
I have been on a lot of adventures and my favourite of them all has to be last year’s trip to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, to the incredible Burning Man. I am not going to repeat myself, because it was so difficult to explain the first time I wrote about it. For my […]
Will you live to be 200?
By January 15, 2014 6 Comments
It is an interesting question, isn’t it? Well, the truth is – there’s a lot more chance of it happening than you might think. Life expectancy was 20 years a thousand years ago, and 37 two hundred years ago. Life expectancy where I now live is 80. The pace of change in life expectancy is […]
Make Your Last Ever New Year’s Resolution
By January 1, 2014 16 Comments
A few years I ago I made one last New Year’s resolution. I resolved to never make another resolution again. The good news is that, so far, I have defied the odds and actually achieved that one! The bottom line is – New Year’s resolutions rarely work. In fact, research highlights that just 12% of […]
Why I believe in Bitcoin
By December 18, 2013 14 Comments
Bitcoin is the largest in a new wave of approaches to currency. I would go into the technical details, but that actually makes understanding it much more confusing! If I explained how the Internet worked, for example, most people would go cross-eyed and wouldn’t want to use it! Trust me, Bitcoin works. It’s very, very […]
Dealing with Dunbar’s Number
By December 11, 2013 10 Comments
I am taking December off. My mind has reached its current limit this year and I need some time to integrate all I’ve been exposed to. It really does interest me whenever I hit a new mental limit, since it focuses me on getting beyond it. I am a life hacker, so I continually look […]
The Life Laundry
By December 4, 2013 8 Comments
My family and I are homeless. And it feels good. Last year, we sold the home of my dreams because it did not fit with who we were anymore. It was a beautiful house that we had spent many years of time and effort getting right. The problem is, that during that time we changed […]
The Lies I Tell and The Excuses I Make
By November 20, 2013 3 Comments
I am a liar. I lie to those around me all of the time. More disturbingly I lie to myself all of the time. Fear has always really held me back from realising my true potential. Traditionally I have always taken the easy safe road rather than the road that I was destined to follow. […]