Shorter posts, links, or thoughts. No schedule, not heavily considered.
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What lies behind
She waits for the bus, her shopping trolley standing to attention at her side, the scuffed tartan material marking times past. She looks old, worn but upright. Head up, shoulders back, there is still some fight in there and she definitely, defiantly, isn’t finished with life just yet. Her face is set straight and stoic,…
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Email
Like it or loathe it, email is a fundamental part of most people’s lives. Managing your email account can be time draining battling and I’ve flirted with a variety of strategies to get to where I am today which is, for me, a practical way to keep on top of my email inboxes. I have…
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Health, Fitness and Exercise
Trigger-alert: I am overweight, this post discusses my own issues and challenges with my diet, my self-image and my exercise regime. In my, seemingly eternal, battle to lose weight I was recently quite pleasantly surprised to hear that my resting heart rate is 64 bpm which despite my fears, suggestions that I’m actually fairly fit…
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iOS Apps
I’ve not indulged in a tech/gadget post for a while, so forgive me (or don’t!). The ever changing merry go round I’ve mentioned before my strive for ‘better’. It’s a constant part of my life and, considering that I spend a lot of my life using my iPhone, that means I’m always on the look…
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Our Poly Setup
Poly Means Many: There are many aspects of polyamory. Each month, the PMM bloggers will write about their views on one of them. Links to all posts can be found at www.polymeansmany.com. Kirsty and I had talked for a while about what a poly relationship may look like for us; we knew we didn’t have a…
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Professional Pride
My official job title is Product Operations Manager. I’m still not quite sure what that means as the role is still fairly new to me, and to the company. My main day to day role is to help the team of Product Managers, Product Architects, Business Analysts and UX designers shape and scope out the…
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House of Cards: What can I learn?
Fear not, I am a fan of House of Cards so there are no spoilers here, a fair spattering of melodrama perhaps but that’s all mine and, for what it’s worth, I quite enjoy it. I am easily affected. I take on traits, mannerisms and tropes with no real forethought and file it as part…
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Exercise gone missing
I last went for a run in January. I’ve barely done much exercise this month other than one game of basketball. It is now the 12th of February and I can’t quite get my ahead around that. Where has the last two weeks gone? Why did they go so fast? I’m very guilty of letting…
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What being Poly has taught me
Poly Means Many: There are many aspects of polyamory. Each month, the PMM bloggers will write about their views on one of them. Links to all posts can be found at www.polymeansmany.com. Looking back over the past few years, I forget just how much I’ve learned about myself in that time. Leaving a long-term relationship determined…
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2013: Moments that mattered
Some years have many moments, highs and lows, that stick in your mind. Looking back they can define your entire memory of a year. For me, 2013 was no different. I’m lucky that last year was mostly highs. Glastonbury being the main one centred around an event. A second visit to the legendary festival, Kirsty…
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Nothing much to say
Busy times. Little sleep. Not unique. All work and no play. I am not Jack. Secret parties planned (the birthday girl had a great time) on top of the usual chaos that is my calendar. Work continues to dominate more and more of my time (more confirmed over the weekend). Trying to keep enough energy…
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Appreciation of Blue
A clear blue afternoon, a quiet apartment, a man gazes up at the sky. A comforting light that ebbs through the blinds, glowing lines in strict patterns on the floor, highlighting the knots and swirls of the floorboards. The evening is settling around him as he sits quietly, leaning back in his favourite chair. A…
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Lessening the Absolutes
To me, morals are objective, they aren’t governed by distinct rules or laws (there is no black or white) and so I find people who make blanket statements, absolutes that leave only two options, troublesome to the point of aggravating. Over the last few years I’ve slowly been filtering out as many negative influences as…
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Spotify Benefits – Shared Playlists
I’m in the midst of writing up my thoughts on Spotify, or rather my own experiences moving from ‘ownership’ to ‘streaming’ but until I finish that, there is one thing that Spotify makes very easy, sharing playlists. Yes, I like to give my playlists silly names. I’ve been compiling a little playlist of songs that…
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The Importance Of Getting Your Eyes Examined
For whatever reason, it feels as if we (the universal we) don’t put enough of an importance on getting our eyes tested on a regular basis. I should know: It’s been at least six years since my previous examination and I’ve actually been thinking about getting them looked at these past few weeks. And in…
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Polyamory: Decisions and balance
Poly Means Many: There are many aspects of polyamory. Each month, the PMM bloggers will write about their views on one of them. Links to all posts can be found at www.polymeansmany.com. There is a word I use a lot when describing how I try and approach life in general and when it comes to…
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Productivity and the clean broom
One for the Mac users who like to have things kept neat and tidy, so they can focus on being productive. TL;DR version: If you are the type of person who is consistent with file naming, you can use an OSX app called Hazel to run rules on files and apply Mavericks tags making it…
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Doing more
I seem to be on a bit of a get shit done kick at the moment. My desire to simplify and declutter continues and that in turn seems to be feeding my desire to tackle lots of the little things that rattle around in my head on a fairly constant basis. On the face of…
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Another year approaches
Can’t quite believe that 2013 is almost over. Looking back it’s been a fairly eventful year, but then, it’s every one? At work I changed roles to do a job I hadn’t done before. It’s been stressful, exciting, and bloody hard work but I’m still glad I took the opportunity. There was some more travel to…
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Friends and Family
I’m very lucky. I have a small but loyal group of friends and a small but loving family. I’m guilty at times of taking these easily, if not for granted, nor making the time to see them when I should. This time of year highlights these facts of course, and I take some solace that…