Yesterday I promised you a post about all the GOOD things that came out of my 365-day running streak. Yesterday it was raining, and I was still a bit poorly and cross at having had to run while feeling so rubbish. Today it’s still raining, but I’m better, which means everything looks more positive. So […]
Continue readingOn 11 September 2016, I accidentally committed to running and blogging every day, with no end date. (You can read how it happened here, but basically, it was all Seth Godin’s fault.) Yesterday, I completed a full year of running and blogging every day. It wasn’t a very good run, to be honest: I’ve had […]
Continue readingYesterday marked 350 days of running and blogging every day: nearly the year. And I’m going to make the year, of course – whatever it takes. You don’t get to within a fortnight of the end and quit (or at least I don’t plan to). But I won’t be carrying on every day after that. […]
Continue readingRemember all that dancing around when I finally (FINALLY) finished the first draft of my book? Well, here’s the view from the other side. Bec Evans of Prolifiko was the one who invited me to stay with her as she house-sat in Devon, because she knew I needed to get away from the million day-to-day […]
Continue readingEvery tenth episode of The Extraordinary Business Book Club is a chance to look back at the previous 9 episodes and pick out not just the ‘best bits’, the stories or tips that partiuclarly struck me and/or listeners as funny or useful or inspirational, but to look at the big picture, the common themes and […]
Continue readingI’ve been enjoying putting together episode 69 this morning. Here’s a great quote from John Hall, CEO of Influence & Co, on writing a book: You’ve got to form habits. When you’re doing a book, there has to be habits and a system set up. When you’re doing this, this when you’re dumping, this is […]
Continue readingTonight’s run was a bit special. Firstly because it was such a beautiful evening, the sun low in a mackerel sky, the air warm with a delicious breeze. Secondly because Child 2 tagged along, cycling around me, cutting me up, telling me in detail about today’s science experiment, planning adventures for the summer, talking non-stop. […]
Continue reading11.:59 BST tonight is the deadline for the poor souls who’ve completed the 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge but are still desperately ttitivating their proposals to be in with a chance of winning a publishing deal with Practical Inspiration Publishing. On the one hand, a deadline is marvellous because it focuses the mind. The dishwasher […]
Continue readingContinuing our explorations around Ely, yesterday we spent the morning at Wicken Fen, Britain’s oldest nature reserve. We took a boat ride through the narrow, shallow channel of water (‘If you fall in,’ said our guide, in the world’s most low-key safety briefing, ‘just stand up.’) It was tranquil and magical – dragonflies and damselflies […]
Continue readingA thoughtful and thought-provoking comment on yesterday’s blog from Susann: ‘It depends a lot on what you actually do with your screen. Blogging is OK, in my opinion. But I’ve noticed that I spend a lot of time reading useless “news” or scrolling Facebook – and there are so many other, useful, things I could […]
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