A clean slate can become scary when it's more of an empty canvas or an empty page than a slate. What to write, say, draw or do? ChatGPT and Open ai have taken some of that fear away when it comes ...
Read MoreDuring the pandemic lockdown I had my first ever cup of tea in the bush. Offered to me by someone crossing my path. Given with kindness and no request for company or barter. I normally travel ligh...
Read MoreThe tree looks like a Christmas decoration with LED lights put carefully at the tip of each needle. Merry Christmas. All year round. After rain. Isn't nature amazing? Looking at a branch on a pine...
Read MoreMy weekdays are packed and at full speed. Therefore, my weekends have no need for speed. Back in the bush taking time to explore, time to be curious, time to wonder, time to appreciate. And then o...
Read MoreIf something is working, don’t fix it. If something is not right, take a moment before you jump to fix it. Go where there is a need. Help those change who are ready to change. Focus where it ...
Read MoreIn the middle of my morning stretches, I noticed an ant. Not any ant. The ant. The one and only. The one and only carrying a flower seed 5 times its own size. Just pause for a moment and imagine your...
Read MoreThe drawing was nearly like a family tree. Except for this tree being by choice. A piece of paper, my handwriting, documenting my key friendships through life. Done 10 years ago to illustrate the ...
Read MoreThe leaves, the dirt. The little things. They got tonnes of water stuck. As I got the little things dug out and the water started passing again, bigger branches became visible. I could not have mo...
Read MoreI apologise to all the teams I've had over the years, to my family, to my friends: I appreciate how annoying it may be that I can always see (and point out) what a next step could be. It may be mo...
Read MoreMy bush run was different this weekend: I was moving against the flow of participants in a maximum endurance run. Respectfully building in pauses where I stopped, scanned the next hundred metres of d...
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