Just over 1,000 days ago I hovered over the ENTER button on my keyboard. “Well, here goes nothing!” I said on September 15, 2021, as I sent the first edition of my Substack to the five email addresses (I’d) signed up. Mum, my three kids and me. 1000 days ago...
Design your future and invite it in "If I am going to put in those kinds of hours any way I want to do work that matters. Work that has impact - that invigorates and engages me so I don’t notice the time flying by ." I hear it so often...
“blah, blah, blah … race for the conservative party leadership heats up … blah, blah, blah, … record temperatures in the South East …. blah, blah, blah … and later in the newscast the first photos from the James Webb telescope including some from the Karena nebula” … I snapped to...
YES. This is edition 28! The fourth in our cycle of seven. And a reminder to each of us to preemptively program(me) some rest and recovery - those restorative 21st-century skills. Read more in the ‘rest’ editions 7, 14 and 21. Am I the only one advocating this concept? I saved...
One of the unspoken conditions of serendipity is answering “YES” when an opportunity presents itself. Writing about the challenges and beauty of ice in the middle of a winter Olympic season was one such opportunity. I had a different newsletter planned and prepped for this week. And then I headed out...
Is it the AI algorithm? “Wow. I loved learning about bananas” was the response to a short story I had written on the Writing in Community site. Ever since, funnily enough, I’ve noticed a steady dribble of posts on my various newsfeeds talking about bananas. If I was ten years younger and...
This is why I believe in our young generation Let’s start with two stories from the ocean. DESPAIR And a stark reminder of exactly how fast change can compound. Last year the oceans absorbed heat equivalent to seven Hiroshima atomic bombs detonating each second, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year That was a...
The short read: Leaders from countries across the globe have gathered at COP26 to put plans in play to move the temperature needle lower. It requires negotiation that leads to consensus. It requires behaviour modification. Is that possible? I fully understand the economic pressures on countries ranging from those capable of holding...
Maya: Hey Karena! Mind if I join you? You look a little perturbed. What’s up? Karena: Sure, Maya. I could use the pleasant company! I’m contemplating a mental conundrum: What “better” world were we trying to create for our children that we gave away what was beautiful and free? And how did we go...
"Can we have two golds?" asked Barshim, making the Impossible suddenly possible. "This is beyond sport. This is the message we deliver to the young generation." Barshim A story of fulfillment - and also friendship This is a tale of fulfillment, of friendship and of turning "big I" Impossible into possible. It is a...