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lost and found again – this time a water bottle
This is becoming a bit of a theme, lose something, order a replacement, and then the lost item reappears. Earlier in the year it was an AirPod, now it is a water bottle. Couldn’t for the life of me locate my favourite water bottle, it is the one I tend to grab about 90% of the…
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things I might dump in 2026 – april update
In late 2025 I put together a list of things I would dump in 2026. Three months of the year are done, so how have I been getting on? A mixed bag:
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things I will spend more time on in 2026
This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I’d like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list under his own to dump list. I suppose they are a bit like new year resolutions, but framing in terms of spending more time rather than something…
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things I might dump in 2026
A scattered list of habits I’m ready to ditch in 2026: social media, the second coffee, podcasts that exist to sell a book, and pretending to journal.
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no more decisions please
We have been having some work done to the house, requiring a lot of decisions. Colours of things, types of things, position of things, order of doing things, do we want to do this whilst I’m here things? Couple this with the early decision making on Christmas, what presents would you like, when should we…
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apple watch experiment – update
I’m about 2 months into my apple watch experiment, and to be honest, I’m not wearing it now. I haven’t worn it on a daily basis for a few weeks. It is upstairs, on my bedside cabinet happily charging away. To start with I really enjoyed wearing it, the technology seemed great, notifications were handy…
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my apple watch experiment
One of the apple products I have never owned is an Apple Watch, I was recently offered a spare watch by my parents so I thought I would give it a go. I have always wondered if it would be useful or a bit of another kit that makes more demands on my time and…
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no longer listening to podcasts
Something has been bugging me about podcasts for quite a while. I was getting a bit daunted by my ever-increasing backlog of episodes, they were another visual cue of more things to-do. I have also noted an increase in the level of adverts, and worst, those 5 minute ‘advertorials’ that appear to have been cropping up…
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the to… list
One of the parts of David Allen’s getting things done that have really lasted throughout the last few years for me is the concept of lists. These lists aren’t temporary, although they may eventually disappear, they are lists of interesting things to do, places to go and activities we would like to engage in. We collect these…