In no particular order:

*** I’m a Dad now. Having a tiny human gaze up at me and giggle is certainly new and very awesome. Having a tiny human who thinks that 3am means party time is new too and slightly less awesome

Also new is my iPhone camera roll morphing into 99% baby pics and a Dimstagram feed which is now wall-to-wall with swaddling tutorials, teething toys and parenting “experts” holding suspiciously calm babies

Talking of which:

*** What’s also new for me is adjusting to life with a lot less time on my hands. Not too long ago, I remember thinking I didn’t have the time to write my emails, publish my new book, run my coaching sessions, hit the gym, train for the Hackney Half Marathon, go to the pub, get a good night’s sleep and hold down a full time banking job. But now I can see I was actually drowning in time without knowing it

With that being said:

*** Something else new is that I don’t really mind having less time. Up until a couple of years ago I felt like I was in a never-ending race against the clock and like I could always do more. I’d still love to be doing all the things I mentioned above. But I’m not resisting the fact that things will take longer (and other things won’t get done at all) and I’m finding this is a calmer, more settled place to be

*** Lauren and I have just started watching Breaking Bad. This is the second time round for Lauren but new for me (yes, we still have time for a bit of TV!)

*** Also new is getting to grips with the more technical parts of spinning up my new Kindle book (the cover design, typesetting, formatting, KDP publishing process etc etc). 

I’m lucky to have a couple of readers who’ve published their own books and seem more than happy to humour my rookie questions (one of the perks of running a newsletter like this one)

*** Next month, I’m flying to Norway for three nights for my first Rupert “The Spiralizer” Spira retreat. I’ve seen The Spiralizer on the mean streets of London and the cobbled streets of Oxford, but this is the first time I’ve gone the whole hog and signed up to one of his retreats. On the off-chance that you’re there too, let me know and we can say hi over a cucumber kombucha

*** New too is my copy of Anthony De Mello's Stop Fixing Yourself which arrived via yesterday's daily Amazon delivery and is now proudly perched on my teetering pile of unread books (definitely NOT new - that pile's as old as the hills)

*** I’m trying out a few new sessions as part of the Mindset & Clarity workshops I’m running for my banking colleagues. One of these will explore the question “if enjoying your work was a choice, why would you ever choose NOT to enjoy your work”. Will be interesting to see what direction this takes…

So that’s some of what’s new in my world.

But enough about me.

What’s new in your world?

What’s new at work, with your family or in your head? What are you quietly creating? What’s beginning to take shape?

Or is there something that’s ready to change, even if it hasn’t started yet?

Write back to me and let me know what’s shifting, stirring or starting in your world.

Whatever it is, I’d love to hear about it.