An unexpected guest arrives at Fort Grundy

Published: Mon, 12/23/24

Updated: Mon, 12/23/24

A few weeks ago, Lauren and I waved goodbye to Casa Grundy and took the 55 minute Uber ride to our new home: Fort Grundy. We’re enjoying life here. We…

A heads up to hard-working 9-to-5ers

Published: Thu, 12/19/24

Updated: Thu, 12/19/24

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day - Robert Frost Today’s email isn’t for the couch…

Do you feel certain when handling uncertainty?

Published: Wed, 12/18/24

Between 1973 and 1974, the U.S. military decided to survey its troops on a peculiar matter: Food preferences. It asked 4,000 members of the Army, Navy…

How to beat the battle between buying books and reading them

Published: Tue, 12/17/24

Last week, I sent out an email with the subject line “A simple, effective recipe to get going”. In that email, I quoted a few lines from Ryan…

Why I'll beat the drum if bambino joins the band brigade

Published: Mon, 12/16/24

Yesterday, Lauren and I jumped in the car and took a visit to the local tip. We’ve just finished moving house from Casa Grundy to Fort Grundy and the…

Clutter kondoned = joy postponed

Published: Fri, 12/13/24

Updated: Fri, 12/13/24

I’ve been dipping into a few YouTube videos by tidying e pert and World’s Tidiest Person, Marie Kondo. In one video, Kondo takes on the gnarly task of…

Life scholars vs life explorers

Published: Thu, 12/12/24

The une amined life is not worth living- Aristotle Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all - Helen Keller At the e tremes, there are two…

I'm getting a shock divorce

Published: Tue, 12/10/24

I’ve written before about my team mate, partner in crime and “work wife” Emma. Well, I’ve got some sad news. When I came into the office a few days…