Personal blog
I started to write these a series of posts on Bluesky and figured I might as well just do it in a blog format in an attempt to get back to week noting and make a bit of sense of the blur of this week. Sometimes, when you work on
25 books that have had an impact on me. I’ve put together a list of 25 books that have had an impact on me at some point in my life or that I've just really enjoyed. I don’t remember a lot of what I
Despite starting the new year with another illness just 2 weeks after the last one and feeling really grotty I’m super positive about the year ahead. Hopeful, even. [that was my word for the year in that Merriam-Webster Bluesky post that was doing the rounds at New
It has again, been a while. So what have I been up to since I left my last role you ask? Many things. Broadly in 3 categories. Rebuilding my business Project managing the house renovations Writing a book , talking about the book and talking about the book some more Rebuilding
As you may know, I’ve finished my role at TPXimpact as a Senior Partner, managing a portfolio of clients and projects across Wales. I’ve had some time off, can’t claim it has been particularly relaxing as we’ve been dealing with a major
Getting back to weeknoting despite being gainfully unemployed for a while. The habit and practice is good. Two small work related things, my laptop was picked up which really made things feels final. And a there was a bit of drama on Linkedin which set my phone on fire. Not
So. Some news. I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting over the last few months about my job. And the decision that I’ve come to is that it’s time for me to say farewell to TPXimpact and hello to the unknown (again). I’
These week notes come to you from deep under an electric blanket while the rain buckets down and the wind howls. Something in this house makes an eerie whistling noise when the wind blows. The lights are flickering and I’m sure we’ll lose power again today.
Another strange old week. A day in Cardiff, a multi-day migraine and another week of glacial pace on our renovation. Renovations suffering from “too many people in the room” syndrome. Literally. Decorator, 2 electricians, 2 carpenters. They are tripping over each other, annoying each other and slowing
Not an easy week. Cramming a week’s worth of work in 3 days. Dilys and her back and the looming neuro appointment. The US. My phenomenally noisy brain. Work Same old same old really. Nothing of major note. A lot rattling round my head about the technology element
End of the month! Wish I could say it was a good one, but between the insane pace of work, insomnia, the dog and her endless back problems and the Hokey Cokey cold I’ve had all month, the start of the year really could have been better. But
Yeesh. The pace of things at the moment, right? The weekend in Paris seems a distant, happy memory. Everyone I know in consultancy land is flat out with ongoing client work and trying to reel in those Q4 numbers. It’s a bit wild. This week has been a
I’m a week into a spell of insomnia. I’m falling asleep mostly fine. I’m sleeping for a few hours solidly and then BING. I’m awake and I struggle to get back into any form of useful sleep. I have these phases. I
Weeks 1 and 2 I was off last week, enjoying the last of my 2 week Christmas break. There were a lot of very long dog walks and much sitting around under heated blankets reading books. I managed to put together a blog post on what I read last year
2024 was definitely lighter on reading than 2023, just 18* this year, compared to closer to 50 in my non-working year of 2023. New job/work definitely crimped my reading ability, my brain is just too overloaded at the end of a long day of context switching and my