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Bad advice: Consistency is the most important thing
Welcome to Bad Advice, a series I’m writing that I wanted to call Bullshit Wisdom but chickened out because of Teh Algorithms. Sometimes advice is just bad. Sometimes advice is good but it strikes at our insecurities so we react against it. And sometimes it’s both. With all of these posts, I understand that people’s… Continue reading
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I mean, what isn’t…
What are your favorite types of foods? Yesterday exercise, today diet, what gives, Daily Prompt? That said, I find this question interesting because of the “types of”. I think without it many of us would be inclined to go “eh, chocolate? Pizza? Chips?” But “types of” suggests a connection and thinking about the foods I… Continue reading
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Walking – daily. Running?
This is the 10th anniversary of me finishing Couch to 5k! I kept it up for about 6 months after that. I haven’t run in ages but it’s always reassuring to remember I did this. I recommend doing Couch to 5k if you are, like me, someone who doesn’t think of yourself as sporty or… Continue reading
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Not looking for an adult…
Do you see yourself as a leader? I don’t especially see myself as a leader, at least not in any self-aggrandizing sort of way. I don’t usually feel like I should lead and people should follow except in very specific situations. We all have our own path and I generally enjoy collaboration and facilitation rather… Continue reading
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Bad Advice – “Use generative AI to write your blogposts” is all filla and no killa
There’s a scene in so many movies, often Christmas themed, where some well-off but emotionally starved child longs for their parent – probably the dad, because Stereotypes – to finally come through with some gift, gesture or word that finally proves that they care. And the parent seems to be finally about to do it… Continue reading
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Force of habit
Why do you blog? I used to blog years ago and I poured my heart and soul into it. That was pre “social media” (although it was a kind of social media). I’ve picked it up again because it’s easy to feel like a commodity on social media. It can feel like I’m throwing my… Continue reading
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Bad advice: “You should have” is only good for time travellers
Imagine you’re doing something difficult, perhaps for the first time. Maybe you’ve made a new recipe. Maybe you’ve given a speech, run a training session, had a job interview or even flown a plane. And your family member, mentor, supervisor, manager, teacher, podiatrist or parole officer turns to you and says… Continue reading
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In case of emergencies…
Create an emergency preparedness plan. Kettle, teabags, milk, favourite mug… And some nice biscuits. Continue reading
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It ain’t what you say…
What is a word you feel that too many people use? Mostly I don’t think words are overused. Of course there’s the odd catchphrase that gets into the woodwork but it was ever thus – I might be sick of “skibidi toilet” and “what the sigma” but my generation had “eat my shorts” so we… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 22, 4th July.
Bea asked us if we’d been to the ice cream parlour, Dessert Island. Suniya blushed then, and I felt embarrassed too. I told her about the chef seeming to have a glamour, and no reflection. She looked intrigued. “That’s certainly interesting, but I don’t know that I feel happy with you assuming there’s something wrong.” Continue reading
