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ChatGPT Is Coming For Your Jobs
Just one year after I wrote this post about AI and writing, ChatGPT was released into the world, threatening to disrupt so many fields from programming to copywriting. Naturally, I had my pitchfork at the ready. AI is going to take my job! I thought. Every creative in the world is doomed! Then I remembered… — read more
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Where I Get All My Writing Ideas From
Where do you get your ideas from? I personally can’t say. I know when they have the most odds of showing up, but I don’t exactly know where they come from. But as fate would have it, my friend would ask me this question on a particularly eventless morning, and that would be the tinder… — read more
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The Things I’ve Removed For A Better Life
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry It’s easy to want more in life. In fact, we’re programmed that way. Give us a taste of sugar and next we’ll want doughnuts. Earn our first million and we’ll look for… — read more
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How To Shift Gears And Rev Up Your Productivity
When’s the last time you drove a stick shift? Seems like an irrelevant question, until you recall the fact that I’m a writer. And as it turns out, being a writer affords me the ability to make the zaniest of analogies. Hence today we officiate the marriage between productivity and driving a manual transmission. But… — read more
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How My Failed 2022 Will Help Improve My 2023
This is it. Another year has passed, which means it’s time for the New Year’s resolutions posts. I thought of joining the fun, but then I realised how much I’ve yet to achieve for 2022. So for my final post of this year, I figured I’d reflect on my shortcomings instead of my hopes and… — read more
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This Is How You Fail At Overcoming Procrastination
Procrastination is like a credit card: fun until you get the bill. It’s also the art of keeping up with yesterday. I wish I could say I came up with those insights. Alas, they’re credited to people much smarter than I am. Who, you ask? I’ll get back to you on that. Tomorrow. Maybe. Look,… — read more
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I Was Wrong About Grammar Apps. Here’s What I Think Now.
I learn new things every day. Sometimes I fill a gap, and other times I replace entire belief systems. Today I fall somewhere in the middle. I’m taking back what I said about not liking grammar apps like Grammarly or Hemingway, because I’d decided to give them a go and found that they weren’t as… — read more
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How To Raise Your Vibration To Better Handle Your Life Problems
You may think I’ve lost the plot. What’s all this talk about raising your vibration and frequency? Am I promoting magic crystals? Chakra healing? Soul rejuvenation? No need to hide your credit cards. I’m not selling sound bowls. Yet. Today’s post is simply brought to you by my problems, or my perception of them, at… — read more
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How To Deal With The Highs And Lows Of Life
So I posted about being in a rut not too long ago, and I have to admit, it’s been a challenge trying to claw my way back out. But that’s life for you, right? A constant journey of highs and lows? Sometimes, Low Me just barges into my life like an unwanted relative. But I… — read more
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Just Me In Good Humour About Turning 40
I wrote a version of this post before, but that was about lessons. Unfortunately, learning isn’t on the agenda today. Instead, I’m just going to rant. And while I have quite a few months ahead before my big four-oh, I thought I’d get a head start on what I think about turning 40. Is this… — read more