If you choose to share in the happiness of others, rather than compulsively dwelling on negatives, then you have happiness for free.
Category: Journal
Journal 2020-11-08
I seem to get satisfaction out of pushing myself physically – maybe because in my mind I am subscribing to the motto “no pain, no gain”. A variation on the theme is that anything initially perceived as negative can be viewed as part of a greater improvement process.
Journal 2020-11-07
Writing a screenplay for a romance story… it’s a bit sexy!
I might develop it into a novel later, if I can make the time.
Journal 2020-11-06
Tip:
Whenever you are talking about someone, assume they can hear every word. Hopefully this will remind you to be kinder.
Journal 2020-11-05
I wouldn’t call London a beautiful city, but it is endlessly fascinating. The maze of streets emerged not by grand design but grew from what had been before. It is eccentric, hickety-pickety, throbbing with history and humanity.
Journal 2020-11-04
Muddled, confused, unaware – what on earth were you doing? Why were you sleep-walking for so long?
Journal 2020-11-03
In the distant pre-internet days when I was a kid, I designed a board game then forgot all about it. The game actually looks pretty fun; it has a blend of strategy, risk and probability – like many good games. So I think I’ll have a few physical sets made-up, thanks to the internet and finding out there are specialist businesses that do this sort of thing.
Combining football with golf was another one of my games, which I called “Folf”. Well if I had the internet, I would have been able to find out that the sport has been around for a while and is called “Foot Golf”.
Journal 2020-11-02
Just 15 years ago or so, it wasn’t particularly easy to share photos and updates with friends and family; there were fewer easily accessible outlets for self-expression and it was more difficult to find interesting information or media.
The downsides are well-known, although if fully acknowledged there would be more energy in finding effective solutions. There was a speed in breaking things but less appetite in clearing-up the mess.
Journal 2020-11-01
I walk and run about 50 miles per week, usually while listening to podcasts.
Journal 2020-10-31 (cont.)
My most effective thinking tool is sleep. I realise now the importance of the advice “sleep on it”.
