Thursday started like most days do. I had a rough idea of how I thought it would unfold. As you’ve probably guessed, my next line isn’t going to be, “And everything followed the plan in my head perfectly!” I’m not sure that would make for a particularly interesting post. What […]
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One thing I’ve noticed over the years is how much time we can spend trying to decide whether something is right for us. We imagine how it might go. We wonder whether it will be worth it. We try to predict how we’ll feel afterwards. Sometimes we end up stuck, […]
And just like that, it’s day 7 of what started as simply writing a daily post for seven days to gently get some momentum going, and turned into a week-long experiment in gentle momentum. When the idea struck, or perhaps a better description would be sauntered into view rather than […]
Day 6 of what started as an experiment simply to write a post a day for seven days, and has turned into something bigger: an experiment in gentle momentum. On Day 4, after I’d written that day’s post, I was chatting to someone and said, “I think I know what […]
We often think momentum has to look a certain way. Moving quickly. Having a plan. Pushing through. But over the last few days I’ve found myself wondering whether we’ve been giving momentum far too much to live up to. Perhaps it doesn’t need to be fast. Perhaps it doesn’t need […]
When I started this gentle momentum experiment on Monday, I thought I was simply committing to writing seven LinkedIn posts. I didn’t expect it to lead here. So here’s what I’m doing on Tuesday afternoon. I’m bringing my to-do list, finding a quiet spot and getting on with a few […]
On Monday morning I was out with one of my Cinnamon Trust dogs. At his age, our walks are more of a gentle plod. I wandered along while he caught up on all the fresh smells. I suspect he mainly sees these visits as an opportunity to collect a fuss […]
Yesterday I found myself wondering whether momentum might be gentler than I’d always imagined. It felt like an interesting thought, so I decided to play with it for a while. Not by trying to prove anything. Just by noticing what happened. Then something unexpected happened. An idea arrived. I let […]
After a few weeks away from LinkedIn while I was limiting screen time because of my eye, I found myself wondering how to begin again. It wasn’t that I’d forgotten how to write. I’d simply lost the rhythm I’d fallen into. As I was thinking about it, I noticed the […]
A small handheld fan became an unexpected conversation starter and a reminder of how much we may have in common without realising it.