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Fiveby Ten

Fiveby Ten

Trying to get

A couple of minutes must have just passed between me hitting ‘new story’ and me actually looking back up at the screen after staring…

Jul 27, 2020

Jul 27, 2020

Fiveby Ten

This is it

There’s a podcast that I often listen to which asks people what their life philosophy is, and after each episode I privately attempt to…

Jan 29, 2020

A fisherman stands on a cliff looking out to the ocean, his rod set aside on the ground beside him.

Jan 29, 2020

Fiveby Ten

Fractured thoughts in a note from a holiday.

Below is a note that I found after a recent holiday. I’m sure it meant something at the time — but I am not entirely sure what. Please let…

Dec 30, 2019

Dec 30, 2019

Fiveby Ten

Day 29: Analysis paralysis.

“Done is better than perfect.”

Oct 10, 2017

Oct 10, 2017

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Day 28: Complacency as a service.

The lottery: Your ten dollar ticket to win a lifetime’s worth of money. Only you probably won’t. Why do people buy these tickets, knowing…

Oct 10, 2017

Oct 10, 2017

Fiveby Ten

Day 27: Running bounce.

I’ve never been much of a grass-sports guy, but there is a particular part of Australian Rules football that I try to figuratively* do as…

Oct 8, 2017

Oct 8, 2017

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Day 26: The garden.

There is a garden. This garden was once a vibrant place of lush natural beauty. It is now home to a great tangle of weeds, and little else…

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

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Day 25: Invisible path.

We leave behind us an invisible trail, it illuminates the places we have been and know. It wraps and entwines itself around objects we have…

Oct 4, 2017

Oct 4, 2017

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Day 24: Teaching a same old story new tricks.

I think that most things which will ever be said have been said, but I also think that we haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of the…

Oct 3, 2017

Oct 3, 2017

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Day 23: Stop chasing praise.

I’ve worked with some very wise people in my time. I still remember a conversation with one such person who made a throwaway comment…

Oct 2, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

Fiveby Ten

Fiveby Ten

Having spent most of my life keeping my thoughts to myself, I’ve given myself a mission: To spend 10 minutes writing every weekday.

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