Beginners Guide to Escaping the Rat Race!
ANZAC DAY in Australia and New Zealand
#10i This week, I want to take a time-out from my usual posts in respect of ANZAC Day here in Australia.
DEFCON 2: What About the Kids’ Education?
#10 Institutional incarceration is a tried and tested form of punishment, and many kids view school that way too.
DEFCON 1: What about my Career?
#09 A well-rounded, resilient life transcends a singular job or career; it should embody a blend of problem-solving, risk-taking, and uncertainty.
DEFCONs and Elephants in the Room
#08 Inertia is fateful, but doubts, fears, and concerns don’t have to be. As Seneca so succinctly said: "It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it."
You’re All Individuals!
#07 Many people live their entire lives with the choices they made in their teens. Career choice, partner type, hobby, music tastes, political leanings, fashion sense—some never leave their hometown.
Adversity and the Keisaku Stick Treatment
#06 Life is like a book, and it’s shorter than you think. How you choose to populate the pages of your book is entirely up to you.
Developing the Right Mindset
#05 Not to worry too much, but a common thread ties sociopaths, novelty seekers and risk-takers: the pleasure chemical dopamine.
Gratitude - They Passed This Way
#04i This is a departure from my usual post, but I felt compelled to say something in light of the events of the middle east over that past few months.
What does it Mean to be Free?
#04 Theory suggests that the newborn universe should have had equal amounts of matter and antimatter, and these opposing states..
Our ‘Veiled Birth’ and Bucket & Spade Wedding
#03 Irenka and I crossed paths in 2005 while working as flotilla skippers in the Mediterranean.
Bridging the Gap From Land to Sea
#02 On the way home from work one day I stopped on a bridge overlooking the Leeds to Liverpool canal. It was 2002 and I was in my thirties.
Beginners Guide to Escaping the Rat Race
#01 Welcome to our exciting series of blogs on selling up and sailing away with your family.