Practical
This section contains the practical and pragmatic arm of my writings, where I share experiments, books and advice that I’ve found useful. My hope is that you leave each post feeling better equipped to face the weight of existence with another arrow or two in your quiver.
- My favourite Huel porridge recipe
- How to delete Facebook
- This is not a blog
- Digital minimalism in action: the 30-day digital declutter
- The two faces of polarisation and one remedy
- Roger Scruton on why beauty matters and the cult of utility
- Less but clearer: coming back to simplicity in meditation
- Coastal Quarter race report (2020)
- More black voices to pay attention to
- I’m back
- 10 ways to upgrade your Huel game
- Learn more and blog better with Readwise
- Write your worries down
- Hit the button
- Drinking after being 6 months sober
- I want to be more active, but...
- A whole lot of reasons to try Huel meal replacement
- How to breathe well
- Why you should be writing in Markdown
- Organising your blogging with Trello and Sublime Text
- How restrictive diets actually work: the 5 principles of weight loss
- How to Run 100km, Part 2: The Cotswold Way Challenge
- How to Run 100km, Part 1: Preparing for a Heatwave
- Ultramarathon fundraising for the mental health charity, Mind
- Lessons from 3 months without booze
- Why to choose Ghost for your blog
- 6 unfounded fears about writing & publishing online
- Reading obituaries
- It's easy to be stupid: Hanlon's razor
- How to make a sourdough tin loaf
- How to Run 50 Miles, Part 2: The Butcombe Trail Ultramarathon
- How to Run 50 Miles, Part 1: Preparing for an Ultramarathon
- 5 tips for anxiety and panic attacks
- Change the behaviour, keep the reward
- 10 reasons why I’m not drinking this Spring
- When choice turns to compulsion
- What do I write about?
- Just come back
- Calories count, but you (probably) don’t need to count them
- Act, or don't—the key to productivity
- Why meditation matters
- Why fitness matters
- How I trained and ran my first 10k: Bath Two Tunnels
- Meditation reading recommendations
- 7 reasons to start a meditation journal