Sitemap - 2023 - Taking Personal Inventory
My determination to keep going as a creator.
What is it about sugar that makes it so hard to quit?
Starting from today - no more wallowing!
The bliss of a reading session on the settee in the mornings with tea and a cat.
I'm looking for something more imaginative, more creative, more revealing.
Sorry, Noel Gallagher - I'm not Coming.
Do I really prefer reading over playing guitar?
Guitar, book, movie, tea ... do days GET any better?
My writing is where my heart is.
Moving slowly from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
Anxiety is just excitement with a piece missing.
I would like to stop doom-scrolling please.
How I'm using recovery tools to deal with a potentially baffling situation.
I was touching the Source, the Muse, the Universal Benevolence, God.
Flighty, flighty attention. Why won't you settle?
My content diet is making a positive difference.
Stoic wisdom and the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous are a good combination
Why am I not paying due attention to my chosen theme for this year?
Bringing the punk ethos into my creative output.
It's time to pick myself up and be all I can be.
When I'm not manic, it feels like a heavy lift, but the idea is a good one.
How my accident in 1989 might be at the root of my mental health issues.
I feel refreshed after a week of travelling. Well, that's a surprise!
Transformation: From Self-Doubt to True Leadership
Looking for the good in a challenging week ahead.
Who doesn't love a long lie in a warm bed, right?
Writing is helping me to move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
Writing my way into choosing my North Star - it was there all along!
If I keep humility as my watchword, it can only change me for the better.
Knee deep in bookkeeping and trying not to let it pull me under.
We have TWO irons in the fire to move our autistic son forward in his education!
Using my musical gift to improve my mental health
Keeping my sobriety by giving it away.
To lead effectively, I need to serve the bigger vision.
Am I really pulling out of the best writing course on the Internet just to be honourable?
Stepping up and overcoming obstacles.
Could autism and ADHD be the reasons for my addictions?
Have we failed our son by not paying attention to how badly the school was going about things?
Turning off the culture wars content has been really good for me.
Time restrictions can lead to more effective use of my time. I hope!
It felt good to be playing guitar again and be back in Will McNicol's orbit.
The day I was installed as Master of Lodge St Molios No 774
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
What if I were to spend a few months of full-time work on a new podcast and just see where it goes?
I8 years dry is good, but there's still a lot of work to do.
Topping up my social capital on a weekend trip of (too) much socialising.
Other writers whose work is helping me off the couch
Showing up when I don't feel like showing up.
What a privilege it is to be a husband.
Here's how I'm keeping my mental health on THIS side of the chasm.
I love the way that Substack is making independent writing a possibility!
Writing every day is vital for my mental health
Finding sobriety through the creative act
My First Listicle! (Media I've Learned from This Week)
The most useful thing I can do to keep from slipping into victimhood mentality.
As long I don't do nothing - that's the key to progress.
The ADHD and bi-polar are getting tiresome.
ADHD, Autism and Bi-polar - Is a Diagnosis Useful at Age 51?
I can use my many reasons to live to keep my oblomovitis from holding me back.
Fearless self-expression is the way to peace
Literary fiction DOES present answers
What is it with performance anxiety?
This is the Sea, and All the Feels
This content helps me with fear, self-doubt and anxiety.
The blanket of brain fog that causes Resistance is my enemy
I can FEEL myself becoming a better man
I'm looking at you, morning pages.
It just doesn't get any better!
Does my writing really help anyone else?
So not only CAN I win, I DID win!
All I have to do is accept the present as it is.
I can choose music and, in that way, I'm choosing happiness.
Okay - Positive Vibes. Remember?
My carefully curated podcast diet will bring about an emergence of my own unique ideas.
Let's bring some stoicism to bear. No more victimhood.
This could lead to financial comfort. Let's do it!
Is anyone up for a morning pages membership?
To have built relationships based on love - that's success
I should get into the hills for some serenity and perspective
Have I been socially conditioned into thinking that I should 'man up'?
If I wasn't a mason, I'd probably get more hermit-like and curmudgeonly
Returning from the world BMX Flatland Finals in Glasgow
A creative vibe for dealing with mental health
Using the Serenity Prayer to Find Acceptance
A million morning pages writers? Why not!
I choose to be inspired rather than play the victim role.
Can I choose to have a good day?
We feel so isolated and unsupported by the educational authorities
It's an actual market, something meaningful. I'm getting closer.
Music really does change the world.
Can I use AI to reduce my wife's insane workload?
These creative acts release the pressure so I can find perspective
How I found my way into writing when I didn't feel like it
A Downward Spiral that Led to an Epiphany
I can deal with fear and resistance
Am I talking myself into becoming a recovery coach?
Looking for wins amongst the losses
This is why I don't engage in multi-season American shows
They will tell you to educate yourself.
How will others find me if I'm not doing anything to facilitate that?
How to conflate grace and truth
I have to be careful that I keep compassion as my guide.
How I'm finding confidence as a byproduct of good habits
The idea of collaborating is exciting!
How I'm welcoming a broken routine
I'm repeating myself, aren't I?
These pages are helping me more than usual
My wife's goodwill is running low
Seeking happiness through my daily writing practice.
Ten years of attending AA have left their mark, and it's a good mark.
I'd forgotten how fulfilling teaching can be
A positive mind-hack to deal with chores-resentment
Starting a new ASN Group on Arran
Our son is a victim of the pandemic and we don't know what to do now.
A Kind of Writing I Would Like to Do More Of
Fixing my Life with Notion Life Design
What's with the 'All or Nothing' Approach?
No Resentment Here - Not Today
First Campervan Trip with the Missus
The philosophy and ethics of AI make me think of Frankenstein.
Humility and Honour are Words to Keep Top of Mind
Fearless self-expression is the key to positive mental health and recovery.
The Guilt of the Worthless Alcoholic
The horses offer a connection to something bigger.
Talking through my work problem.
Recharging after expending my social capital
Is it Resistance or Laziness that keeps me from writing?
What do YouTubers do at Live Shows?
Why this Writing is So Important to Me
Finding Bravery (or Avoiding Cowardice)
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