Sitemap - 2024 - Taking Personal Inventory

Connection!

If anything, I'm more excited about my book channel now than ever!

Finding meaning through art and creativity

What you aim at determines what you see

Chaos and order

Learning and creativity for meaning and purpose.

A dream come true

Vimes' boots theory of economics

It could backfire

I think that'll be plenty

I write because it's healing

Should I not be doing something to make it happen?

It always made me want to play more.

A drinking dream of Guinness

Is the humanities course becoming a slog?

Will I DNF The Analects?

The sunlight on the pages

The procrastination doesn't make any sense.

I don't like to give books to people if I've not read them.

How does he deal with his TBR?

Live Procrastination and Resistance

Darkness and light, in real life and in fiction.

Four meetings in three days

Aren't books such fun though?

Wet jackets and teenage hormones

Life through art.

It's okay to be low energy

Not a hint of depression

My aspirations are alive and well

Missing Los Endos

Emotional Beats in Fool's Errand

Do I Want to Start a Reading Group?

What a weird connection!

I have no room for resentment in my heart

You should sleep late.

White-knuckling and serenity.

I hope this blocky, resistant spell will pass.

I need to make the day count.

I love the spiritual and metaphysical vibes in these magic systems.

For God’s sake Camuel, would you play more guitar?

Not today.

Get loose and creative.

My Substack Summer

The Perfect Sunday.

My mind is so flighty.

The creative act helps.

I'm really growing into my book channel

I'm never quite sure why I stop.

The last page of my notebook.

I can't do everything.

I don't need to compete

Incremental progress

Just Keep Going!

It's a practice thing

Why am I so easily distracted?

Pushing through resistance is hard

Am I a Poet?

On the road

Daily writing livestreams

I feel blessed to have that support

It is what it is.

I Want to Make This Good!

The creative act always lifts my spirits

Numpty alert

That feels like addiction behaviour

Fake Line of Overwhelm

You'd think I'd have figured out by 52

I Went to Worldcon!

Am I Going to Buy a Ticket for Worldcon?

Retention is a problem

Let's stick with INSPIRATION!

Memories of reading Liveship Traders in a restaurant in Almaty

Oneness, universality, humanity and spirit.

Migraine Town

It seems fitting that I now make book content online.

My system is there to support me, but I have to let it.

Home from Holidays

No families up there!

The White Album and the Early 90s

Connecting Fantasy and History

Meet the new boss.

The Crucible of Culture

Feeding the to-be-read pile of books

Looking for Akhmatova

A blank canvas of potential

Happy 18th Birthday Hamish!

Foo Fighters Gig!

Making book content is awesome.

Could I write a historical novel?

Dostoyevsky AND Tolstoy at the same time!

Willow makes a rumpus

I'm a creator, not a business guy.

Impostor syndrome is great!

Classic literature is so relatable.

An Exceptionally Hot Day in St Petersburg

Saying no

I'm sober today.

Fighting the urge to hide

I hate adulting

I'm a creative person.

It's metaphorical mountain climbing day.

Growth mindset wins.

Exhaustion from living on a Scottish island.

Is this what BookTube looks like?

My struggle is with time management.

Why am I making crap like that?

Book clubs, anyone?

Everything is Awesome

Art is the key to connecting with God.

I Live through Art - Creation and Enjoyment, Nourishment, Connnection.

There are no points. And who even am I?

This project is for my own growth and enjoyment

That's where the rewards lie

Feeling overwhelmed is a product of my mind.

I'm hosting my first ever read-along!

You Won't Believe what a Fanny I Am! 🙊

Grief and guilt are emotions I have agency over.

I have Russian in my soul

Someone needs to sue Calmac

Retail therapy is one of my addictive behaviours.

How my Book Channel is Improving my Reading

Dealing with the stress of a failing ferry operator

I'm having trouble slowing down today.

Is this where my head takes me when I don't go swimming?

I remain humble; the overwhelm is not real.

New Grand Niece!

Family at the top.

Improving my mental health can lead to miracles.

Let sleeping cats lie

Getting my head around my sudden YouTube growth.

Dealing with my first ever viral video

Writing and posting puts me right back on track.

Building my BookTube

Still unbelievably excited about BookTube

Databases and stats motivate me.

For anyone who wants to write but isn't.

Some amazing news for our family.

Creativity is the Path to Enlightenment

Still Excited about BookTube!

Working to earn my place in recovery.

Live a little harder.

Recovery Writing Livestream

How about a livestream recovery writing session?

BookTubers who Inspire Me

Fear has no agency

Is this idea for a new creative project idea crazy?

Patience is the virtue to master

What I read comes out in my own writing in beautiful, inexplicable ways

Here's what's been holding me back.

This slows my brain down and gives me perspective.

Would you join my recovery membership?

I found the courage to make a video about being a subpostmaster.

Do I dare make a video about my trauma as a subpostmaster?

Keeping myself above the depression line

Fighting the local authority for our autistic son's education

How I'm Using Journalling to Become a Better Dad

Stealing like an artist and standing on the shoulders of giants

Have I Been a Closet BookTuber All This Time?

Do I Really Crave Human Connection?

Growth mindset, okay?

I refuse to let the low mood pull me down.

Creative Juices are Flowing

Speaking publicly about alcoholism and recovery

Coming up with my annual theme for 2024

A public speaking opportunity about mental health and addiction.

Creative People Will Find a Way

Disabusing myself of the notion that I'm a victim.