We Are Never Quite Finished: Lessons from the Sagrada Familia Recently, I visited the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona—a building famous for being designed by the renowned architect Antoni Gaudí. One of the most striking things I learned was this: the original design for the Sagrada was meant to resemble something closer to Westminster Abbey far more than the organic, nature-inspired sculpture it has become today. The Sagrada represents an imperfect mash-up of ideas, creativity, and...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Newsletter #4 How to Get Rich Quick!!!!! (Not Clickbait) Lately, I’ve been pausing more. Watching the light fade in the evening. The leaves fall.. Driving home from work with my music on. Bingeing 90s Tom Clancy films (The Fugitive is still number 1, for now). Noticing. These tiny moments, mundane to some, make me feel one thing: wealthy. Not in pounds or possessions, but in comfort, freedom, and choice. In love. In luxury of the everyday kind. It almost feels greedy. So here’s my pitch… to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Autumn (without the fall) Falling leaves. Darker nights. Colder mornings. Autumn used to hit me hard. It’s a time of year I have always struggled with. I blamed it on being a ‘summer baby’. Born in June = thriving in the sun. But maybe it’s less about birthdays and more about being an outdoors person. Summer gives me light, time and the warmth to do what I love. An extensive period of fun and adventures. I remember a morning back in April where, given the unbelievable temperatures we had, I...
3 months ago • 1 min read
“So, what do you do?” Ah yes, the classic icebreaker—designed to fill silence whilst often triggering a mini existential crisis. I lump it in with other surface-level spirals like: “What’s your five-year plan?” “Where’s your career heading?” “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” Why are we so obsessed with planning? Forecasting every step? Mapping out life like a step by step recipe? Scott Stillman, in I Don’t Want to Grow Up, writes about how animals live for the day – every day. Some...
3 months ago • 1 min read
#1 Growing with Gaia I recently watched a video of a man explaining a concept I haven’t encountered before – the idea of Gaia. If you’re curious to explore the video yourself, you can find it here: Gaia - YouTube video Gaia is not so much a philosophy or belief as it is a realisation. It feels like one of those “ah ha!” moments, where something suddenly clicks and the world makes a bit more sense. Gaia is a beautiful recognition of the interconnectedness of beings, objects, moment, and atoms...
4 months ago • 1 min read