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Why Your Brain Chemicals Are Running Your Day (Without Telling You)
I have been quietly optimising my mornings for about a year. Movement first. Then water. Sunlight through the window during journalling. No phone before 8am. Gratitudes before…
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The Book That Told Me My Goals Were Too Small
I have always had big dreams. The house by the sea. The blog that sustains me. Financial freedom. A life designed around what matters rather than what is expected.
But alongside those dreams, there has…
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Ego Is the Enemy: The Book That Named What Gets in My Way
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday sounded, at first, like a book about other people.
Ego — the big, visible kind — felt like someone else’s problem. I was not arrogant. I was not…
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How to Build Habits That Suit Your Personality: Notes on Better Than Before
If you have ever wondered how to build habits that suit your personality, instead of forcing yourself into someone else’s system, Gretchen Rubin’s Better Than Before is…
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Slight Edge: 5 Powerful Lessons on Small Daily Habits
The Slight Edge is about how small daily habits compound over time, for better or worse. I used to think that transformation required a dramatic moment. A turning point. The decision that changes…
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The Day I Found Out My Morning Ritual Is Actually Neuroscience
Every morning, before the children are up, I sit with my journal and practise visualisation.
I have eight categories – career, finances, personal growth, health, family…
The Word That Was Quietly Ruining Everything
March 19, 2026
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The Word That Was Quietly Ruining Everything
I still think about one particular student.
Bright girl. Quick with ideas. But the moment she hit something difficult in class, she would shut down completely. Not dramatically – she didn’t…
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I Thought I Knew About Habits. I Didn’t Know Anything.
Here’s an embarrassing confession.
I have tracked habits in my Bullet Journal for years. I had beautiful little monthly habit trackers – little boxes to tick, colour-coded…
How to Learn Faster and Remember More: Notes on Jim Kwik’s Limitless
February 22, 2026
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How to Learn Faster and Remember More: Notes on Jim Kwik’s Limitless
If you have ever wanted to know how to learn faster and remember more without feeling as if your brain is broken, Jim Kwik’s Limitless is the book that gave me somewhere practical…
