The athlete is shocked to see how uncoordinated his old school friends are. The spouse is surprised to see how much their partner is struggling to talk to a room full of people. "They spoke so well with me just two minutes ago" I think its so easy for the humble or self hating to … Continue reading Reminders for the humble →

Silence - a blessing for the busy mind and a curse for the lonely mind.

Some travellers are nervous. They want to enact the journey from Dublin to Cork entirely on Google maps before they leave the house. They leave first thing in the morning to enable maximum sunlight and visibility. They curse their inability to see 300km ahead. Then there are others who know that even if it gets … Continue reading Headlights logic →

The art efficinado The person who actually wants to be here. Where most can name three famous painters, they can rattle off 50. Their favourite paintings are not well known but the art that for some reason or other seems to move them.The modelThey've come to bolster their online profile by posing for photos beside … Continue reading Museum Personas →

The national museum at Trafalgar square has a rule that anyone with a bag must wear on their chest and not their back and seeing as the majority of patrons are tourists it looks like a slow moving quiet conference for testing driving pregnancy.

What I think is fascinating in the TV show the traitors and any other murder mystery game is when people say they 100% convinced that the murderer is Julie. Then they find out they're wrong and flip on a dime and say they are now 100% convinced that the murder is James. It's mad, the … Continue reading Traitor convinced →

I think its so easy to become embittered by the cruelty of the world. There's an abundance of it out there and it's no wonder people become cranky and resentful. Life can be shit. Then on the other side of the spectrum is naivety and falling to pieces at each setback. So, to borrow a … Continue reading Softening and hardening →

I reckon the difference between overthinking and deep thinking is the outcome. Overthinking leads to anxiety and doubt. Deep thinking provides certainty and calm.

When the setbacks occur, I think there can be an internal pressure to immediately get back on the horse. Don't for a second let the sadness in! Now I'm no psychologist, but in my experience I think that the healthier option could be to create the space for those negative emotions. Watch them simmer in … Continue reading Space for sadness →

I think the best acid test for whether a student will do well or not is - do they want the knowledge? I think the world's greatest wisdom can fall on deaf ears if the student doesn't want to hear it. Whether as the student who is chomping at the bit to improve sees learnings … Continue reading The student differentiator →