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My Travels: What Constant Work Trips Actually Look Like
Clearing out the fridge, packing again, flying to Seattle. The unglamorous reality of a travelling job.
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Why Is Everything So Fast? On Resolutions That Quietly Die
Half of January gone and none of the plans started. On time speeding up and good intentions fading out.
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You Are an Idiot and I Can’t Say It to Your Face: Working With Difficult People
Everything that runs through my head when dealing with wilful incompetence, and why none of it gets said.
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Back to School: The First Day Back After a Holiday
Two weeks of sun, food and ocean, then the desk, the inbox, and a marriage conducted across time zones.
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Second Is Good, But Not Good Enough: On Ambition That Never Rests
The day after New Year, when everyone is meant to be winning. On the drive that will not let you sit still.
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Joyful or Simply Drunk? A New Year’s Eve Post-Mortem
Two parties, one resort off Highway 1, and the question of whether any of us were actually happy.
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The Little Joys of Life: Looking Back on an Unpredictable Decade
A career I thought had ended, a life I could not have predicted, and the small things that carried me through.
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And It’s a Wrap: Surviving a Reorg at Work
A division-wide reorganisation, a tired team, and what a year of relentless change does to a leader.
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The Art of Doing Nothing: In Defence of a Lazy Weekend
Why staying indoors, wandering room to room and achieving nothing is a perfectly respectable weekend.
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Adjusted for Inflation: Fighting With Your Spouse About Money
One expensive holiday booking, one furious husband, and what money arguments in a marriage are really about.
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