Richard 
Change is not easy is it? I like to try new things and grow just as much as anyone. I’ve started a business (which failed), started a blog, art, a meetup and more. You might say I’m doing alright, even call me brave. Yet despite all this, there are parts of my life where I … Read more
What’s missing in my life? Well many things but one I can identify is time for fun. Messing about, play. Sometimes I don’t want a goal a purpose to work towards. Measure my success rate, wonder how I’m doing, am I doing it right. I want to do something without the oversight of my own … Read more
‘Not just to live, but to thrive’ That’s the motto here. But what does it mean? Although it may obvious, I ask the question because my ideas may not be the same as yours. To me, thriving is not about the materialistic growth of accumulation. It’s not about getting that more expensive car, upgrading to … Read more
‘All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.’ Anatole France We have to say goodbye a lot in our lives. Not just relationships but old homes, possessions, habits and more. For … Read more
The learning of any skill is complex and somewhat mysterious process but the Four Stages of Competence outlines the psychological stages the journey from incompetence to mastery takes. They go as follows: What can be said about these stages? Although it’s a neat description of the stages, I wonder how it can be of practical … Read more
I have my own social anxiety group on Meetup.com. I started it because there was nothing else in my locale that seemed to cater for anxious neurotic types like myself. It’s been going for a couple of years now and one thing I have noticed is how different people are who label themselves Socially Anxious. … Read more