A year ago I was sitting with my laptop in Chile setting up wordpress on my self-hosted domain. It was very exciting to approach publishing something that was mine on my own space.
I didn’t have much to write about then as I was cautious about opening up too much on the internet, I thought I’d write a few posts about travelling and my experience as an Australian living in Chile. Continue reading
I was searching for an easy pizza dough recipe on youtube the other day. I found so many variations so in order to avoid confusing, I took the best elements from three different recipes and mixed them together. This is what I came up with. I am probably doing some things wrong. I am keen to receive feedback or advice. I was quite happy with the result but it would be ideal to get a more elastic and stretchy dough. Give this recipe a go, the results have been satisfactory so far. Continue reading
These are just observations I have made while working for small businesses. They may not apply to all cases but this is what I’ve seen. Continue reading
Another benefit I have noticed from blogging is that it helps against procrastination. By writing a post, I endeavour to get it done and published so that it’s out of the way and sometimes I prepare posts in advance so that my blog remains as active as possible.
The title says it all. If we all sat down and had a discussion about all the times we were hard-done-by, I think we’d be able to fill libraries worth of stories!
Guess what? Worse things have happened to others. Life goes on and if you can read this if means you’re still breathing so time to move on in the same way, time already has.
It’s quite possible to make enemies out of anybody, even people we don’t know personally (eg. George Bush, Sadam Hussein, Alan Jones etc). It’s just not necessary. A smart man from Delloitte once said:
It’s not worth holding grudges. You waste your own energy and possibly give ammunition to those who aren’t in your favour. Continue reading