I’ve Ditched the News and Social Media…

No more alerts, banners, newsfeeds, apps…No more automatic updates…Not on TV, my phone, the radio. Nothing. I’ve also deleted my Twitter account and eliminated Facebook scrolling. But we’re in the information age, you say. We can know anything in an instant, at our fingertips! “Don’t you want to know what’s going on in the world?”…

Honour the Ebb and Flow

Is it just me or is there a general feeling of overwhelm on social media?  Anyone who runs a business seems to be under constant pressure to do this course, that workshop, read this book, hire that expert etc. I recently read in a Facebook group a comment that procrastination was another term for laziness! …

Reflecting on Our Selfie, Tech and Social Media Era

I wonder how we will reflect on this era of selfies and social media. Shallow, superficial and self indulgent? Or a golden age of communication, connectivity, knowledge-sharing and possibility? Will we look back at this as an era where we went sleepwalking into banality, virtual-reality and instant celebrity while artificial intelligence stepped in while we were…

The Down Side to Being Seen

I’ve been having an interesting experience these past couple of weeks as the target of a few people on social media whose views differ from my own. I genuinely like people and find everyone to be unique – we all have a different story, a different experience which dictates how we see things from our…