Reflections on the past, present and future of Glasgow’s art scene
Glasgow's appeal is visceral. A grey and often grim place which only becomes attractive once you experience its rough charm in person. I fell in love with the city when I...
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15 things you probably don’t know about me yet
This article has been sitting in my drafts folder for months with just three words written: “SPILL GUTS HERE”. But I couldn’t find the guts to spill my guts, until...
On not using all the available space
Everyone knows that packing light makes travel easier, but we've all been that person lugging a suitcase full of never-needed things around a foreign city. What could you offload to lighten...
Dictating, Writing, Hiking.
Solutions to the problem of writer's block are legion. The funny thing is that people don't often get stuck for words when mid conversation; words tend to just come out....
The art of the uncomfortable: how to hack your habits by running short experiments
Some of the biggest gains I've made since quitting my job have come from pushing myself into corners, into doing things I'm not sure I can handle, or just plain...
How to fire a client
When a normal relationship goes sour, you start to feel guilt and resentment. And often you leave it too long before taking action for fear of hurting the other person....
Make a “to don’t” list, and other ideas for working smarter not harder
The more I've read about the habits of inanely productive people (mostly writers), the more convinced I've become that routine making maketh the man. So this list of ways to...
Fewer, shorter, better emails.
How to write more effective business emails, or eliminate them altogether. It’s all too easy to fire off an email. Compose. To. Subject. Message. Send. The problem lies at the...
The unspoken D word that eats you from the inside.
What happened the day that I realised I couldn't go to work any more.
The accountability hacks I used to blog 30,000 words in 30 days, and what it taught me about writing
If Aristotle was on point and “We are what we repeatedly do”, then to be a writer all you need to do is write.