Poor Traildreamer is sorely neglected these days. The two things that drove it in the beginning were my dual passions of running and travelling. Those two threads led to all sorts of rants and research into work culture, freedom and how to pursue your dreams.
No wonder then that the Traildreamer blog has faltered since then [...]
Running, Creativity, Travel
Tag Archive: Work
Once You’ve Got It, Would You Ever Give It Up? Why Working From Home Ruins You
Is Cynicism Ever Healthy?
Trouble with taking action, is… I’ve been doing too many other things to be able to sit down and blog. Sorry for the full week without a peep. Here’s a wee something, harking back to previous diatribes and musings about motivational speakers… (Warning: might get a bit cynical).
Browsing the books and blogs of motivational speakers [...]
Adapt or Die: Why Excellent Employee-ism Is Sick
My closest friends are, by and large, excellent employees. I am the sole odd-bod. They turn up on time, do what they’re supposed to do all day, clock off 8 hours later (unless they’re doing some overtime), see themselves doing this for the next 30-40 years, and don’t have any problem with any of that. [...]
What Happens Between Jobs?
I am ‘between jobs’ at the moment (though it’ll not be for long, it has to be said). I can feel my internal gears crunching. It’s that shift, away from being externally directed by all the requirements dictated by a job – what time to get up, what to wear, how to travel, be there [...]
Are You Playing The Game?
I’ve only 2 weeks left at work, and my professional facade is wearing thin. Not with clients, but with all the games and pretending, all the unsaid rules, and the unsaid scams, that permeate this organisation. I didn’t often mind this stuff before. Occasionally something would get under my skin, but usually I played the [...]
Why I Quit
My notice is in, and I’m counting down to my last day. Busy, getting on with it: clearing the caseload, typing up reports, filing the paperwork, handing over the outstanding stuff that needs picking up… Sometimes, in amongst the dross, shivers of anticipation catch me out – I remember where I’m going, and why I’m [...]
Everybody Loves a Quitter
Everybody loves a quitter.
There’s something counter-intuitive about that sentence. It goes against everything we’re taught and told in life, and all those corny American movies we go to see where lame ducks finally come good cos no matter the odds, they didn’t quit.
But I’m not so sure. I have battled on against all odds in [...]
Why Boldness Needs Practice
“When faced with two alternatives, always choose the bolder.” Chay Blyth
I love that quote. I reckon it’s a fantastic notion to put at the core of life. Not that I can say that I always do – bold is scary, and risky, and ill-advised, and something parents will definitely disapprove of.
But hey! What the hell. [...]
Why ‘Good Business Practice’ Is Shooting Itself In The Foot
‘Good’ business does great by downsizing and streamlining, by paying its workers the minimum it can get away with for the maximum amount of work it can squeeze out. This is efficiency, and this is what it’s all about. Our economy is founded on principals of cost efficiency and productivity. But does this mean our [...]
Unusual Reasons To Be ‘Location Independent’
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of Tim Ferriss, AJ Hoge, Rolf Potts, Chris Guillebeau and similar. All guys who describe their routes to a particular pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: portable empires, 4 Hour Work Weeks, internet businesses.
They focus on how their business models have freed them to travel as much as [...]
