The Power of Two

The old man waved the stick high above his head, and then “crash”.  A wild but focused blow to the helpless tree.  The debris rained down all around him as he took aim again, ready to continue his assault.  He shouted, short sharp orders at the vegetation.  Strong, unintelligible from my vantage, and serious.  I remember the concentration […]

Stories wanted

I’m looking for a few people to write short stories about their own Lives, Goals and Actions for publication here.  What I am after is short pieces (maybe 500 words or so) about what you are doing with your life.  My aim is to post your stories here from time to time so that we can […]

What do you think you are?

I am a student, I am a writer, I am a husband, I am a father, I am an athlete, I am a silversmith, I am a foreigner, I am an Australian, I am a Christian, I am a company director, I am……
How should I describe myself?
The words that we use to describe ourselves tell […]

Archive Hunt

Today Is my day off.  Where I live, this is Sunday and I am making it my habit to take Sunday off my work online.   I don’t even turn on this PC on Sundays.  It feels great. 
I haven’t had the time to pre-write a good article article for today, so instead I am directing you to […]

The problem with maturity

It wasn’t all that long ago that I couldn’t wait to be an adult.  I wanted to leave my youth behind and get some respect from adults.  I wanted to be taken seriously, and I wanted to have the opportunities that adults had.  I didn’t have this freedom when I was young and it hurt. 
All of […]

The word “Vocabulary” is not in my vocabulary

The word “slow” is not in  my vocabulary, and neither is the word “bad”.  The word “disgusting” isn’t there and neither is the word “pain”.  Come to think of it all of these words are missing from my repertoire (and a whole lot more as well):

Ugly
Boring
Unhealthy
Old

Have I taken to heart the message of popular psychologists […]

Lifestyles of the Old and Crusty

Yesterday, I rode my bike in an event called The Kasama Century Run.  It involved 100 miles of riding around the area of Kasama in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.  That is the primary reason that they call it a century run.  However riding through the countryside, made me think of the other use of the word century. 
The […]

The Guy Who Told You that You could have everything was a lier

Hiking is an art.  The finest part is deciding exactly what to take with you and what tyo leave behind.  Whatever you want to carry has to be loaded onto your back and you will carry this up hills and through the trees, whereever you go it will be there weighing you down.  Some choose […]

The Competition is Closed and the Winner has Won

This morning I wrote down a list of the entrants that either left a comment under the competition post or sent me their entry via my contact page.  I cut this list up into equal sized pieces and put them in a bowl.  I closed my eyes and pulled out one piece of paper and […]

Last day of the LifeGoalAction birthday competition

If you haven’t already entered in the competition, you can do so by either leaving a comment after the post here or by sending me a message via my contact form.  You have until 5:00 Tomorrow morning to get your entry in so head over and read the post and get your entry in quick […]