A quiet note on creative ambition, distraction, and the daily choice between possible futures.
Read MoreOn making memory dividends
Of all the things I could be spending my money, time, and attention on, I'm taking trips just to ‘say’ that I've done it? To treat a 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity as a tick-box exercise? That’d make sense if it were true, but it’s not what I’ve meant.
Read MoreWhat's the worst that can happen?
You're hearing it again... the voice in the back of your head nudging, prodding, screaming at you to pay attention to truth you've pushed down or excused away.
Not now. Not yet. Not until...
A web of concerns left unnamed and unresolved.
Read MoreThe Myth of 'Once I’ve Made It'
What would you keep doing, even after you’ve “made it”?
“Certainly not this!”
You’ve said it before, and you’ll say it again every time.
You’re one viral post, pay rise, or winning ticket away from your big break.
And it’s long overdue.
Read MoreClarity by the Kilometre
A walk. A call. An idea worth chasing. And the realisation that the best way to get unstuck is to get moving.
Read MoreLiftoff
Strapped to the front of a combusting cylinder,
Nichole Ayers graduates to space,
But from way down here it may appear,
Like there's fear all over my face…
Read MoreNew Year's Day is too easy to pretend to be good
Ahh, the start of the New Year—so full of hope, promise, and a million downloads of the trendiest habit-tracking app. Funny, then, that my own logged results for January 1st would first appear as either a slip up or a total, abject failure at goal-setting. But is it?
Read MoreOn becoming a NZ Dual Citizen (Part 2)
Jandals, togs, and a chilly bin.
Garage Projects, Behemoths, and Liberty.
Black sands and Black Caps.
Fertile soil to clay.
New Zealand welcomes me in today.
Read MoreA Formula 1 farewell (to 2024)
The new blood in.
The retirees.
The season that has to be seen.
Why I applied for NZ Citizenship before the US Election (Part 1)
Don’t complain; do somethign about it. And I did. It is the 31st of October 2024, fitting—perhaps—that it is Halloween Day and I am one click away from submitting my application for NZ [Dual] Citizenship.
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