Alastair Johnston

Why I'm leaving "X" - a post about implied support

If you give your time and content to X, the formerly known Twitter, Facebook or similar algorithm driven, attention hijacking social network, you are giving...

Even a bad run, usually turns out to be a good run, when it's run

Damn you Yorkshire, what with your rain and wind and incessant hills. You really tried me. You made me work and sweat and ache. But...

Film Photography Thoughts

After digging out my old Nikon and taking a stroll along the canal a while ago, I've felt the need to take more pictures on...

Most of the things I've worried about...

…never happened. Don’t worry so much as I have done Lawrie. When I was younger I used to have so many worries, most of which...

More on Hello Pages... or why LinkedIn sucks

As they used to say in those adverts... "We asked 13 people about their use of LinkedIn." Well, no one asked anybody, but as people...

Accidentally discovering Eyebombing

(or how we learned to make the world a nicer place with a small packet of googly eyes) We were standing in Tesco's technology area...

Wearing a Sabbath Watch

For a while now, on high days and holidays I've been making a habit of wearing a 'Sabbath Watch'.* In a similar vein to switching...

Daffodils

There's going to be a time when you won't see another daffodil. In the village, beyond the primary school, is a bank of grass that...

Have you ever picked up your phone to do one thing and...

...got distracted and then realised that you had completely forgotten what it was you were going to do? Austin Schrock decided to take a cheap...

How can I help you?

What problem are you struggling to solve using your Bullet Journal? When I created The Alastair Method for the Bullet Journal community, it was to...

Running on Snow

Up and at 'em. 7.30 in the morn. Workday looming ahead of the morning's brightening. "Carpe diem - seize the day!" the big thought, the...

2023 - A Depth Year

I haven't bought a new book since December 31st. Sitting in the lounge, on the shelf below the coffee table is a brand new, unopened...

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