Author: Alastair Johnston (141)

Introducing Hello pages

How can we be more social, without relying on social media? For a while now I have been thinking about this problem. So I decided...

Hello

Hello, I'm Alastair Johnston. Here is how I prefer to keep in touch, and why: This is an example of a Hello page. If you...

There is no "Them"

There is no "us" and "them". The Nazi's said the Jews were "them". Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, and many more say that immigrants are "them"....

Projects: The Alastair Method

Projects: The Alastair Method

How do you manage projects in your Bullet Journal? You can manage your future appointments, you can easily manage your to-do’s, all using The Alastair...

Journal message for the New Year

A Message for the New Year

It's a new year. Out with the old, in with the new. New possibilities. New opportunities. Hold the hounds of despair at bay. They do...

The Llangollen Santa Special

If you've never tasted a Welsh Oggie, imagine a better version of a Cornish Pasty, only filled with a variety of delicious fillings, this one...

Sweetcorn

I couldn't hold out any longer. It is late September. Rats or squirrels have started to steal my precious treasure. If I leave things much...

Pay yourself first, in time

I’m currently reading the excellent Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman and came across the idea of 'Pay Yourself First', but applied to time. I...

Try to put down your phone

It’s good to put down your mobile phone Lawrie. As I write this the iPhone is king, a smartphone. You’ll probably have something that I...

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