The SIGNPOST

wherever the path leads...

2 minute read We are as much shaped by the ideas and beliefs that colonise our minds as we are by the physical limitations of our reality. 'Japanese knotweed is not to be ignored!' This was the sign on the van I passed today. It was a genius piece of marketing. "Are you ignoring this message wh...

Jun 11, 2025

not today

Some days it is better to just sit quietly. Today is one of them.

Jun 04, 2025

the bastard truth

4 minute read It doesn't matter what the threshold is, if it leads to unfamiliar territory, then the chances are it is going to be uncomfortable, because in general, anything that is unknown is unpredictable, and everything that is unpredictable contains a potential threat. So if you want rea...

May 28, 2025

breaking (bad) habits: part 2

4 minute read Let's get absolutely clear on this, while certain habits might be bad for us, they are not our enemy, they are signals. They are reactions we have learned in order to adapt to uncomfortable situations. Not safe. Not enough. That's generally why - at least to some degree. ...

May 21, 2025

breaking habits

7 min. read Not all learned behaviours are habits, but all habits are learned behaviours. So what's the difference and why does it matter? Learned behaviours are any actions we acquire through experience. This includes everything from eating, talking, walking, to riding a bike or flying a...

May 14, 2025

the joys you can't predict for

3 minute read "You have to try this!" My friend's face, pitched with glee, giggling, almost maniacally, led me into a room where he pointed at a box filled with two scores of ducklings. "Put your head in the box!" He ranted. I looked at him, bemused. "I'll show you." He said, as if I ...

May 07, 2025

wherever the path leads

5 min. read What will it cost you NOT to change? This is a question I want to return to over the next few weeks, because if we do not change what we're doing then we run the risk of continuing to get the same results we have been, and if those results are not the ones we want, then we run the...

Apr 30, 2025

the shape of things to come

9 minute read What happens when something that was once considered to be a conspiracy theory gets labelled as a 'trend vector'? You may have seen an article doing the rounds recently concerning AI-powered WiFi sensing technology, a technology that has the ability to create a three-dimensional...

Apr 23, 2025

a weaving of your dreams

4 minute read Imagine your dream life, just for a moment. Take a moment to actually imagine it, or maybe an aspect of it. When you do this, do you think of a specific experience or experiences? If so, do those specific experiences translate to a certain set of feelings, feelings that tend to ...

Apr 16, 2025

how much? how far?

5 minute read So we're all on a path somewhere. Only none of us really know where, not exactly. It's just a best-guess kind of thing. Nearer the beginning of this journey there are more moments of "Well I've never done that before!" By the middle of the journey we should be getting used t...

Apr 09, 2025

motto...

1 minute read Do you have a motto? Do you have a motto for life? A creed or a saying: a simple set of words to inspire and invite a shift in your state of mind or your way of being in the world? Maybe it's one you've heard from somewhere else that stuck? ‘It's not how many times you fall ov...

Apr 02, 2025

and the freedom to be you

4 minute read No to collectivism. Yes to unity. Some of the groups to which we belong like to argue that we benefit from their existence. In some cases this is true, but not all. There appear to be clear and inherent dangers in most ideologies. Not least because they tend to exist at on...

Mar 26, 2025

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