A small milestone, but one that made me smile nonetheless: I finally made it to 500 subscribers on my tiny YouTube channel! 🎉
Thanks to everyone who has subscribed, watched, commented and recommended my videos. I’m aiming to get 1% better with each video I publish, and it’s been an incredibly rewarding process. Plus an excellent way of meeting my needs for creativity at work.
Onwards and upwards! 🚀
📆 A superb Monday so far!
Slowly adjusting to life back in London post-holiday.
My first day back at work was made quite amazing by receiving not one, but two incredibly lovely emails from podcast listeners. It makes all the difference to know that episodes are going down well with the audience.
Last day of work before we go to Sitges tomorrow, for Pride 🏳️🌈
But if I’m totally honest, I could do with another 24hrs to feel more organised and cultivate a little more calm and composure.
Today’s todo list is… epic.
Despite being woken up by a malfunctioning fire alarm at 4am, I’ve been vaguely productive this morning!
Finished the edits and published my lastest work YouTube video, survived a client call regarding a new project, and with the help of even more coffee, I’m going to run a webinar in about 30mins from now.
I am, however, going to wrap up work as soon as that’s finished. I may need a very short nap to get through the rest of the evening.
📸 This morning, I restocked the most important piece of equipment in my office. ☕️ Crisis averted.
📸 Up in Oxfordshire for an overnight work trip and this is the view from my hotel bedroom.
Back from a hectic few days at a psychology conference in Sheffield. My brain is full of new knowledge and ideas, and my heart is full of gratitude for getting to spend quality time with good friends.
That just leaves my liver, which is in a very sorry state indeed.
Some last-minute checking of my packing list before I head off to a three-day conference later today. I’m always afraid I’ll forget something really important. But I’m going to Sheffield, not the North Pole, so I’m sure I can buy anything I leave behind…
Monday, May 13, 2024
Currently packing for yet another trip - this time to go to a conference in Sheffield until Friday. Nothing but wall to wall psychologists! 😬 It’s the annual occupational psychology conference, organised by the British Psychological Society. And it looks like I’m going to be a busy bee. I’m a discussant in a panel session on evidence-based practice, and I’m also co-facilitating a workshop on coaching skills. But that’s all on one day, so for the rest, I’m free to go to the sessions I’m interested in.📸 Work podcasting face
Recorded another podcast episode today, edited a difference episode, and created two new videos. It’s been a day and half. And now time to prep some slides for a psychology conference I’m presenting at in a couple of weeks.
Monday, April 29, 2024
You know what I’m not loving? Comments on my videos, and direct messages on LinkedIn, from purported ‘professional video editors’, pointing out how shit my content is, then offering to ‘fix’ my channel for a fee. All written in the worst possible English. Lads, fuck you very much for the unsolicited feedback, but I won’t be needing your services any time soon. Are there better videos on YouTube? Of course. Have I got a lot still to learn about video editing?Finally home from my overnight to Chichester to speak at a conference.
The presentation went really well, almost making up for last night’s food poisoning and projectile vomiting at 2am. 😥
Haven’t slept since and, at this point, I think I can see sounds and taste colour.
Good evening from Chichester.
My first ever visit. Overnight to speak at a conference. All I can say so far is that the Guinness is excellent.
More to follow…
I’ve had insufficient sleep and insufficient caffeine today and it’s taking all my self-control not to fly into a Wolverine-style berserker rage at the imbeciles who keep making so much noise in the office building.
Specifically, in the corridor outside my office.
Which is not the place to have loud conference calls using speakerphone you absolute twat.
I’ve been awake since 3am due to the mother of all headaches.
Today at work is going to be pure joy…
Keeping things neat.
I’ve set up a separate micro blog (and account) to write about life as a psychologist. You can find it here. It’ll be shared to my professional Mastodon and Threads accounts too.
A thing I’ve been working on for weeks and weeks has finally gone live and I’m very excited (and nervous).
The first video in a series, all about how to develop your psychological flexibility and deal with pressure and stress more effectively. An evidence-based, effective and impactful approach.
All in all, a very good day at work.
Enjoyed coffee and a catchup (and plans for more work) with a client in the West End and then delivery of a workplace wellbeing workshop for a new client.
Now heading home to head to the gym. I know! But after all that talk about investing in our wellbeing, I can hardly collapse on the sofa with a beer, can I?!
I’ve had a much better day today
Had a very productive morning in the office and an even better afternoon working from home.
Just back from the gym and now it’s time to pack for tomorrow’s trip to Edinburgh.
Heading into the office after yet another weekend that felt just too short.
Thankfully, this is a three day week for me and then I’m off to Scotland to see family.
Better get cracking on my todo list then!
TFI Friday
It’s been quite the week and I’m feeling not one bit guilty for finishing work early today.
Despite everything else that happened, I somehow managed to be insanely productive yesterday and this morning. So it’s time to get outside, get some air and move my body around.
On reflection…
I should have booked today off work to recover from yesterday’s adventures. But we are where we are. So instead, I left the office early and I’m chilling at home.
After some annoying work news and a general feeling of being blocked creatively, I did the only sensible thing: I bought a new notebook. Time to return to the bullet journal and get back some clarity and focus.
It’s not been a typical few weeks, what with Japan and hospital, so I think it would be useful to pause and take a step back. Time to put on the kettle and get writing.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
After a couple of weeks off due to my visit to Japan, I’m back into the weekly habit of posting an update of the week that was. Travel and adventure The main update here is my return from Japan. It always feels like a wrench to leave Tokyo, but this was somewhat lessened due to my excellent journey home. Though it was far from efficient. I flew with Malaysia airlines from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur and then from Kuala Lumpur to London.Back in the office for the first time since Japan.
And I’m not going to lie, I could feel better. I slept from 9pm until 6am this morning, so it’s not a lack of sleep. It’s a lack of Tokyo!
🎥 Yesterday, I published a new video on my professional YouTube channel, answering one of the most frequently-asked questions I get about my job as a psychologist: “Does your job ever make you sad?"
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Another summary of the week that was… Wellbeing I’ve had ups and down on the health front. On the one hand, I’ve stuck to my healthy diet and got to the gym after work. I’ve now lost 3kg since the beginning of the year. On the other hand, my gastro symptoms and associated pain have slowed me down several times. I’m just focused on my hospital appointment on March 4th and getting some clarity and a plan of action after that.Thursday, February 8, 2024
I’ve had quite a fun and productive day! I started my morning by editing a podcast episode and then edited the video version of the same. I’m now using Descript for the podcast and I’m loving it. It’s the perfect, pragmatic solution for a non-techie like me. Although I noticed quite a few glitches in the video, courtesy of my Elgato webcam, but after lots of back and forth, I decided to publish it anyway and let the audience be the judge of how annoying it is.Sunday, February 4, 2024
Another summary of the week that was. Work It was a really productive week on the work front. I kicked off two new client projects, both super-interesting and with nice clients. This really makes all the difference! I recorded another couple of podcast episodes, so I don’t run out of content while I’m in Japan later this month. I also recorded a few more videos for the YouTube channel, which I’m going to slowly edit over the coming couple of weeks.Saturday, February 3, 2024
I’ve had a super productive morning I went into the office as soon as I was showered and dressed this morning. Yes, on a Saturday morning! I wanted to take advantage of an empty building to record some content for my podcast and YouTube channel. And what do you know, as long as nobody is slamming doors or making loud phone calls in the corridor outside, I can get a lot of recording done.