A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.

  • Day 27: a quick one, while he’s away

    Day 27: a quick one, while he’s away

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    The AI article is out. https://www.webworm.co/newgods It’s horrible, but I’d appreciate you reading it anyway. Today’s chief achievement was making some little blocks to boost the lounge suite’s height by about a centimetre so the robot vacuum can make it underneath. Summoning that knowledge took me about a minute of serious thought; I was genuinely […]

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  • Day 28: I am getting an early night and you should too

    Day 28: I am getting an early night and you should too

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    Something I saw some time ago: “Depleted brains seek distraction.” I wish I could attribute it, but I was tired, and scrolling, and now I’ve forgotten without any possibility of recall who said it. But it certainly…

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  • Day 26: All we can do is do all we can.

    Day 26: All we can do is do all we can.

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    This evening I baked a cake for my son’s birthday celebration at his preschool tomorrow. In an attempt to be inclusive, I made it gluten, dairy, and egg-free. From the taste, this will work perfectly, because no-one…

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  • Day 25: boats against the current

    Day 25: boats against the current

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    In last night’s D&D game there was a discussion about the things that live rent-free in your head: mainly advertising jingles. I recently bought a packet of the Warehouse’s Market Kitchen brand of puffed wheat cereal coated…

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  • Day 24: oops

    Day 24: oops

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    It was around 9 AM this morning when I realised I hadn’t sent out an email yesterday. It wasn’t laziness or tiredness or illness; I just forgot. Straight forgot. Which is odd; getting this email out is…

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  • Day 22: you may live in interesting times

    Day 22: you may live in interesting times

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    My nights have started getting late again. In my defence, the daughter wakes up at 11 pm sharp every night; her body clock seems infallible. (It used to be 10, but then we were hit by the…

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  • Day 22: the points

    Day 22: the points

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  • Day 21: aaaaarghhhhh

    Day 21: aaaaarghhhhh

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    I nearly made the whole body of the email just “aaaargh” but I opted for not. But man, it was tempting. I just spent the best part of the evening taking turns with My Wife trying to…

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  • Day 20: Actual day 20 this time
  • Day 19: it just keeps happening!

    Day 19: it just keeps happening!

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    I did a couple of the hard things that my previous email assured readers, courtesy of Ms Rachel, that you can in fact do. I guess this email is proof! I am feeling more testy and scatterbrained…

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  • Day 18: You Can Do Hard Things

    Day 18: You Can Do Hard Things

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    There’s something I’ve heard that I can’t fully attribute, probably because it’s common sense, or perhaps just sense. I’ve variously heard it from friends and relatives and a therapist and social media memes, and it goes along…

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