Finished reading: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig 📚

Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚

Finished reading: The PARA Method by Tiago Forte 📚

Finished reading: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg 📚

Finished reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚

Finished reading: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚

Finished reading: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday 📚

Finished reading: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan 📚

Finished reading: Hooked by Paul Merson 📚

Finished reading: How To Talk Finance by Ted Wainman 📚

When I heard the news about Sinéad O’Connor, I was immediately transported back to 1987, living at my grandmother’s, listening to The Lion and the Cobra on cassette.

It was one of a small number of albums that meant a great deal to me then. Her vocal performance was mesmerising and the standout track for me was always Troy.

A few years later, when I got my first CD player I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got was my first CD. She was hugely talented, shamefully underrated and a true trailblazer.

I agree with very little of what Morrissey says these days, though I continue to enjoy his music. But this is powerful.

RIP Shuhada’ Sadaqat

Finished reading: Ikigai by Héctor García 📚

Finished reading: Where Good Ideas Come from by Steven Johnson 📚

Finished reading: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber 📚

Finished reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 📚

Finished reading: Our Fathers by Andrew O’Hagan 📚

Finished reading: Surrender by Bono 📚

Perfect weather for a hike today (with some of the the other Coronation-avoiders). Stanage Edge, my favourite place in the Peak District.

Just had an email advising that my Evernote subscription which is due for renewal on 31st May is going up from £44.99 to £79.99. I’m in a dilemma. I was on the beta back in the early days and I’ve been a subscriber for 10+ years. And whilst I continue to enjoy using the product I’ve been using other note taking applications (like Craft) more. Any thoughts from current or former Evernote users?

Finished reading: The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey 📚

Finished reading: Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Larry W. Phillips 📚

Finished reading: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 📚

Nice article from Jamie Ruben that inspires me to build my own canon of writing, both short and long form.

Project Sunrise: Ten Years to Full-time Writing

Finished reading: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki 📚