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November: Moving Forward, One Day at a Time
It’s the 1st of November, and as I sit here reflecting on the past month, I realise just how much has happened. We’ve been through Dyslexia Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Week and ADHD Awareness Month, with conversations taking place about understanding,...
Wednesday morning: Giving yourself permission to pause
oday is one of those days. It’s 11.30 on a Wednesday morning, and I’m still in bed. I’ve got up and done the things I needed to do. I’ve had breakfast, brought to me by my amazing wife, and I’ve spent the morning creating content for different projects, including this...
Sunday evenings, neurodiversity and giving yourself permission to park
Sunday evenings, neurodiversity and giving yourself permission to park It’s Sunday evening. I’ve had my Sunday dinner, and I’m sitting here doing a bit of work. But it got me thinking. When you’re neurodivergent, Sunday evenings and Monday mornings can sometimes feel...
October: Looking Back, Looking Forward and Giving Myself Permission to Keep Moving
As it’s the 1st of October, I wanted to spend a bit of time reviewing, reflecting and thinking about where I am. I really enjoy dictating and creating content. I’m not sure what my younger self would have thought if somebody had told me that, in my 40s, I would be...
Why Apple’s iPhone Duo Has My Attention
Earlier this week, Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone. Since seeing the announcement and listening to some of the coverage around it, I have become increasingly interested in what this new form factor could mean. Part of that interest is simply...
Technology, Innovation and Why the iPhone Duo Has Got Me Excited Again
I have always been fascinated by technology. It has become an integral part of my daily life and has fundamentally changed the way I interact with the world around me. Even writing this article is an example of that. I can lie here or sit with my phone, dictate what...
AI Is Becoming Part of My Assistive Technology Toolkit
Artificial intelligence is definitely becoming part of our assistive technology toolkit, and I find that genuinely fascinating. As someone who has used assistive technology for many years, I have watched technology change the way we read, write, communicate, organise...
I Usually Ignore Adverts. This Week, Two Made Me Think Differently.
I’m 42 years old, and I’ll hold my hand up and say that I’m slightly addicted to social media. I definitely have that neurodiverse, ADHD, dopamine hitting, doom scrolling concept, along with negative procrastination, which for me is probably more closely linked to my...
Planning Your Life Is Not Always Easy
Planning your life is not easy. You have to make decisions, and you have to try to make the right decision at the right time for you. The difficult part is that what feels right today may not always turn out to be the right decision tomorrow. Sometimes you move in a...