This year, it's 30 years since my father died and 2 years since my mother did. Finding out what I now know means that things could have been very different, and in fact were. Cumulative Self-Talk is archeological: you have to do some digging to get to the heart of the matter, but it’s worth it.
The story of life is a never ending story, always changing and changing you. Manage this process well and it’s all the better for it.
Just as in childhood it was important to step outside your front door, so it is when looking back, in adulthood, to move forward.
Think of it as a phone call with a long‑lost friend - speak for 20–30 minutes every few days, following whatever strikes you as significant, and save the recording without overthinking the title.
Now one - albeit large - hurdle’s out of the way, what now?
Thinking back to some Nigerians I know, copying their pace of walk brings unexpected results, and points to a key component of C.D.
It’s about accumulating the skills, competencies, and radar to improve your perception and actions.
Don't stop talking. Patterns emerge. Keep talking. Eventually, you branch out and find new patterns.
Now one - albeit large - hurdle’s out of the way, what now?
Beginning to tie it all together and move forward
A brush with the law, sweet about me, at the best disco in town, and relaxing into new ways of doing things
That brush with the law in full
Popping home for the day, I'm told that I'm visibly aging, but is that such a bad thing?