Author: Tim Moss
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Goodbye Cruel World!
Apparently, one of my recent blog posts came across as a bit defeatist. Like I was giving up, giving in and getting out. Perhaps I didn’t express myself clearly or perhaps it was misinterpreted but a message of defeatism certainly wasn’t my intention. I think that some of the realities of “the new lifestyle” are…
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Lunchtime Jailbreak – Everyday Adventure #1
If work is a prison then let the lunch hour be your escape. Like your job, hate your job, love it or just tolerate it, that one hour slot at lunch is your chance to break free. Your mission this month, should you choose to accept it, is to capitalise on your lunchbreak, escape your…
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Your New Year’s Resolution (courtesy of The Next Challenge)
9am January 1st 2010 and I am giving you your New Year’s Resolution: Have. An. Adventure. Each month of 2010, these pages will bring you a new idea for an Everyday Adventure. You won’t have to climb a mountain or even break a sweat (unless you want to). There will be no need to take…
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Egg & Spoon Race – A Video
Here’s a little video from the Egg & Spoon Race I organised recently. It was put together by a cool new organisation called Leap Anywhere who I gave a talk to recently and are well worth checking out.
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Life in the fast lane – Guest Blog: Alastair Humphreys
It gives me great pleasure to introduce today a guest blog from someone who, although he may not be aware, has been pivotal to me in many ways: Alastair Humphreys. I read Al’s blog all the time but I’ve also read his books and know that he has a wonderfully creative way with words. So,…
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In one month’s time I may no longer be doing what I love
If you could do anything, what would it be? I’ve had this conversation on more than one occasion recently (not dissimilar to “What would you do if you had a million pounds?“) and the answer, for me, has been: “Well, this”. And that sounds wonderfully trite and complacent but, in reality, it has as much…
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Mile Diary #2 – I wrote it in Comic Sans
I assume the walls were once cream but now they’re a mosaic of scuff marks from black rubber and grubby patches where sweaty palms rested and slick finger tips gripped. The strip-lighting and low ceiling don’t do it any favours either. Nor, for that matter, do the two guys lying on the floor grunting like…
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Don’t judge a book by its (back) cover
I like surprises. I like not knowing what’s going to happen next, when the film’s going to end or how someone’s going to react. There are times when you need to know these answers – your a politician preparing a statement or a researcher conducting an experiment – and there are times when they’re going…
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16.5%
A current ran up my right leg, passed through my abdomen, dropped down the other side and exited my body. It left no damage except to my ego. It was a biometrical impedance analysis or “thing that looks like weighing scales and tells you what percentage of your body is fat”. Mine was 16.5%. That…
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Say ‘No!’ to negativity – #3 Weird is wonderful
My friend mentioned recently that her colleagues were “nauseated” by the fact that she came into work in a good mood, raving about the joys of life. Now, as amusing as that may be, I think it’s a particularly British trait to be suspicious of the happy, as if it’s somehow weird. But weird is…