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    adamsanablogue
    • Jun 3, 2017
    • 2 min

    Everybody was a baby once

    Though somewhat of a cliché, I think it's worth remembering that in any scenario, based on our skills and experience we have gained up...
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    adamsanablogue
    • May 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    Career Change: A Progress Update

    I thought I might take a break from the reflective/philosophical writing this week and give you a quick update on what's actually going...
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    My Career Change Doubts (and why I'm not acting on them) Part 2
    adamsanablogue
    • May 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    My Career Change Doubts (and why I'm not acting on them) Part 2

    As I look at my life, I can point to many occasions where I might have gone back on decisions too early. I recently came across something...
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    adamsanablogue
    • May 12, 2017
    • 2 min

    My Career Change Doubts (and why I'm not acting on them) Part 1

    "No regrets man." Simple as it might be, this is one of the best pieces of advice given to me recently. I'll admit it; despite writing a...
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    adamsanablogue
    • May 6, 2017
    • 2 min

    Do we value money more than we let on?

    This phrase by Alain de Botton got me thinking: "In theory, we believe that the primary school teacher is making a more valuable...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Apr 29, 2017
    • 3 min

    Ambition and Gratitude. Can we have both?

    How do we balance ambition and appreciation? Is our drive to make changes in our lives purely down to a lack of gratitude? Is it the case...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Apr 15, 2017
    • 3 min

    When I realised I was rich

    It can be very easy to say how lucky we are to live in a developed country, but it's worth really taking some time to reflect; to take in...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Apr 7, 2017
    • 1 min

    Drum Teaching: What I've Learned

    In a (perhaps welcome) break from my altrustic chat, this week I've posted a blog on my drummer website, sharing what I've learnt as a...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Mar 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    WARNING: Millest gets on his high horse...

    Okay, I've been putting off writing something like this at the risk of sounding a bit holier-than-thou. But I've also realised that I...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Mar 25, 2017
    • 2 min

    How David Brent cut me to shreds

    Last night I watched David Brent: Life on The Road, for a bit of light distraction and a wind-down. I ended up weeping uncontrollably....
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    adamsanablogue
    • Mar 17, 2017
    • 2 min

    Whoops. I'm waiting for my life to begin again.

    I feel I need to revise an idea from a previous article "Maybe you're not procrastinating." In this post, I made the point that it is...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Mar 9, 2017
    • 3 min

    So then Millest, what are you actually going to do then?

    Pole-dancing. What do you reckon.....? In all seriousness, sorry for the slight anti-climax, but the honest answer is that after all...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Mar 4, 2017
    • 3 min

    Changing Career Part 5 - The myth of the dream job

    Another key factor has been a fairly substantial shift in how I view my working life. People tell me I'm being cynical when I say this...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Mar 1, 2017
    • 3 min

    Changing Career Part 4 - The myth of the "real job"

    "I'm telling you Adam, if you give up drumming, that is your life over." This was the advice given to me by a pro drummer when I was...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Feb 24, 2017
    • 5 min

    Why I'm Changing Career - Part 3

    As I have mentioned, there was a critical point that began this process, which was the moment I realised I was making a steady and...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Feb 16, 2017
    • 4 min

    Why I'm Changing Career - Part 2

    I think perhaps the first thing worth pointing out is that this decision is coming from a happy, and an ambitious place, not a sad and...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Feb 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Why I'm Changing Career - Part 1

    As people around me know, I am working on a career change. Specifically, I don't want to be a freelance drummer anymore, nor am I adverse...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Feb 2, 2017
    • 2 min

    Maybe you're not procrastinating

    There's all sorts of motivational messages out there that encourage us to start living our dreams now. To get on with it and stop putting...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Jan 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Developing the not-giving-a-shit muscle

    “I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”...
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    adamsanablogue
    • Jan 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    "Am I a terrible person?"

    I am not a religious man. But something I think that we can take from Christianity is the notion that we are all sinners. We like to look...
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