Health & Wellbeing
Personal reflections on health, habits, and wellbeing, including the ones that were genuinely hardest to change, from quitting alcohol and fixing a work-life balance to the small daily choices that actually stuck around.
Fighting the system and breaking my phone addiction
Scrolling Facebook, I noticed something: mostly ads, barely a friend in sight. What followed was months fighting a phone addiction, iPods, dumb phones, screen time settings, before one small NFC device actually broke the habit for good.
Waffles: gluten-free & dairy-free with only 4 ingredients
Years of finding gluten-free waffles or dairy-free waffles, never both in the same place. This 4-ingredient waffle recipe solves both problems at once, no substitutes, no compromise, just one recipe that actually works.
Banana protein pancakes: gluten-free & dairy-free
After a morning surf I'm starving, and most cafe breakfasts are off the menu thanks to my allergies. This banana protein pancake recipe is gluten-free and dairy-free, solving the issue of what I can and can't eat.
One wrong booking ended up with five cards on the table
Everyone has values. Few people can actually name their own core values without stopping to think hard about it. Here's how one wrong online booking led me to finally find mine, and why I wish I'd done it sooner. A five minute exercise that.
How I’m wired: ENFJ, CliftonStrengths & pattern recognition
Personality tests are one of those things hiring managers love to ask about. Rather than hunting through old emails every time, here's how my ENFJ result, CliftonStrengths top 10, and neurodivergent thinking all point the same way.
How to brew the perfect cup of tea
Boil water, add tea, wait, done. It should be simple, but watch how differently people actually make a pot of tea and you'll quickly see it isn't. Here's the step-by-step French press method a good friend taught me years ago.
How to make the perfect Espresso Martini
I met Angus while we were both working at HazardCo back in 2020. Little did I know he'd end up giving me his go-to Espresso Martini recipe, equal parts vodka, espresso and Kahlúa, shaken hard for the best result every time.
Wolf of Wellington: Escaping death by a thousand clicks
Impulse purchases, a maxed-out credit card, and a questionable financial decision hanging in the balance. The near miss that taught me to think before I click, so I could step off "Enron's Ride of Broken Dreams" financial rollercoaster.
Baked chicken recipe based on the KFC 11 herbs & spices
Four cheeseburgers and a Coke for five bucks fed a whole afternoon of bodyboarding as a teenager. This baked version of the KFC 11 herbs and spices recipe scratches the exact same itch, minus the deep fryer this time around.
Muesli recipe with superfoods for surfing trips
Most breakfasts don't fail because they're complicated, they fail because they require thinking when you're not ready to think yet. This baked muesli recipe with superfoods solves that, made once, ready for a week of early surf mornings.