Jamie Jackson

Joined June 2020

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Between two skies and towards the night.

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Here’s How To Escape Bad Programming and Advice
Wherever you go, there are your choices —compounded, fully grown, they are the reality you live every day. Life is the result of choices.
By Jamie Jackson7 months ago in Motivation
20 Amazing Quotes About Life to Rewire Your Brain
It's easy to dismiss quotes. They always seem a bit of a cop-out, like the ADHD, Tik-Tok, instant soundbites of the personal development world. Why put in the real work when you can just read a sentence?
By Jamie Jackson7 months ago in Motivation
How to Develop Your Personal Online Brand
There was an unnerving TV drama in the 1960s called The Prisoner about a British spy held against his will in a surreal and ominous seaside village. We watched as he was doomed to live out his days in an unbearably sterile and inane countryside purgatory, half-prisoner, half-resident, wholly trapped.
By Jamie Jackson7 months ago in Journal
Whatsapp is Wrecking Our Brains and No One Talks About It
Whatsapp went down today (that's Monday 4th October if you're wondering). I saw loads of tweets about it. Half were frustration and anger, the other half were oddly celebratory as if people had finally been untethered from an evil technological mistress.
By Jamie Jackson7 months ago in 01
Time Will Eat Up Your Dreams Before You Know It
Now I've reached my 40s, I’ve realised the profound truth in the words “There is no right time to do anything, you just have to do it.”
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Motivation
From a Tile Sandwich to Animal Emancipation
Hello. I’m going to write about my two dogs, why they’re awesome and why you should care (seriously, I swear I've discovered some sort of work-life hack but we'll go over it later), but before that, a quick story.
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Petlife
9 Rules on Writing a Best Man’s Speech
Here are 9 tips on how to write a best man's speech that you never thought was in you. I know you want to hear them. How do I know? Because I've been there, nervous, looking for answers, searching the web for emancipation from this hell.
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Marriage
5 Steps on How to Stop Freaking Out
Hello and welcome to the freakout club. You get a card and everything. It says on it: “I’m currently freaking out right now, please try later for normal human behaviour”. It’s not really a useful card if I’m honest.
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Psyche
What Are Life Skills and Are They Important?
“Forget Being a Genius and Develop Some Skills” - Jerry Saltz These words, “forget being a genius and develop some skills” are written by Jerry Saltz in his book How to Be An Artist. It's a wonderful, easy to read guide on how to approach creativity, full of wisdom, tips and tricks on how to grease your creative wheels. It's also a New York Times bestseller.
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Motivation
How To Find a Job You Love
Comedian Mitch Hedberg had a joke that went like this: “At a radio interview the DJ’s first question was ‘Who are you?’ I had to think. Is this guy really deep? Or did I drive to the wrong station?”
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Journal
Goodbye to a Family Home
Homeward bound, a journey I had delayed, Returning to the family nest, just one last time, Years unfold, inevitable dismay,
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Poets
9 Tips on How To Take a Cold Shower
Each morning I run an ice-cold shower and I stand beside it, looking into the bathroom mirror and telling myself I can get under that freezing waterfall.
By Jamie Jackson8 months ago in Lifehack