Working through it

A lot of work doesn’t feel elegant or inspired. It feels slow, uncertain, and occasionally uncomfortable. There are phases where things seem stuck, overly complicated, or just hard to get through, as well as moments where something clicks, often after a stretch that didn’t feel like it was going anywhere. These posts are about that side of things. The reality of doing the work, rather than the neat version of it.

Writing to think 27^th of May 2022 I've been thinking a lot about why I write here, and what I get out of it, and I’ve realised it’s a handful of things.
Terrible, boring and hard 25^th of May 2022 There’s at least one phase in pretty much everything I work on where things seem insurmountable. Where they are just terrible, boring and hard.
Alphabetising the recycling 17^th of May 2022 Alphabetising your recycling is such a perfect way of describing those activities that seem, on the face of them, useful and productive but, as you dig in you realise that they are just busy-work.
Friction and inaction 11^th of May 2022 For the past (checks last post date) six or so months, I've posted nothing here. In that time, though, I've been busier than ever. So what gives?
Bug fix 17^th of February 2021 Today, in a handful of lines of pretty much copied and pasted code, I solved a bug that’s been plaguing a client site for months - if not years.
Pause, regroup, take stock 7^th of August 2020 I've now been self-employed or run my own business for over a decade. That means I've spent longer working for myself than I have in all of my previous in-house roles combined.
The surprise twenty minute run 25^th of July 2020 I recently completed Couch to 5k. Over (about) nine weeks, it took me from not running at all to running five kilometres in thirty minutes.
The unknown knowns 9^th of July 2020 Last month I suddenly realised I knew far more about a topic than I'd previously thought. This got me thinking about those unknown knowns — the things we don't realise we already know or understand.
Design is uncomfortable 28^th of May 2020 Design is uncomfortable. At least I frequently find it uncomfortable. Anyone who has sat in front of a blank page will know something of this.
Perfect is the enemy of good 17^th of January 2020 Launching boldwise.co.uk taught me that progress beats perfection, and that a good site can grow into something better once it finally exists.