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Being honest is what counts
It's been a super-busy week with yet another national holiday here in the UK on Monday. That's two weeks of school holidays followed by three four-day weeks. For most people, this is excellent news. For someone who is self-employed [http://verymeta.com] with three kids, it
If Captain America wore modesty shorts
I am not a person who watches superhero movies. And yet this weekend I got roped into seeing the new Avengers film at the cinema with nine of my in-laws. Dressed as Captain America. Or Captain America if he wore a cycling bib and modesty shorts. Having watched the movie,
Show me your city
I trust you are totally marvellous. It's been school holidays followed by Easter weekend here, which means I've been up to my eyes in childcare, snot and absolute nonsense. I've also been busy putting things in place for the first Sheffield Content Club [http:
It should feel like a salary
It's school holidays here, so things are even more hectic than usual. Seriously. I need a long lie down. As such, I have no pithy introduction for you. Instead, perhaps you would like to see what my actual writing shed [https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQ4EfpAz1X/] looks like
We must keep going
Yesterday our postperson popped my pre-order of Austin Kleon’s new book through the letterbox. I immediately took a picture and posted it on Instagram. Because that’s what we do now. This was my caption. > Hooray! My pre-order arrived early. Living through the shitshow of Brexit, never have
Standing at the sky's edge
Last week, I went to see a musical called Standing at the Sky’s Edge [https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/standing-at-the-skys-edge]. It’s set in my adopted city of Sheffield and features the songs of Richard Hawley [http://www.richardhawley.co.uk/], a Sheffield native whose music I’ve
A lack of slack
Sorry about the two-week delay. First I put my foot through the stairs in our house and then I got sick. I tried to battle on, but some things had to go. The good news is that the experience has got me thinking about what it means to work with
A lack of slack
Sometimes we try and squeeze so much in that we leave ourselves no space for the unexpected.
Two years and counting
In February 2017, I was thrust into self-employment without any clients or any sense of what would come next. Two years later and I have what appears to be a sustainable freelance content business [http://verymeta.com]. It's a landmark! I believe in noticing landmarks. Anyway, I wrote
People like stickers
Last month I ordered 50 stickers with my company logo on it almost entirely because they were on sale from the ace Sticker Mule (get $10 credit if you want to bag some stickers of your own [https://www.stickermule.com/uk/unlock?ref_id=1382431701&utm_medium=link&
