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#36 🦾 More MOTIVATIONAL than a horde of rabbits 🐇

Dreaming of a tiny officeThe horde First things first: The official collective noun options for rabbits are not very exciting. I have taken the liberty of using “horde”. Read on to understand why. Rabbits: infiniteThis is your brain, asking: Why should I? Such a tricksy synaptic machine, the brain. There’

Richard Allardice Jan 27, 2022

#35 🐌 Going SLOWER to get more done 💫

This is not about Star Wars, unless you’re into that The chase is on to apprehend the greatest assemblage of names the galaxy has ever seen: Chewbacca. Luke Skywalker. Obi-Wan Kenobi. Han Solo. (Seriously, George, where did you dream up these names?) Their ship, the Millenium Falcon, is about

Richard Allardice Jan 20, 2022

#34 ☝️ The REPETITIONS required until it really sinks in ⏱

The umpteenth times My son Neko and I have had this running gag since he was old enough to sit at the dinner table without a high chair. He gets his meal and then proceeds to eat it, but he’s placed his plate a bit too far away from

Richard Allardice Jan 13, 2022

#33 🎁 Extricate yourself from the GOO, if you can 🤢

This is the melty time of year, when the dates meld into each other and you can’t recall which day of the week it is. It is the right state of things that this barely matters, and that for a short window of time the calendar has no power

Richard Allardice Jan 5, 2022

#32 🌻 Divide the year into your SEASONS ❄️

Mosquito affixed to a nearby inboxThe emails have already been infiltrated with talk of the Season. A local electronics store wants to wish me greetings for the Season in their “Countdown to Techmas!” (Body Benefits Percussive Massage Gun now at the HOT PRICE of $185!) An international book chain reminds

Richard Allardice Dec 22, 2021

#31 📐 The TRADE you hope to make 🌳

If you’re a Kiwi who’s not into DIY, then people look at you a bit funny, since this is a skill set assumed to be compulsory in the curriculum vitae of your New Zealand citizenship. And you’re hopelessly out of fashion if you’re like me and

Richard Allardice Dec 15, 2021

#30 😮 The toughest GOAL on earth 🌏

The most dangerous goal Standing next to the steel post of a field hockey goal on a starry winter evening, a column of steam rising off me, I would wait for the opposing player at the top of the scoring circle to take a shot. My friend Kris, the goalie,

Richard Allardice Dec 8, 2021

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