I had just turned 16. She was older.

I was on holiday with my family at a Butlins holiday camp somewhere in Wales that doesn't exist anymore. I was also very shy around girls.

Tanya Edgar PCC posted a simple question and the comments turned into one of the best coaching workshops I have seen online. Thanks everyone.

When we finally got on the flight to Australia, after our surprise baby, they were going to turn it around, all because of me.

When our youngest was 2, we finally got to go. But there was a problem, I couldn't land an interview from the UK let alone a job offer. So I planned to fly to Sydney, stay on my mate's floor until I got a job, then return for the family.

I told my wife that I was leaving her and kids. Burnout is a bitch.

If you are a driven person, always exceeding targets, always seeking the next opportunity but never feeling complete then I feel you.

How I accidentally became a coach.

I always believed that all non-sport coaches were fake and never entertained the thought of being a client, let alone becoming a coach myself.

My AI assistant tried to talk me out of building my first iOS app today.

I wanted to simplify how I get Apple Health data into a system I control. My current pipeline has six components and health data arrives 2-3 days late. I wanted to reduce that to two components and 30 minutes.

My daughter said she was proud of me today. She also used the word crazy, which I hope was about the speed rather than a diagnosis.

I built a production web app in under 3 hours. On my first day homeschooling our son. Teacher training day.

Microsoft was sending my emails to the wrong person, every single time.

I had just finished building spam protection for my self-hosted scheduling system. Everything looked perfect in the logs. Emails were being sent to the right addresses. But when I checked my inbox, nothing. Every organiser notification meant for me was landing in the attendee's mailbox instead.

Hammy the hamster's escape and home renovation.

Our hamster liked climbing the stairs in our house. We had a chinchilla called Manwell and Hammy the hamster.

I wanted a journaling system but ended up with a personal data hub.

Two weeks ago I was staring at a blank screen, unable to create my year-in-review. Now I have years of scattered data in a single, queryable knowledge base that loads fast on both desktop and mobile.