I was looking in my garden the other morning, it needs a tidy up of all the dead leaves that have built up. It will soon be time to start planting flowers, cutting the grass and the never-ending task of pulling out weeds. No matter how hard you work and how many flowers you plant, … Continue reading Life Gardening

It's been a while since I've posted here, I don't need to tell you that this has been a crazy year. My work (from home) has kept me very busy, and it's been difficult to create a divide between work and my writing which has been a struggle. Like many, I've seen some changes at … Continue reading 2020 – Ringing the Changes

Life doesn’t start tomorrow it’s happening now.   © 2020 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Many of you may well be locked down, hopefully, none of you are ill. There's a lot of stuff flying around about taking the time to learn a new language or write that book you always dreamed of etc. It's great advice, I plan on getting some more words down on my next book and … Continue reading Lock Down Stuff

Never trust someone who can't stand their own company, they know themselves better than you ever could. Trust them.   © 2020 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Sometimes the people you know are just the people you've imagined that person to be. © 2020 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

How much of the worlds modern advice is about enduring, ignoring or projecting problems rather than fixing them?   © 2020 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Don't let the pursuit of happiness make you unhappy.   © 2020 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

Blind belief in a system of oppression is a system of oppression.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.    

Someone somewhere will love the things you hate about yourself. Keep looking. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Don't let living in the now make you forget the past or ignore the future.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

If you have dreams that rely on other people, other people can use your dream to control you.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

If you want a better life, it’s easy, all you must do is something every day to make your life better. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Never ignore a problem because you aren’t the person it affects, yet. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

How many of our hobbies are now passive not creative? Watching, reading, listening etc. We need to create to be happy. Try it. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Don't be proud of who you are, instead do things you can be proud of.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

I recently got a new puppy. She was a spur of the moment purchase after weeks of watching the puppies slowly being sold off and recounting all the reasons a puppy wasn’t sensible until we gave in. I spent the weekend watching her play, settle into her new home and watch my daughter teach her … Continue reading Puppy Training

Even non-conformists wear uniforms.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

Write. Write it even if you know it’s bad. Write it and edit it later.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

People learn from mistakes so don’t put too much faith in the words of someone who never made any.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

When you blame other people for your problems, you're doing nothing but telling everyone you're weak and revelling in it.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

How much of our time do we spend wasting our time?   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Time is a currency. How you spend it now is the future you buy.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Are you afraid your work will never be great or successful? What’s scarier is never trying and never knowing. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Do all the things you have to do, most of the things you know you should do and a few of the things you want to do.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

I recently watched Reservoir Dogs again, I like it. It reminded me of when I was a teen and it was launched, it was almost banned in some countries. It had people shocked and it was the film to watch as a teenage boy, it almost became a right of passage and Stuck in The … Continue reading Reservoir Dogs & Friends

The well-trodden path only takes you where everyone else has already been.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

We live in a time with almost unlimited access to knowledge but an unquenchable thirst for ignorance.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

If you want your children to listen to you, tell them it’s a life hack.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

If you don’t play the game, don’t complain when you don’t win. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

People forget that the purpose of a language is to be understood not make yourself feel clever.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

The two most valuable things we have are our time and our energy. Why would you choose to waste either on anything or anyone that harms you?   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

When you’re in a valley it’s hard to see the next peak. when you’re at the top of the mountain it’s easy to overlook the next valley. the key is to remember that whether you’re on a high or in a low, it will change.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

When the consequences of bad decisions are removed, how do people learn not to repeat them?   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

When it rains people use an umbrella, when it's cold people wear a coat. People accept what can’t be changed and adapt. This is seen as normal yet so many of the same people refuse to accept things in other areas of their life, adapt and get on with things. © 2019 David G Chambers. … Continue reading Using an Umbrella

Is work-life balance now seen as so important because so many people work so many hours in jobs they hate? © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Sin and addiction are like a pet python. They start small, cute and harmless but as you feed them, they slowly grow until they can crush you. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

You can tell a lot about a person by the books they read. If they don’t read, you can tell even more.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

How many people spend hours in front of the mirror but never wonder how the world really sees them.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

For millennia we lived in a world with no way to quickly communicate over distance. Now we do. When someone sends you an automated response it tells you that they know its rude to ignore you but they don’t see you worthy of spending ten seconds to type you a response.   © 2019 David … Continue reading Automatic Replies

Everyone has insecurities. Once you become aware and accept them you can become secure in yourself until they’re gone.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Don’t use big words, don’t use small words, use the right words for your audience and message.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Humans demand distraction, entertainment, media, sports, drugs. Why do we have this need to distract ourselves from the reality of our lives? © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Thanks to my forgetful nature I now have enough bags for life to last me a lifetime. © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

When something becomes broken it never goes back together in the same way. When it’s been broken too many times it may never go back together at all.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

It’s sad that Stevie Wonder has never seen people dance to his songs.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Whatever you do, do it well and enjoy it. If you don’t, find something else to do.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

Being intelligent doesn’t mean someone isn’t wrong, it just means they’re more convincing when they are.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

A dull knife only becomes sharp by losing a little of itself rubbing against a hard stone. Remember this when you feel the friction of life against you.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

People view someone who remembers quotes as intelligent when it often means they can’t explain things for themselves.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

The cleverer you are with money the less you’ll need and the more you’ll have.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Don’t judge people by their mistakes, judge them by how they react after making them.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

You don't need a gym and you do have time.   © 2019 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

2018, it's been a busy year and has gone fast. I read somewhere that life is like a toilet roll, it goes faster the closer you get to the end. It's becoming increasingly true for me. I did, however, tick something off my bucket list by publishing a book, I went the self-publishing route because … Continue reading New Year Message

If a voice inside says you can’t, ignore it. If a voice outside says you can’t, prove it wrong.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

Christmas 2018, it's come around fast as usual but I just wrapped my last gifts so I'm happy. (I'm writing this before the 25th :)) I don't know what you have planned for Christmas, whether you celebrate it or not but either way I hope you have a good time with your family and friends. … Continue reading Christmas Message

Life is about transactions, giving and taking. We like those who give us attention, help, money or love. We dislike those who take without giving back.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Everyone loves a story of redemption. A criminal who now works with kids, a drug user who works with addicts or a sinner who becomes a Christian. They’re all revered as success stories while someone who stays on the straight and narrow through life can be seen as a bore.   © 2018 David G … Continue reading Twisted Idols

Just write. When you want to be a writer it's easy to act like you think a writer should write. You will do anything to be a writer other than writing. If you want to be a writer, just write. © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

There is nothing in human history to match the ingenuity and creativity of me creating excuses not to do what needs to be done.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

Another Japanese concept I recently learned about is Kintsugi, translated this means golden joinery. A simple web search will show broken pottery repaired with gold. It makes for very attractive stoneware but it's very easy to miss that it celebrates the breakages as being part of the history of the pot. It's something people sometimes … Continue reading Kintsugi & The Little Marks of Life

I recently learned of the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. It essentially means an acceptance of imperfection, incompleteness or impermanence in regard to beauty. You may find pottery or furniture made to deliberately be imperfect. The West and their influence have been to celebrate perfection. We see this in everything from design to fashion. We now … Continue reading Wabi-Sabi The Antithesis of OCD

The problem with experts is that to be classed as one, others must agree with you. They’re then told they’re experts and anyone who challenges them is laughed at or discredited.     © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Should you ever enter the rabbit hole of EDC (Everyday Carry) YouTube videos you may notice how many gadgets and gizmos have bottle openers. For some reason designers feel the need to keep adding them while I can’t remember the last time, I ever used one. This made me think, how many things do we … Continue reading Just Because

People who’ve suffered the most often blame themselves while those who cause suffering find ways to blame others.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

In life there comes a time when you must choose whether you’ll be the kindling or the spark. © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

We can't control many of the things that happen to us in life but we can control how we react. Often our reactions are what makes a small problem into a much bigger one.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Listen to people who tell you to think not what to think.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.  

We all face problems in our lives however it's important to remember that this morning you flushed your toilet with a resource millions of people are dying through a lack of.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Everyone’s done it. Everyone wants to do something or stop doing something. Everyone’s got something that needs doing now but they’ll do tomorrow. Tomorrows a lie. The perfect time to start it is now because tomorrow there will be another reason to put it off again.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

Your mind is like a fertile field, whatever you plant and nourish will grow. The music you listen to, the films you watch, the books you read and the friends you have are all planting seeds in your mind. If you allow people to plant negativity or anger in your mind, then it will begin … Continue reading The Fertile Field of Your Mind

Everyone hates wasps, they come out for a couple of months a year and their reason to live seems to be stinging people. They buzz around picnics and parties, upset everyone and then fly off to upset the next bunch of people. Some people are like wasps. For whatever reason they still get invited to … Continue reading Wasp People

The world and everyone in it owe you nothing. Some people have more than you and some have less. Once you acknowledge this, you can begin improving your lot. © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

AI. It’s the next big thing. It’s the next big thing that many people aren’t paying attention to, yet it is going to change the world in a way that has never been seen before. AI is the thing governments are rushing to develop, it’s the thing people are spending billions and devoting their lives … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence

Find what you love. Make it pay. Do it.   © 2018 David G Chambers. All rights reserved.

All of us have experienced the bee who can’t understand glazing. They will keep buzzing and bumping into the same inch of glass never seeming to try another option. Many of us will have tried to help the bee by opening a window and guiding it out with a magazine. That bee will still keep … Continue reading The Bee at The Window

In today’s world of fake news and identity politics, it seems thinking for ourselves is increasingly hard or increasingly rare, many people think they think but in reality, many of our thoughts are planted or prompted by subtle persuasion. I am victim to this, it’s one of the reasons I watch very little television but … Continue reading Thinking

I read a LinkedIn post today about depression amongst athletes and it struck a chord with me. Not because I’m an athlete but because an athlete I followed took his own life. At first, the usual questions arise about how could anyone with so much going for them take their own life, the same questions … Continue reading Chasing Rainbows

During a browsing session recently, I ended up looking at the Amish in America, I have no idea how but it was interesting so I stuck with it. While reading I came across something that stood out. I knew they didn’t use technology but I had never given any thought to their views on photography. … Continue reading Were the Amish Right?

Life is like building a tower. Whether it's wealth, self-esteem or any other measure of success you build it up like you would a tower of blocks. Whoever has the tallest tower wins and the taller your tower the better you feel. There are two strategies to this. One is to build your tower as … Continue reading Building the Tallest Tower

I heard a phrase recently which I haven’t for some time, it’s one that we’ve all used or at least heard used. ‘Stuck in a rut.’ It means a feeling of being trapped, like you’ve been doing the same thing for too long and need to change, often it’s a job or relationship but it … Continue reading Stuck In A Rut

Everyone’s seen a meal deal. You want a sandwich and maybe a drink but then it’s not much more expensive to have a meal deal with crisps or chocolate. So, we buy the meal deal even though the things we really want aren’t on the deal. So, what’s the result? We spend more than we … Continue reading Don’t buy the meal deal

I’ve never really watched anything by Dave Gorman before, no reason not to, he just hadn’t come to my attention. Then a guy at work suggested it so I tried an episode of Dave Gorman’s Modern Life Is Goodish and the first one I found had a segment about jigsaws. Basically, he found that jigsaw … Continue reading Jigsaws With Missing Pieces

I took this picture some time ago. I was on my way into a city for a night out if my memory serves me correctly. I stood on the platform, surrounded by people all going their own direction and as is usual on public transport nobody paid much attention to everyone else. I expect people … Continue reading The Tree On The Tracks