Lifelong learning, personal development, wellbeing, ageing and the continuing adventure of life.
Gratitude, anxiety, habits, artificial intelligence—and a practical framework for strengthening the mind Sometimes a new idea does not really introduce something completely new. Instead, it suddenly reveals the connections between things we have already been learning. That happened to me recently when I read Ruth Brown’s Listener article, “Mastering the mind”, featuring the New Zealand
The Roadmap I Didn’t Know I Was Building Read More »
The other evening I found myself looking around my house. Not just looking, but noticing. Over the years I have accumulated all sorts of objects, pictures, paintings, reminders, notes, and small treasures. Some were gifts. Some were made by family. Some were picked up during travels. Others appeared almost by accident and simply stayed. Most
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Every few generations, sport reaches a moment where it must reinvent itself. Not because athletes have changed, but because the world around the athletes has changed so radically that the old boundaries no longer make sense. We are standing in one of those moments now. For most of human history, sport has been our proving
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How an early-morning rugby dilemma became a workout in everyday critical thinking Last night, while planning my weekend, I faced a very ordinary problem: how to watch an early-morning Test match live on Sky. The game kicks off at 4 a.m. — about as early as I ever get up. That’s the point where the
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From Frenzy to Stillness – The last few weeks have flown by in a blur of preparation, anticipation, and presentation. It feels strange, and slightly disorienting, to suddenly find myself without the immediate pressure of preparing for Techweek2025, a project that has consumed my focus since the start of this year. The Whanganui Digital Inclusion
On Passing Milestones and Finding the Difference Between Purpose and Why Read More »
In my digital inclusion mahi, fragility is a constant state which motivates me to strive to stay strong to succeed. Fragility may be regarded as a weakness and debilitating condition for some, but I love fragility’s connection with exquisiteness, fineness, and brittleness.* Equally interesting to me is that their antonyms include roughness and rudeness, solidity
Nicholas Roerich, 1874-1947 Himalayas “Lamas speak about the Abode of the Great Rishis. Each one describes Shambhala according to his own understanding. The mention of treasures is correct, but they are described in different ways. Legends about Our Warriors exist all over the world and are not without foundation. There are also described many gates
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It seems incredible to me that I am now on the higher side of 75 years old. I can easily remember thinking in my twenties that being 45 years old was unimaginable. Looking ahead, every year that comes and goes with me participating will be a bonus. I want to do the best I can
A Sense of Purpose Read More »
In the virtual realm, Paths unfold with quiet grace, Dreams chase, futures form. Image and haiku created by Alistair Fraser in 2023 by prompting DALL-E 3 and OPENAI ChatGPT4 Not sure about anyone else but I feel 2024 is going to be a huge and likely a seminal one for us all. Of course, on
Why is 2024 so important for me? Read More »
Welcome/Haere Mai to this very special first blog post for the Crystal Adventures website Today’s post might not mark a grand opening, things will likely have changed by the time everyone reads this, and more blogs will have been entered. Nonetheless, this is an essential beginning, offering a chance to articulate my intentions with
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