On 29th December 2006, I made some important goals for 2006. I've already modified and developed them, which is great because it's important to keep re-evaluating, so I'll be doing this once monthly. My big goal for 2007: Escape with Courage In 2006, I said it was Debt-free by December 2007 (excluding student loan). However, on reflection, this is a negative goal because it focuses on something I don't want, ...

I'm writing about education, yet again and with good reason. My essay deadlines are creeping closer and closer. This time procrastination will lead to failure (er, again). So, I'm tackling my tendency to procrastinate. You too can "Say No! to Procrastino." Studying & Entrepreneurship My two main areas of focus at the moment: Studying and Entrepreneurship. Each has its challenges, for example, I'm working on breaking down the massive goal of 'doing ...

Fear Based Decisions are the Wrong Decisions, Mind Petals I have a choice to make about my education and fear is pushing me towards a decision I know is completely wrong for me. Now I'm doubly terrified, because I'm fearful of making the wrong decision out of fear. Aagh! But how do I have the courage to quote unquote "feel the fear and do it anyway"? Any words of wisdom? Or ...

A family friend asked me once why I'd gone back to university to study and 'Aren't you sick of it?' Er, no. I love being a student. Why? Let me count the ways. Because it's free. Obviously you have to pay for education. However, there are tonnes of free benefits, many of them intangible and unavailable elsewhere. Free access to online journals and to my beautiful, ...

Hmm, well, I'm glad you asked that question... I have three essays at the moment and that's the title for one of them (er, without the desperate student bit, obviously). I was sitting here stressing about the fact that I have essays and site updates to do. Then I thought, 'Maybe I can combine the two!' I can't, because my ideas are too unclear at this stage. (Yes, even at ...

On Monday, studying began in earnest. I saw my tutor, armed myself with a comprehensive booklist (well, a jolly good start anyway) and headed off to the library. Books, to borrow or buy - coming soon I'm going to start my own online library & book sale, incidentally. Partly because I've just acquired (more) free books and partly because I'm in charge of organising a book sale for my department. ...

I'm considering compiling a dictionary of terms I ought to know, like 'logical positivism'. Would you be interested in it? Would you pay for it, even? Or should I make it free? Let me know your thoughts either way by leaving a comment please, thanks.

Networking, by which I mean, socialising with new people I've been doing a lot of, uh, networking recently. (Does it count as networking if you have fun and meet interesting people in unstructured environments? Of course!) It's really quite excellent. Mostly facilitated by going to university and the power of the interweb. (Facebook is like a mashup of the two of these). Benefits of being a student, cool stuff for ...

Well, my first week as an MA student is drawing to a close and I have a few insights. (At this rate, I'll be writing publishable material any time now!) What I love most about being a postgraduate is that it's exactly how I was hoping my undergraduate degree would be like, in that there are just spontaneous philosophical discussions with fellow students. In addition, as the class sizes ...

So, finally All Things Bright is going to start getting a little more intellectual, a little more academic, a little more philosophical. I've been thinking about dissertation topics. It's strange, a few months ago I was really worried because I had no idea about what to write about. Now I have all sorts of weird & wonderful ideas. I want to do something that is relevant to an area inside ...

Ethics is a field that is on the up; it's currently popular & fashionable to 'do' ethics. When I started studying ethics formally four years ago, people often asked me why I was studying it. Why? Because it's important, because I want to understand the various theories, because it's so closely related to actions, motivations, emotions... Marketing works... Your marketing changes the way people act... The morality of marketing is ...