Walking my local streets thinking about radical self-trust this lunchtime. Is uncertainty a consequence of doubt?

Walking around the park behind the hospital this lunchtime and thinking about whether uncertainty is always a negative thing, thanks to a prompt from Sam.

I very much enjoyed Heather Havrilesky’s latest ‘Ask Polly’ column about remaining in uncertainty, and recommend it whole-heartedly to you. I’ve published it in the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club Discord this lunchtime. Access the post via walkthepod.com

Considering whether uncertainty might be a necessary precondition for joy as I walk round the park behind the hospital in South West London this lunchtime.

Pounding my local streets thinking about navigating a decade of ‘getting good’ at our craft.

Walking around the park behind the hospital and considering the yhoughts of Warren Buffet who said that uncertainty is everywhere.

Walking around the park behind the hospital, thinking about uncertainty and leadership this lunchtime. Welcome to Series 45.

Making commitments and re-committing regularly to them can be incredibly powerful and give us extra headspace to think beyond how to get from one end of the day to another. A little potter around the park.

How can we enjoy the same walk over and over again, particularly when it’s grey, mis and raining? Some thoughts on constancy in difficult circumstances.

People can be tricky to know, love and work with. On today’s episode, as I walk around my local streets, I consider whether one of the challenges to constancy is other people, and how to turn up day after day for them with unconditional positive regard, love and kindness.

To do the things we want to do, we must work out what our priorities are and carve out space for our most important work. Not just once, but repeatedly. Today, constancy and proactivity.

Walking around the park behind the hospital and thinking about constancy and iteration

A bonus edition from my allotment in South West London. Using the Merlin app to identify the birds

So few of us get away from our desks at lunchtime in the UK. What might be possible if we reinstated the lunchbreak?

The biggest obstacles to recommitting to the same things and people are our emotions. A rainy and weary episode from the park behind the hospital.

Walking around the park behind the hospital and thinking about constancy in nature—the daily rising of the sun, the seasonal cycles of trees, the weather and our own routines and habits all contribute to the constancy of nature.

The flow researcher whose name I couldn’t remember is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pron: Mi-hi Chick-sent-mi-hi) in this episode of Walk the Pod: 10 minute walking. Music still too loud, I will adjust tomorrow. Thank you for bearing with, dear friends.

Welcome to Series 44 in which we’ll be discussing constancy. What does constancy mean, is the the same as consistency? Is it grind? Absolutely not.

Allotment update recorded in the shed at 14b Paddocks Allotments, in South West London.

Announcing the new series 44 topic for your daily walking podcast - Constancy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

The joy of walking. Thank you for walking with me this series, I’ll be back in February with Series 44. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

Why does nature spark joy? Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

Remembering my favourite gif, and reflecting that joy is deeply uncool. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

The paradigmatic idea that joy can be derived from service, from Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

Blink and you’ll miss it! Joy is moving because it is rare, or brief, or unusual at this time of year, or all three. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message