notes on practicality
in work & life
PRAGMATIC Adjective
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Oed.com. (2019). Oxford English Dictionary. [online]
Available at: https://www.oed.com/.
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PRAGMATICS Noun
A mental martial art of effortless and smooth practicality in life and work, blending contemporary tools with proven time-served, productivity techniques.
D Griffiths (2020).
Made Up Definitions [online]
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‘PRAGMATICS‘ is just a phrase I coined to encompass my foundation principles for:
- Engineering a lifestyle of freedom
- Freedom from the stress of the Productivity Myth
- Freedom in creative expression for fun and profit
- Personal satisfaction in learning and development
So the phrase is a catch-all description for what my Notes aim to help with. These are no utopian dream, rather they describe the practicalities and ethos of my own smug contentment. They’re autobiography, not self-help.
And they are tended as a digital garden. Never definitive, always growing, pruned & nurtured.
Nothing more.
My notes are shared with somebody specific in mind:
Probably, say, a forty-something? Certainly in a dead end job, or a moribund business. Where time moves like a glacier filled with frustration, disappointment and anger. Until another weekend flashes past in the blink of an eye.
But a person with a drive to act, to break through the feeling of a life slipping away un-lived. And yet pinned down by the inertia of self-doubt and a lack of pragmatic guidance. Plus, needing a swift kick in the arse every now and then!
Been there; I can relate!
But if that’s not your life, then your time is just far too valuable to waste on these notes.
Go make it count somewhere else …
My notes apply to life, business and creativity. They connect loosely, and offer the chance to browse, surf the links, and pick out nuggets. I try to make each of them an IOU return for you:
- I owe you: thanks for checking out my stuff
- I owe you: a return on your time investment
- I owe you: the respect of making them Interesting Or Useful
New notes appear often, but not to a timetable. So cash in your IOUs by signing up below for new stuff notifications …
PRAGMATIC NOTES
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
Just the facts, Ma’am, all we want are the facts.