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The Joy of Being Bored Again
I’m kind of embarrassed to admit it, but quitting my personal social media accounts has made me realise why I reached for my phone so often: boredom. Whether I was watching a new Netflix show I wasn’t really into or sitting on a train to Manchester, X and Instagram were the easy options to numb my mind and switch off…
The Slow Burn: Reviving the Lost Art of Building Meaningful Connections
We live in a world of instant gratification. One-click purchases, on-demand entertainment, and same-day deliveries have reshaped our expectations. But in the realm of professional networking, this fast-and-furious approach is not only ineffective but downright rude. Too often, people treat networking like a transactional game…
The Long & Lonely Road to Recovery
For the last thirteen months, I’ve been recovering from a pretty nasty back injury—an L4/L5 disc herniation pressing on my L5 nerve, causing relentless foot and leg pain on my left side. No back pain, just sciatica. At its worst, it gave me foot drop and numbness. I couldn’t even roll my left foot properly when walking.
Introducing The Films That Ruined Us, a New Podcast About Movie Obsession
What do you do if you’ve turned a beloved hobby into a business? The lines certainly get blurred between work and play. And so you start to crave a fresh focus. Something creative that doesn’t need to make money – maybe not initially. Something that is loads of fun and doesn’t feel like a chore. Enter podcast number two on a subject completely unrelated to Creative Boom but…