:: Man’s Search for Meaning
One of the early features on the neverendinglist was ‘Book Club’; the intention being to share the pages of paper that engaged my mind with transformational text. It was a feature that never really gained any traction after the first instalment, not because I don’t read, but maybe due to how I read! The problem I have with books is that I often get distracted and end up...
Read More#36 Become a Landowner
The focus here at the list has generally been around collecting experiences rather than material possessions and whilst I have at times punctuated this ideology with dreams of campervan, boat and football club ownership, I have largely stayed true to the moment collecting mantra and experience enhancing ethos. However, sometimes in life opportunities arise that necessitate deviation from our...
Read More#547 Build a machine
The ‘Amazing Never Ending Money Lending Machine’ is born! In reality it is a pretend machine made with an assemblage of random children’s toys, however a concept and perhaps a community has been built as the cogs of the imagination start turning to help people start earning! One of the many mantras embraced at the neverendinglist is to ‘dream a dream so big that you...
Read More:: I’m mortal
I’ve never really stopped to question my own mortality. For me it has always been a distant milestone firmly fixed in the future and not one I have been consciously journeying towards. The hypothetical end date of the neverendinglist was always a crude calculation with a truly unknown standard error. However, after spending the New Year in hospital, for the first time I’ve questioned...
Read More#467 Become a Triathlete
After starting the year with high hopes on the back of my chance appearance in Runners World, I soon had to rein in my running ambitions with another bout of tendonitis hitting the foot. It is an injury that has been lurking for a while and no doubt a consequence of mile upon mile of a Forrest Gump style head cleanse! The body has for a long time been the tool used to keep the mind sane, in turn...
Read More:: The Story of Life
Last week I chalked off another milestone and hit 40, the big 4 and 0, the benchmark that is supposedly the starting line for life beginning! It’s not a concept I subscribe to if I’m honest. I’ve never really been bothered by the passing of the years and even having passed it I’m still not. However, one of the gifts received was a poignant reminder that the life we live...
Read More:: Destination Unknown
It’s over 5 years since I first laced up a pair of running shoes. It was first light in a sleepy village sitting on the border of England & Wales and I was stood at a metaphorical crossroads at the time and not really sure which direction life, let alone my maiden run was heading. Looking back now I suppose it was a case of fight or flight, with the latter rather surprisingly winning...
Read More#255 Write a book
My English teacher always said I’d never pass my English exams, but I’ve often made it my mission in life to prove people wrong. After leaving school with both English Language and Literature under my belt it’s time to raise the bar and put pen to paper again. This one’s for you Mr Hewitt! Aiming for Jack – a story about getting a good length. By Neil Wyn-Jones Breathe...
Read More#399 Live Below the Line
There are a lot of bizarre and sometimes slightly obscure challenges here at the neverendinglist and that’s the way it should be, but as I always like to profess it is important to have an element of balance in life. So when an email arrived in my Inbox from Action Aid asking ‘Could you Live Below the Line?’ it seemed only natural to take up a very different challenge! An...
Read More#379 As featured at…
It’s been a busy start to 2014 and not one to rest on one’s laurels, I’m honoured to say that the neverendinglist has followed up the UK Blog Award nomination with a feature at Pixlr, who in their very own words are ‘the most popular online photo editor in the World!’. I’ve got to be honest I do like a good dose of recognition, but this one really really made...
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