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“Hey Steve, want to go for a drink?” “Uh, no thanks. I’m tired and I have some work to do anyway. Sorry!”

“Hey, we are having a get together next week, you should come!” “Oh, sorry, I can’t, I’m er, …busy that day.” “But I haven’t told you which day its happening!”  “Well, I mean I’m busy all week, I don’t think I could make it, I’m really sorry”

“Steve, we are going to London on Saturday for a day out. You should come”
“Ahh, I think there’s something I have to do Saturday, I just can’t remember what it is right now. Can I let you know later in the week? Cheers”

Ever found yourself saying any of the above? Of course you have, everyone gets invited to things they don’t want to or can’t attend for one reason or another. What’s more troubling however are those times when you find yourself taking a rain check when you have no real good reason to.

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December 2008 (1)
		

			
01: The English are Coming! (0)
		
	
	
November 2008 (2)
		

			
16: The Art of the Yescapade (8)
			
03: Fuck It! (2)
		
	
	
October 2008 (2)
		

			
05: Adventures in Personal Outsourcing Pt. 3 (2)
			
01: Memories are Made of This (2)
		
	
	
September 2008 (1)
		

			
21: Why Your Goals Will Die, And What to Do About It (3)
		
	
	
August 2008 (4)
		

			
26: Every Breath You Take - What the WWW knows about you (0)
			
17: Creativity and Constraints - Why You Need Your Limitations (0)
			
06: The Straight Up Truth (2)
			
04: Making the World Better; One Random Act of Kindness At a Time (3)
		
	
	
July 2008 (4)
		

			
21: Guest Post at TastefullyDriven.com - 10 Tips to Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills (2)
			
15: Danger! Danger! High Voltage! (3)
			
10: Adventures In Personal Outsourcing Pt.2 (0)
			
06: On Leadership (1)
		
	
	
June 2008 (9)
		

			
28: 5 Minute Book Review - The Four Hour Work Week (1)
			
25: The 1 Habit of Highly Happy People (2)
			
15: Commuter Couples - The Rise of the TelePartner (1)
			
13: You’ve Just Been Brainjacked - How your mind sabotages your life and what to do about it (2)
			
10: Mini-Post: There’s more than one way to pop a corn! (2)
			
10: It’s The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (2)
			
05: The Beginner’s Guide To Life-Hacking (4)
			
04: The Slacktivity Manifesto - Working Smarter to Do Less (3)
			
01: 8 Father’s Day Innovations - Rock his be-slippered world (1)
		
	
	
May 2008 (12)
		

			
31: The Guest Post Competition - £50 prize to be won! (0)
			
29: 12 Pieces Of Dad Gold (Or What Every Father Should Tell His Son) (0)
			
29: Five Minute Book - Bit Literacy (1)
			
27: Question: How To Have Kick-Ass Ideas? (0)
			
27: What You Want To Do Is What You Do Every Day (1)
			
25: Letter From America and Pillow Menus (0)
			
16: 10 Tips To Ensure You Complete Your PhD (0)
			
15: Getting Out of Bed: The 10 Secrets of Mind Over Mattress (0)
			
14: Lifestyle Economics, Time Telescoping and High-Value Time (0)
			
08: Being Rich Is (Not) Your Goal! (0)
			
05: 7 Tips to Break Your Information Habit and Quit Media Grazing (2)
			
03: Training Your IM Puppy (0)
		
	
	
April 2008 (4)
		

			
27: Email Hygiene (1)
			
27: Getting a Virtual Assistant to Declutter Your Library (1)
			
27: Photographing Trees and Work/Life Balance (1)
			
27: Late Summer Wine and an Extraordinary Question (0)
		
	

It’s my last night of my week long stay in the US. I’ve spent most of it in Detroit visiting friends and the last 2 days I’ve been in a hotel in Chicago where I met up with an old University buddy. I stay in hotels just infrequently enough to still enjoy the experience. I like the mini bars and the maid service

One thing new at the hotel I’m staying at tonight: Pillow menus! These are basically a selection of pillows that you can choose for free. One has built in speakers and plays soothing music, one is impregnated with aromatherapy oils, one is made of silk and so on. Read the rest of this entry »