Happy New Year #2020 from London

Happy New Year #2020 from London

It’s now officially 13 minutes past, and we’re well into 2020.

For the past 3 years, I’ve been going to Hampstead Heath Park with Victoria Levine, to celebrate with the many hundreds that turn up to watch the London firework celebrations from afar:

Here you can see a video I’ve posted up on Twitter:

New Years Resolutions

  • Be successful in my new role at Forbes.com and achieve some great results for that business
  • Sign up, be fit enough, and complete the triathlon in Norway in June
    • Working on my fitness is definitely something I struggled within 2019, but I am keen to get back on track (and yes, I know I did Tough Mudder and a Half Marathon, but I just about did those)
  • Setup new websites to make more passive income, with websites I am passionate about
  • Have enough to put down a deposit on a house in Q4 2020
  • Read more books (I’ve already ordered Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future)

I’ll hopefully hit some of these goals for 2020. πŸ™‚ But for now, let’s not worry about this and see what happens.

My Music Picks of the Week

My Music Picks of the Week

I work in an office and listening to music really stops you from going crazy. I’m thinking of doing a weekly blog post of my music picks for each week. I really need somewhere to manage it, whilst also benefiting this site so that it actually gets updated more than once a month. I know a lot of my co-workers use Spotify, but I think I’m going to settle with managing my music on this site. πŸ˜€

One Republic – Counting Stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMnXXrvcyA#t=132

Sonnentanz (Sun Don`t Shine) (feat.Will Heard) Original Mix

Foxes – Youth (Adventure Club Remix)

Jetta – Feels Like Coming Home

Jetta – Feels Like Coming Home

Awesome song by Jetta – an artist that I’ve never heard of before, until I saw the Google 2013 Zeitgeist YouTube video. Check her out!

Google Zeitgeist – 2013

What the Piccadilly Line looked like last night

What the Piccadilly Line looked like last night

Winter wonderland

Yesterday, I went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park and was met with a plethora of other people also on there way to the event. While some will call this just a typical rush hour, I on the other hand would call it an overloaded train! I’ve been working in London for quite sometime now, and this was so much more different to a typical rush hour. There were queues leading all the way out of the station with people pushing to get onto the train and with people being stuck inside as a result. It was a fun little night out, and the Tube ride certainly was a lot of fun. We actually started talking to other strangers at about how crowded things were etc. πŸ˜‰

Keep Calm and Carry On

Keep Calm and Carry On

Ever wondered where the phrase, “Keep Calm and Carry On” derived from? Watch this great little YouTube clip that explains its history and beginnings.

keep calm and carry on

 

Debussy, Clair De Lune

Debussy, Clair De Lune

Google Doodle, Claude Debussy

The first time I heard this song was when I saw a British Airways advert on the good old tele. I never knew who composed this song, nor did I even look, as frankly, I didn’t know what to look for. Today, Google, honoured the French composer, Claude Debussy, by using his music in today’s Google doodle!

Here’s the actual music or piece:

It has such a lovely rhythm that I’m saving it here for future listening!