things i believe

DOCUMENTARIAN LOUIS THEROUX WANTS US TO STAY NERVOUS, EMBRACE OUR VULNERABILITY AND THINK MORE ABOUT DEATH.

Writer Oliver Pelling

KIDS CAN MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVE I had a slightly neurotic work ethic as a younger man, and I don’t think it was completely healthy. I didn’t really know when to switch off, but I wasn’t necessarily productive either. Often I was just working for the sake of working, to alleviate the guilt or the anxiety that went with not working. As I got older, having the ballast of a family life has meant that when I’m working, I’m genuinely working. It’s made me more focused, and more aware of the idea of just being ‘on the job’ without faffing around. LEAVE IT UNTIL TOMORROW I don’t really have morning habits or rituals – getting the work done has always been instinctive. And I’ve never been one of those people to get up…

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Smith Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2019

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