Jamie Jackson

Joined June 2020

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Between two skies and towards the night.

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Your Ambition Isn’t Dirty So Why Do You Hide It?
I’ve read a lot of self-help. Loads, mate. I’ve written a lot about it too. Even more loads, mate. I’ve attended personal development seminars and weekend events, and I’ve had two official life coaches. I’m no stranger to this world.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Humans
Don't Be a Junkie Politico
If you follow mathematician and author Nassim Taleb on Twitter (he has over 780,000 followers and counting), you’ll notice two things. The first is he is an intellectual giant, a towering force of logic and reason. The second is he’s a cantankerous shit who argues with everyone.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Humans
Unraveling the Trauma Knot: A 3-Step Path to Freedom from a Turbulent Past
I grew up in a poor, turbulent, and dysfunctional household surrounded by alcohol addiction, violence, hospitalisations, and police interventions.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Humans
The Unpopular Podcast Club: One Microphone, Zero Downloads, and Some Bad Jokes
Every day I’m churning out a daily podcast, speaking into my phone like a robotic content generator without a quality control switch (Chat GPT, anyone?) as I babble into my phone for 5 minutes at a time about absolutely nothing, like the amateur hack that I am.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Art
The Power of Failure: How Embracing Challenges Leads to Personal Growth
I’ve failed at everything I’ve ever done. I’m serious when I say everything. Don’t believe me? Here’s a quick list of my failures:
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
From Dieting to Dealing with Conflict: When Doing Nothing is the Most Effective Action
I have noticed that when people first go on a diet, they often start by buying “diet food”; low calorie snacks, vegetables, almond milk, rice cakes, whatever. I can understand why, it’s a statement of intent, I’m buying this food to show the world, and myself, that I’m dieting.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Humans
Alien vs Metallica
Hello my little alien friend, please follow me, To a place where thrash metal reigns supreme, Metallica's playing tonight,
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Poets
The Secret to Achieving Your Goals: Don't Tell Anyone. Top Story - September 2023.
OK... Want to hear a whacky theory that will change the way you view life? Of course you do, that's why you're reading. It’s a simple idea that I’m going to make even more simple by using cartoons, just like a very serious person would do in a Ph.D. paper. Probably.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
Escapism
Ordinary is our lives, Ordinary means no surprise, I don’t care if you’re President or poet or a pheasant-shooting farmer,
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Poets
5 Probably Obvious Thoughts on Happiness
I’m not a guru. I’m not an enlightened man who refrains from shouting “Oh fuckety-fuck” when I open a packet of crisps and they fly out onto the floor. That sort of thing can ruin my day.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
My Human Father
I never got on with my dad. The soundbite reason for this is that he was a violent alcoholic. There is the story, all wrapped up in a self-explanatory bow, a tabloid headline, a sensationalist piece of gossip.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Families
Chat-GPT Wrote a Story Using MY 6-Year-Old Son's Imagination
My Dad used to write me stories. Well, me and my sister. We'd sit on her bed, huddled together as he read us stories about the creatures that lived in our garden, small things hidden in the grass; a spider called Hondoros, his wise helper Snarly Gribbler, and side characters such as the roguish Rotto Gutslash Pug-Weasel.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Families