Mindfulness and Sustainability: Week 1 Uncategorized by Phil Dudek - April 15, 2021 Week 1 of changing my spending habits has been both positive and relatively easy. It has been a period of further reflection on old habits, and a chance to practice mindfulness as a way of improving my decision making. It has now been just over a week since I stopped buying
Identity, Habit and Happiness Mindfulness & Sustainability by Phil Dudek - April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Identity is an important part of being human. But in an online world full of perfect pictures, and with many of us now split between our true selves and an online persona, maintaining an identity that is simply not real can become habitual, harmful and unsustainable. Why do we buy things?
Our Ancient Brain and The Perpetual Search for Satisfaction. Mindfulness & Sustainability by Phil Dudek - April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 The Modern World has been designed to make us spend our money. By taking advantage of our ancient brain and its desire for instant gratification, marketeers and product designers have found a way to make us spending addicts. The human brain was not designed for the modern world. Our brains
Why I am Unfollowing Brands and Retailers on Social Media Mindfulness & Sustainability by Phil Dudek - April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 This afternoon I decided to unfollow all clothing brands and retailers on social media and have started to unsubscribe from mailing lists as and when I receive emails. I have taken a step which should help me to stop buying and consuming unnecessary material things, things that I want but don’t
A New Blog: Sustainable Shopping Mindfulness & Sustainability by Phil Dudek - April 7, 2021April 8, 2021 I am no longer buying or consuming unnecessary material things, things that I want but don’t need, and things sold or marketed to me through a website or app. This Blog will document my experiences. A very long time ago somebody very important decided that the year should begin in the
A Scrap From The Deep Fat Fryer That is My Brain Thought by Phil Dudek - September 21, 2020April 7, 2021 A scrap from the deep fat fryer that is my brain. My memory is absolutely rubbish. I struggle to remember anything wordy, which is a real pain for somebody who absolutely loves to sing in the shower. I suspect that I have never sung a lyric entirely correctly in my life.
Dominic Cummings and the Campaign for Justice Opinion by Phil Dudek - May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 The near week long campaign for justice witnessed in our newspapers and across social media is no longer just about the idea that Dominic Cummings may have ignored, stretched or reinterpreted the government's lockdown rules. It never really was. Whether or not Dominic Cummings broke lockdown or should have resigned is
Pet Detectives Search for Tiger Placement Work by Phil Dudek - November 12, 2019November 19, 2019 A pet detective team has come to the aid of a distraught cat owner whose health has prevented her from looking for her missing pet. Tiger, who is 18-month-old, disappeared from his Streatham home on October 29th after being scared by fireworks. A team from Animal Search UK have taken up the
Stabbing victim gets on rush-hour bus – but is then rushed to hospital Placement Work by Phil Dudek - November 8, 2019November 19, 2019 A man is being treated in hospital after he was stabbed in front of rush-hour commuters outside of a train station this morning. The man was injured during a fight which broke out in front of Plumstead train station at around 7.18am. Police rushed to the scene only to find the victim
I Stood Awkwardly at the Back of a Labour Party Election Campaign Launch So You Don’t Have to. Thought by Phil Dudek - October 31, 2019April 7, 2021 As I took my place at the back of the most un-apologetically socialist crowd to gather since Billy Bragg headlined the Leftfield stage at 2017’s Glastonbury, I tried to decide how I would approach Labour’s election campaign launch. Would I be an unbiased, diligent and ruthless student journalist? Or would