Something for you to think about this month, and then a quick update.

A lesson from Abraham Lincoln

He would write letters he would never send. Angry letters, fuelled by emotion. A great example is an emotive and critical letter he wrote to General George Mead. This was a man he blamed for allowing Robert E. Lee to escape the battlefield at Gettysburg.

The letter was simply marked as never sent, or signed.

It’s a great idea to help work through the emotion. React and then respond. Going back and writing something again when you’re in the right frame of mind. What would have happened if he’d lived in a world full of social media and instant messaging though?

Have a think about this. Do you need to take some time before you take action? What do you do to ensure the world doesn’t see you in the wrong place? An emotional state where you’re reacting, rather than responding.

I hope this helps.

A quick update

You may have noticed I’ve been a little quieter than usual over the last month on social media, and there’s a reason for this. In short, I keep coming across very credible warnings about the current state of social media.

Combined with my own insights and research over the last year, I think there’s a good chance that social media, in its current form, could be doing a lot more harm than we realise.

I obviously don’t want to contribute to that. I want to take time to carefully review what I do and come up with a strategy that I hope sets the right example. I’m sure you’ll appreciate that when it comes to mental health and wellbeing, It’s important to get it right.

Finally, I have some blog posts that should help you. I think my guide to the Apple range is really handy this time of year, as it’s easy to spend a lot of money on something that’s about to be replaced. Please take a look.

Thanks again for following. There will be more next month. Those guides I mentioned last month are also on the way. I just need some cooler weather to shoot the videos.

Martin