Sunday Sum - 5th November 2023

Hey , welcome back to

The Sunday Summary

, a collection of insights and my behind the scenes from the past week.

⏰ 🛌 Something clicked this week:Not snoozing!I'm not a morning person.I've been a serial snoozer for as long as I can remember.  Usually wasting up to 2 hours in bed every morning, scrolling socials and YouTube. My justification is that most people do this in the evening before bed, whereas I don't.But this week, aided by the fact that I left my phone on the other side of the room.  I got up, turned my alarm off.  And STAYED out go bed!  I had just enough time to sit in the resistance, that fogginess and think "hmm, work? or back to bed?".For years I've tried everything, remote alarms, non phone alarms, primal associations (picking a song that you have habitually trained yourself to jump up to your feet).  But this was different.Today is the 3rd time this week I've sat in the resistance, and for some reason, I've taken the harder option.It could be related to this video below?📱 Focus Modes - iPhone:How I Setup My iPhone - So It Doesn’t Ruin My LifeI started using Do Not Disturb More.  But setting up Focus modes has clearly been a game changer.  It seems so backwards to have a Home Screen full of every app!Think about it, when you are at a real life work space, would you really want to be distracted with items from other areas of your life?  On holiday? Why have home life come into your consciousness? Well setting up focus modes on the phone is the same.  I’ve got one for work (computer and Youtube work) which includes just the apps essential for that endeavour. Driving - so all my mapping and cabbie apps. As well as a few other modes. This has been a gamechanger so far!

🚫 I'm taking a break from YouTube and Taxi!:From January 2024I’ve hinted a few changes in life circumstances in previous months. Effectively; a break-up, and moving house/location.  It’s given me a lot of chance to reflect and observe the direction I want to progress, personally, professionally and socially.So after a bit of decision, I will be off the radar in January and February.  These are particularly slow months in the taxi anyway, crap weather means trials riding is less frequent which seriously impacts me socially and health wise.So I’ve opted to do something I always said I would do.  I’m going travelling!I will be back on the channel and in the saddle from Spring 2024.  I’m hoping that rather than grinding through the kipper season, I will be much more energised and revitalised!  Super excited but simultaneously anxious leaving behind my progress and inertia (currently very good) on the channel!Feel free to follow me on my Instagram if you want to tune into these life updates, I will also review if I want to do the Sunday summary whilst in a foreign land.

Which leaves just 2 things.

1. I will be renting out my beautiful taxi, so any cabbies who need a cab for 2024, do drop me a message.  This can be a long term rental if needed!

2. When I’m back in Spring 2024, I am looking to relocate to London.  If anyone knows of rental opportunities or a cool house share. Hit me up!

📺  Not on Youtube this week:Drive With Me!I tried this format back in 2020.  Effectively raw dash camera footage with some relaxing music in the background and minimal speech from me.I get a lot of comments from viewers saying that they watch my videos purely from the aspect of seeing London and having something to relax to.  So I thought I’d give this a shot.  It allows for me to constantly drip content, freeing up my time to work on the larger projects I have planned.If these prove popular, then I’ll be tempted to do hour long drives to peaceful 90’s hip hop in 4k quality!I initially uploaded but had a few quality issues, you will see some of these out in the new week 😊 

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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I'd love to know what you're up to or what you might be working on!

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Have a great week everyone!

Tom

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