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# Sitting at a railway station, I've got a ticket for my destination......
- URL: https://berniejmitchell.com/sitting-at-a-railway-station-ive-got-a-ticket-for-my-destination-2/
- Published: 2013-10-03T14:54:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-03T14:54:00.000Z
- Author: Bernie J Mitchell
- Tags: BLOG, #Migrated-1772907944273, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-07 18:26

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**I feel like I am home again this week.**   
**I spend my best time [At Work Hubs](https://www.atworkhubs.co.uk/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) in Euston and [90 Mainyard ](https://www.90mainyard.co.uk/cowork.html?ref=berniejmitchell.com)in Hackney.**  
  
(If you are still pissing about in Starbucks come and [join us here](https://www.kindredhq.com/?ref=berniejmitchell.com))  
  
Life was absolute fucking torture in the last few weeks. I thought I had it all worked out and seemed to neglect the fact my health was "below par" - feeling good again for 6 hours in a row is not a cure.  
**Before I knew it I'd committed to 15 things everyday before 10am.**   
One thing writing this blog has taught me is to stop beating myself up.  
Beating myself up was not something I had scheduled in my google calendar but it was eating A LOT of time.  
  
I read The Now Habit about procrastination and it directly pointed out that procrastination uses up the same, if not more energy that just getting in with it.  
  
I agreed right away and then walked around with the thought in my head for two months. Then before I know it I had said yes to 7 million things and was about to die. I was angry at the world for only giving me 24 hours a day, an amazing wife, an amazing child, an amazing pile of books to read and places to be.  
  
Somewhere in the blog is a less is more post. Somewhere in the last 6 years of this blog is some gloating "I have it sorted" post about organising everything.  
  
**The reality of the situation and what I learnt from Social Media Week (SMW)**  
  
[This blog was one of the best things about ](https://thisisnotaninsight.tumblr.com/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) Social Media Week in London.  
It upset so many people I made sure I tweeted it before my events to save people from themselves.  
  
I had stuff to finish before SMW and was soooooo busy preparing for SMW that I did not get it done. Then right after SMW was[ Late Late Breakfast Show](https://thelatelatebreakfastshow.com/10-reasons-late-late-breakfast-show-tuesday/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) and I was drowning under everything.  
  
Do you know what I did? It was amazing. I thought I am going to totally loose my head in about 30 seconds. I started saying no.  
I have had a few speaking opportunities drift my way recently and have turned them down. Not because I am too cool to speak there, because my head will fall off and I am somehow side stepping really important stuff.  
  
**If you are reading this and are not doing something with me already DON'T ASK me to do anything until January 2014\.**   
I can't help myself, I want to help everyone. (Which is as dangerous being a sword swallower with an enthusiastic cocaine habit.)  
I am working on some really rewarding projects right now and often the thing standing in the way of them moving faster is saying yes to stuff that is just a crap distraction - even though it is often fun.  
  
There is HUGE agony in sitting down and doing what you actually want to do, so saying yes to bullshit easy stuff is easy.  
  
I am going to shoot off right here and because I set myself a time limit and I have just gone over it by 2 minutes.  
  
**Sitting at a railway station, I've got a ticket for my destination......** has nothing to do with the content but I had to get going! ;-)  
  
Thanks for reading and of course let the typos slide - this was send from my mobile device.