Reintroducing Coasting

Getting back on track and a flick through the archives

One of the nicer places I’ve written a newsletter! (Definitely not Wetherspoons.)

Hello! I’ve spent some time this week revamping this newsletter - updating the about page, writing new welcome emails and planning out content for the next few months - and I figured it might be a good opportunity to do a reintroduction.

But first, let’s go back in time for a second. It’s September 2022 and I’ve spent the summer sort of living in my van (aka also spending a lot of time at my parents’ house and hogging friends’ spare rooms). I’m in the middle of a month in Scotland and I’m in Wetherspoons in Fort William, which is where you’ll have been able to find me most mornings. It might not be the image that first comes to mind when you imagine the digital nomad dream, but Wetherspoons actually makes for the perfect co-working space: plug points, wifi, unlimited coffee refills for £1 and nobody cares how long you stay. I should be working on a book draft that I’m already six months late handing in but…