hackett.life

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country life

Post author By JP
Post date 03/11/2021

It has been quite a while since I have had the time to sit down and write. I have moved home and started a new job. I work away from home on a four on four off rotation, doing 12-hour night shifts. I stay with a friend who works with me, so we eat, sleep, work, repeat. But then I drive home to my family and our beautiful new home, deep in the Kent countryside, southeast of Canterbury. That feeling of love and joy at getting home to my wife and son is beautiful. Once home, there’s no expectation for me to have to do much other than rest & relax.

Tags family, home, important, life, work

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shifting

Post author By JP
Post date 12/09/2021

Photo by Mehdi on Unsplash

I begin a new job tomorrow. The pay is good, and it’s a good company to work for. Possible downsides are that it is not local (100 miles away), and I will be working nights (7 pm to 7 am), four on four off.

The work is hard, so it might take a softy like me a few weeks to adapt, but adapt I will! I’ll report my progress here.

Tags family, important, status

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movement

Post author By JP
Post date 06/09/2021

Wow, I have just noticed that I haven’t posted anything to this blog for almost an entire month! That is unforgivable. In fairness, I have been swamped these last few weeks.

Tags family, life, status

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refinement

Post author By JP
Post date 09/08/2021

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

I am having doubts about my newsletter. Writing this blog makes me feel like I am talking to myself. I have no idea if anyone is actually reading anything that I put out into the world. Maybe I should drop writing here and really lean into writing on Substack. Will anyone actually listen to anything that I have to say? Who knows?

Is there anybody out there? Shoot me a message and let me know, will ya?

Tags status, writing

streaming tv

UFO

Post author By JP
Post date 09/08/2021

Watching UFO

Tags 717, documentary, UAP, UFO

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fuck-fuckety-fuck-fuck!

Post author By JP
Post date 08/08/2021

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels

The news that we had feared was coming has arrived. Once again, we are being turfed out of our rented home. Our situation is precarious. A combination of poor credit history, sporadic freelance work, and zero savings make walking into a letting agent and choosing an off-the-shelf rental home near impossible. We have to be careful that our next move will be more permanent. The last five years have been hard. I will not let the next five years be the same.

So, it is time to begin the boxing up of our belongings once again. I intend to write about the experience via this blog. The day we move home will also be when I stop using social media for a year. I won’t even update pages for businesses and organisations that I work with. Instead, I will write, read and take a bunch of photos. That is all.

Tags family, home, important, life, status

film

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

Post author By JP
Post date 24/07/2021

Watching Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

Tags action, comedy, thriller

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eject – eject – eject

Post author By JP
Post date 24/07/2021

A while ago, I mentioned that there was trouble on the horizon. Well, the horizon is coming up fast, and I need to do something to get my family and me out of the shit storm that we are about to find ourselves in.

Tags family, home, important

gaming

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2

Post author By JP
Post date 15/06/2021

I loved Contracts, so I reckon this game will be off the hook! I shall save my pennies.

Tags entertainment, shooter, xbox, XboxSeriesX

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time waits for no man

Post author By JP
Post date 14/06/2021

Photo by Alexandar Todov on Unsplash

Do you ever feel like the days are slipping away so fast that life seems to be accelerating? I’ve been feeling that way lately. I need to come up with a strategy to help me get more out of my day. Exercise and doing something meaningful every day has to be a priority. I’m also starting to think that I should be waking up a lot earlier than I do right now.

Tags 711, digital detox, family, fitness, friends, life, manifesto, mental health

film

Infinite

Post author By JP
Post date 10/06/2021

Watching Infinite

Tags action, sci-fi

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NASA will look into the UFO mystery

Post author By JP
Post date 10/06/2021

After decades of halfhearted smirks and outright dismissals, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s newest chief Bill Nelson says the agency is officially joining the effort to understand UFOs better. Read the full article over at The Debrief here.

Tags 709, fringe, linked article, NASA, The Debrief, UAP, UFO

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creeping doubt

Post author By JP
Post date 03/06/2021

Photo by Allan Rohmer on Unsplash

I like to think that I have been keeping depression at bay, but lately, I’m not sure. I continue to flit between grand ideas and being unable to focus on one thing. As I have mentioned in my last post, there is potential trouble ahead, and I struggle to keep that potential future from affecting me in the here and now. I am distracted.

Being an eternal optimist is difficult sometimes. When the ‘black dog’ is circling the boundaries of my happiness, I find it hard to remain happy. I fucking hate uncertainty. I can live with it most of the time, but when things that affect my family are out of my control, I become overwhelmed with fight or flight feelings. A small lottery win would help.

Tags 708, black dog, depression, mental health

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trouble on the horizon

Post author By JP
Post date 30/05/2021

Photo by Frederick Bartels on Unsplash

A neighbour told me something yesterday that could disrupt my life. I had hoped that we, as a family, had put some distance between us and upheaval. But, unfortunately, it would seem that the universe might have different plans. So, I said a little prayer to the big U, help us out, will ya?

Tags family

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a session at the skatepark

Post author By JP
Post date 30/05/2021

Karta and friends at CycloPark

I took Karta to meet up with his mates at the CycloPark Skatepark today. The boys had a whale of a time. The weather was awesome, I got my first sunburn of 2021!

Tags 706, days out with dad, family, friendship, scooter, skatepark

film streaming

Wrath of Man

Post author By JP
Post date 25/05/2021

Watching Wrath of Man

Tags action, crime

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a new monitor, a job and the bureaucrat

Post author By JP
Post date 25/05/2021

Photo by Javier Garcia Chavez on Unsplash

What a day! I have a new 27 inch widescreen monitor coming today. My 22 incher is a bit too small for the work that I am doing, so a new LG is enroute.

Tags football club, home education, homeschool, Technology

Homemade Astronauts

Post author By JP
Post date 15/05/2021

Watching Homemade Astronauts

Tags 702, documentary

noise

The Pentagon and UFOs

Post author By JP
Post date 14/05/2021

Photo by Albert Antony on Unsplash

Here is a link to a great article on The New Yorker website.

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo. Read HOW THE PENTAGON STARTED TAKING U.F.O.S SERIOUSLY.

Tags 701, disclosure, linked article, The New Yorker, UAP, UFO

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my raison d’être

Post author By JP
Post date 09/05/2021

Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash

This is the 700th post on my tiny, insignificant blog! Over the last few days, I have found myself pondering life and my place in the world. I have read books and articles, watched YouTube videos and meditated. Finally, I have concluded that I need to very firmly put the past behind me and move forward through the rest of my time here, one day at a time.

Tags 700, changes, family, health, life, mental health

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transporter in the rearview

Post author By JP
Post date 08/05/2021

Photo by Alberico Bartoccini on Unsplash

My wife and I took some time to crunch the numbers regarding my work as a driver. When taking everything into consideration – fuel, wear and tear, time etc – my hourly rate was coming in at under £5.00! You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work out what happened next.

Tags 699, driver, freelance, self-employed, transporter

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drop out dreaming

Post author By JP
Post date 07/05/2021

I’ve been wondering how easy it would be to live permanently in a motorhome, here in Europe. This requires further research. Van life is appealing, especially if I could support myself and my family along the way.

Tags 698, life, lifestyle, no fixed abode, nomad, vanlife, wanderlust

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the shearing part two

Post author By JP
Post date 07/05/2021

I kind of liked having longer hair. Needs must, I suppose? That’s it though, I’m not going to have another haircut in 2021!

Tags 697, conformity, haircut

streaming tv

The Mosquito Coast

Post author By JP
Post date 05/05/2021

Watching The Mosquito Coast

Tags 696, drama

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the shearing

Post author By JP
Post date 04/05/2021

Photo by Александр Гросс on Unsplash

Due to upcoming work specs, I will have a haircut and a beard trim in Canterbury this afternoon. I’ll post a before and after shot upon my return from the barbershop.

Tags barber, beard life, haircut

film

Full Metal Jacket

Post author By JP
Post date 03/05/2021

Watching Full Metal Jacket

Tags 694, drama, war