Get Pro Copy combines four services, with a fifth making a comeback
Get Pro Copy is perhaps unusual in that it combines four elements in its digital services: WordPress Web Design Copywriting Marketing SEO Copy When I founded this business on 1st November 2015, almost 8 years ago, it was a freelance copywriting business – no more, no less. It’s what I, Stuart Walton, do well and […]
Amor fati – a love of your fate.
Amor fati – a love of your fate. Friedrich Nietzsche coined the phrase and it’s one in periods of reflection that I’ve begun to believe in. Instead of railing against the past, instead of letting events and emotions live rent free, instead of looking back with regrets and emotions, embrace the past. Not a coy acceptance […]
There’s nothing to writing – you sit down at a keyboard (or bus stop) and bleed.
Paraphrasing Ernest Hemingway in the title as I can’t be arsed Googling the quote but he’s right. Writing is bleeding in front of a keyboard. Showing emotions, telling stories, exploring vulnerabilities. I write for myself and others as a living and it comes easy to me. It is as natural as walking and I do […]
On living – with a nod to Socrates
In between walking, writing, web design, reading has become a new daily pursuit – mainly books about philosophy – because I’m trying to redesign my own life. When you think about life, it’s a wonder so many of us manage to navigate through it. Socrates, no less, poisoned by suicidal hemlock after a jury found […]
A Philosophy of Walking
The book “A Philosophy of Walking” was recently recommended to me by David Craddock, a LinkedIn Manc friend and I’ve enjoyed reading it. Walking is an act carried out over centuries and has inspired many great philosophers and writers. Charles Dickens regularly used to walk 25 miles from Kent to London, Suffolk to Norwich. Rousseau, […]
Do you have a personal OS? An Android or iOS for life
I work on iOS. I like Apple. I like Pages, its password saving, the security features, Airdrop, the seamless syncing of photos, documents and downloads, yet there’s no doubt that Apple make great software, premium hardware but their design is, well, a bit boring. Take the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Great battery, buttery smooth OS, […]
Buy a nice pen, a smart notebook and write a journal
I was first told of the power of journalling by a mate, a very trusted friend, Andy Plues. If you don’t know Andy, he’s a top bloke, sounds like an extra from “Kes” and produces excellent nuggets of wisdom and excellent photography. Andy told me many months ago to buy a notebook, pick up a […]
When mountains become mates again
I sometimes marvel, when I look at Google or Apple Maps, at just what a great location Manchester is in. To the east, there’s the Peak District, to the north, Saddleworth and the Lancashire hills, south lies the White Peak of Leek and further afield, there’s Snowdonia, the Lakes, North Yorkshire Moors and Yorkshire Dales. […]
The only person you can change – is yourself
It’s taken me 58 years to have this personal epiphany, brought on by walking, journalling, reading and reflection that: The only person you can change – is yourself In some ways, it seems counter-intuitive perhaps for someone like me, with a long career in teaching (moulding minds, maintaining high standards of behaviour and motivating young […]