What I’m doing NOW
As of 3 Dec 2025…
- Spending time around family and proving that remote work is possible in the process
- Seeing what networking and mentorship pathways I could help setup for Grid AKL, Startup Aoteroa, and the Ministry of Awesome
- Learning Korean again to understand my in-laws
- Walking 10km per day on average to close out a 2025 goal
- Sharing new perspectives and experimental lessons I’ve learnt for a less busy, more fulfilling life through my Then It Clicked! Substack publication
- I’ve got a new digital photo album now specifically for all of the replies I get where people have said (sometimes literally), “That was actually helpful. Thanks Geoff!” — it gives me all the warm fuzzies inside
- Reading so many interesting books this year and loving it (see below)
You can tell that what I’m not actively doing is redesigning this WordPress site and updating the blog here with what I’m currently publishing via Substack. I am in no rush; my energy and attention is going where it needs to go.
What I recently FINISHED
- Giving a fun and lively 45min talk to DDB Group Aotearoa’s design team on turning busy into better! 🥳
- My fourth guest appearance on Ruddle Me This! with Taylor Ruddle to discuss the “cost of greatness” as seen through A Star Is Born (2018)
- Attending Auckland Startup Week for work followed by a business trip to Christchurch to learn what startup founders in the Ministry of Awesome programmes need to get to their next stage
- Decoding the US Federal Tax system to save myself $$$ in submitting my own return (and frankly, doing a better job of it than the accountants I had previously used for years)
- My first guest appearance on the BearTalk podcast on why curiosity is the real superpower for designers & creators
- A digital-free weekend at Wild Ridge NZ near Wellsford which I highly recommend. The host has a great record collection and sound system inside and outside his cabin on this mountain top; it’s the perfect little getaway.
- 👉 for more project and appearance links, check out my LinkTree
What may be up NEXT
- Moving my Formula Fast Track (2025) e-course over to YouTube to help get you up to speed with Formula 1—fast… and now for free!
- Retroactively adding Blog posts for my various guest appearances
- Merging my 2010 “For Better GENiUS” comedy-philosophy blog into here
Key memory dividends
from the past year…
- A digital getaway at Wild Ridge on the top of small mountain
- Changing up the scenery with trips to Melbourne, Christchurch (three times), Lake Tekapo, and Timaru
- Successfully completing a 120-day sober ‘experiment’ and keeping days sipping a drink to less than 20% in 2025.
- Delivered the bank’s first-ever accessibility test of our digital banking UX
- Became a dual New Zealand citizen (read about my journey here)
- Hiked the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (20km) over Mount Doom with family
- ‘Retired’ from my 3yrs of producing and performing in stand-up and improv comedy shows, such as The Dice Show NZICF24, POINTS! A Comedy Panel Game Show for Humans Being (pilot), This Might Get Weird
Books from this year
What I’m currently reading for insight and fun…
- How To Live by Derek Sivers
- The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Most recently finished from my 2025 goal of 6+ books read this year…
- Useful, Not True by Derek Sivers
- Stone Cold by David Baldacci
- Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan
- Lila by Robert M. Pirsig
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres
- It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be by Paul Ardern
- Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1 by Will Buxton
- Sir Lewis by Michael E. Sawyer
- A Good Leadership Book by Dan Lake
- The Collectors by David Baldacci
- Atomic Habits by James Clear (a second time)
- The 4–Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
What I paused and need to come back to…
- This Is Strategy by Seth Godin
- Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferris
🔖 This page exists to see the ‘big picture’ of what I’m preoccupying myself with now (and why you’ve probably heard me saying ‘No’ to more things haha).