PAUSE. NOTICE. LIVE.
Short, honest notes on what we walk past.
One short piece every Wednesday, starting 6 January 2027. Small moments from work and life, each ending with a 3-Minute Pause. For people who keep work moving, and suspect there is more to see than their calendar shows.
Who We Are
pockets&pieces started as a pocket for the thoughts that didn't fit anywhere else. The big moments sort themselves out. It's the small ones that hang about: the feeling you can't name at the end of an ordinary day, the realisation that turns up three days after the conversation (helpful, but late), and the thought that moved into the back of your mind a while ago and shows no sign of leaving.
This year, pockets&pieces has run as four series: Mona Lisa Mondays, T.W. Glimpses, Unfiltered Thoughts and Gratitude Fridays. They close at the end of December 2026, and every piece stays in Pieces of Me.
From Wednesday 6 January 2027, there will be one piece a week, on Wednesdays, called Pocket Notes, ending with a 3-Minute Pause.
The 3-Minute Pause: What It Is
-
3 Minutes.
That’s all you need.
-
Pause - 30s:
Stop, not because something is wrong, but because you chose to.
Phone face down, feet on the floor, one slow breath out. -
Notice - 60s:
What caught your eye, your ear, the quiet weight of something unnamed?
Say “I notice…” three times: see, hear, feel.
-
Live - 90s:
Something truly seen becomes part of how you see. Let it.
Write one line, or decide one small thing to do next.
If Humans Were Spaghetti
A self-help book about growing under pressure.
