Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about fitting in... I'm on holiday now. This required a very considerable amount of effort, including a hasty dash to the airport two days earlier than planned, and a couple of very expensive COVID-19 tests: one PCR and one LAMP. Anyway, with all my COVID-19-free credentials in place, I was able to travel and reach my destination. The stress about whether or not the winter second wave [of COVID-19] would overwhelm the hospitals, and necessitate more lockdowns and travel bans, was almost unbearable, given how hard I've been working, for such a prolonged period. Although you mi ..read more
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The Boy Done Good
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about achievement... If I manage to slip the bonds of the United Kingdom tomorrow, I will have done extremely well. I know for certain that I do not have COVID-19, of any variety, because I am tested every week by the University of Oxford/ONS study, and I never leave the house except to go mountain biking on my own. Additionally, I literally just received the results of a very rapid but very accurate new test, which is about as good as anybody can ever get at saying "I haven't got COVID". I mean, it's very simple: I just don't have it. I don't socialise. I don't leave the hou ..read more
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Who Are The People That Matter?
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about estrangement... I had a theory, a couple of months ago, that if I chucked all the spammers off my website and stopped allowing public comments, it would be 'better'. What I meant by 'better' at the time, was a combination of a better image in terms of not having tons of spammy bots, filling up the comments section, but also, I was fearful that my site would be algorithmically marked as spammy, and therefore expelled - or at least very harshly punished - from search results, burying my writing... making it impossible to find. My theory backfired. From a pe ..read more
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What Does Winning Look Like?
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about knowing when to stop... By no later than the age of 17 or 18, I had figured out that life was a miserable rat race, which was unwinnable, and that all jobs were equally awful. I made the decision to focus on earning as much as possible, to make my leisure time as good as it could possibly be; I made the decision to work as little as possible, get paid as much as possible, in terms of "hourly rate" if you like: for sure, there are some very well paid investment bankers and corporate lawyers, but they work 100+ hour weeks. If I can work for 25 or so hours of the week, mos ..read more
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Time Poor
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about keeping busy... At first glance, it appears that I'm neither cash poor nor time poor. This year, my life has been revolutionised: all the wasted commuting time is now mine, to do with whatever I want, and I will definitely end the year with a small financial buffer, to shield me from any economic certainty. In theory, I might even find myself in the Spring time, with some 'disposable' income. Of course, I have time and money at the moment, but I would rather use my 'leisure' time to make more money, and I want to hoard as much money as possible, because I'm always on th ..read more
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Companionship
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about cabin fever... Getting a hybrid cat, only 4 or 5 generations from a wild cat breed, was a mistake. The main mistake was that - something that nobody tells you about - that hybrid cats which are so few generations into their domestication journey, are not only different in incredibly entertaining and interesting ways, but also, incompatible ways with domestic life. I really did completely adapt my house. I was prepared to do that. I accepted that I would have to make alterations to my home, so that I could have such a 'wild' cat. The kinds of alterations I made ..read more
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I Work Too Hard
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about being 'always on'... When I was 21 or 22 years old, I got a BlackBerry. I mean... I didn't buy one or anything... I mean I got a company BlackBerry. It was a big deal to get a BlackBerry. Only important people had a BlackBerry back then, in 2002 or whatever it was. It was a massive status symbol. Also, as a major geek, I thought it was brilliant to have a device where I could send and receive email, anywhere in the world... something we take totally for granted now. I used to work for follow the sun global banks, where the New York Stock Exchange cea ..read more
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I Don't Write About You, Your Organisation or Your Project
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about confidentiality... Does that blurry blob at the end of the rainbow look recognisable to you? Are you sure? Isn't it far too pixelated for you to be able to figure out what it is? Haven't I gone to great enough lengths in my obfuscation, to make it unintelligible? Do you think that, if you search, you'll find somewhere I slipped up... some place where I mentioned a person's name, an organisation name, a project name? I know you're looking. I've collected the data and done the analysis; I have the stats. I know what things you've searched for. What I don't know ..read more
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I Need This Job
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about income... Three strikes and you're out, is standard practice, in the workplace. I believe, for regular salaried employees, they are allowed a certain number of verbal warnings, written warnings, and then they can be fired, without fear of legal repercussions. Obviously the process of getting rid of a bad employee is fraught with difficulties, if you want to avoid employment tribunals, unfair constructive dismissal lawsuits and other such comeback, but generally speaking, if somebody is frequently reprimanded for unacceptable conduct in the workplace, they ..read more
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I Have Fewer Friends Than You Think
Manic Grant | The world's longest suicide note
by Nick Grant
3y ago
This is a story about social isolation... In this age of social media, it sometimes feels like we've got more friends than ever, given that it's easier to meet new people online, and to maintain some degree of friendship over any distance, remotely. However. There are a set of tests, which I hope you would agree with, which establish your true friends, from the people who you were once 'kinda' friends with, but aren't friends with anymore: Does your friend visit you, in person? Do you speak to your friend, on the phone or via video chat? Are those visits and/or chats regular? Would you ..read more
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