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Seafarer vaccination is your problem

…and what to do about it

Jul 31, 2021

Seafarer vaccination is your problem

Jul 31, 2021

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Chasing Squirrels down Rabbit Holes

Should you raise the heel of your hand during CPR?

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, when they still taught single-person CPR as 15:2 (15 compressions to 2 breaths), I received dire…

Nov 23, 2024

Should you raise the heel of your hand during CPR?

Nov 23, 2024

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Published in
A Sailor’s Life for Me

Lifting big ships out of the water

“Say it quickly,” jobs are harder than they sound

May 28, 2023

Lifting big ships out of the water

May 28, 2023

Published in
A Sailor’s Life for Me

Conflict Resolution, Pirate Style

Disagreements at sea can have serious consequences

Jan 29, 2023

Conflict Resolution, Pirate Style

Jan 29, 2023

The Proust Questionnaire

Answered by Nic Gardner

Jan 15, 2023

The Proust Questionnaire

Jan 15, 2023

A Survival Guide to South Korean Government Quarantine

COVID-19 has complicated travel, but travel is necessary at times. This post covers everything I wish I’d known before entering hotel…

Nov 28, 2021

A Survival Guide to South Korean Government Quarantine

Nov 28, 2021

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A Sailor’s Life for Me

Assumptions must be made on the basis of scanty information

as long as you‘re paying attention.

Nov 7, 2021

Assumptions must be made on the basis of scanty information

Nov 7, 2021

Is it okay to be not okay?

Even if it could be worse…

Nov 3, 2021

Is it okay to be not okay?

Nov 3, 2021

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a Few Words

Writing is terrifying

But not for the reasons you might think.

Nov 3, 2021

Writing is terrifying

Nov 3, 2021

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A Sailor’s Life for Me

What do fishing boats have to do with #metoo?

A story of piracy on the high seas

Nov 1, 2021

What do fishing boats have to do with #metoo?

Nov 1, 2021

A slow voyage of acceptance

Coming to terms with death

Aug 14, 2021

A slow voyage of acceptance

Aug 14, 2021

It can’t be that hard, can it?

How not to trim a bathroom mirror

May 31, 2021

It can’t be that hard, can it?

May 31, 2021

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Ascent Publication

10 Life Lessons from 26 Years at Sea

#3. Ignorance is curable.

Jan 15, 2021

10 Life Lessons from 26 Years at Sea

Jan 15, 2021

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A Sailor’s Life for Me

What’s the Point of Rules?

Are they the means, or the end?

Dec 14, 2020

What’s the Point of Rules?

Dec 14, 2020

Searching for Control in a COVID World

“When you feel the first signs that it’s hard to breathe, stop trying. Hold your breath. It’s your body, and you’re in control.”

Oct 10, 2020

Searching for Control in a COVID World

Oct 10, 2020

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A Sailor’s Life for Me

The COVID Crew Change Crisis

When the universal crisis became personal

Aug 9, 2020

The COVID Crew Change Crisis

Aug 9, 2020

Beliefs in the Time of COVID-19

Are you part of the problem?

Jun 18, 2020

Beliefs in the Time of COVID-19

Jun 18, 2020

How to Format Files for Self-Publishing on Linux

Using Linux to format a book for Ingram Spark and Kindle Direct Publishing

May 20, 2020

How to Format Files for Self-Publishing on Linux

May 20, 2020

The Freedom of Constraints

Fear comes from not knowing what to expect and not feeling you have any control over what’s about to happen. When you feel helpless…

May 3, 2020

The Freedom of Constraints

May 3, 2020

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A Sailor’s Life for Me

Seafarers: the Forgotten Essential Workers

“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of…

Apr 5, 2020

Seafarers: the Forgotten Essential Workers

Apr 5, 2020

Nic Gardner

Nic Gardner

Full-time sailor, full-time learner, part-time writer with a lot to say. I try to see all sides, but I'm human, so I have a long way to go.

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