journalist from
The Independent
newspaper wants to do a story and calls to find out more. She talks forever and meanwhile Claire’s phone is constantly ringing. It was a badidea to give out the number to the news feed agency. Now I have two phones on the go, non-stop. I tell the journalist I need to go.
11:15am Someone phones about making a short documentary for Korean TV next week. Apparently the Koreans have gone money-mad over the last decade and they think I’d be a good, thought-provoking story for their viewers. They’ll probably just make me look crazy, but I say yes. Today I have decided, like Danny Wallace (author of
Yes Man
), to say ‘yes’ to everything and see where it gets me. It would be a good day to ask me for a one-year interest-free loan, if I had any money.
11:20am Sky News Radio phones for a pre-recorded interview. I say something about my year not being nearly as extreme as the entire news media being owned by so few people. I have a feeling they won’t use that bit.
11:25am Get an email from a literary agency, asking if I am represented. This is more like it. One of my goals is to write a book on the year but I haven’t had time to look for an agent or publisher. I reply saying ‘yes please’.
11:30am The BBC World Service phones. They want to do an interview tonight at eleven o’clock. I’m meant to be asleep by then. However, my passion for the message I want to give out, and my new ‘say yes’ rule, forces me to … say yes.
11:40am RTE (Ireland’s national broadcaster) phones. Can I do a live interview at 12.15pm?
11:41am BBC Five Live rings on the other phone. I ask them to call back in five minutes as I am on the other line.
11:45am BBC Five Live rings again. Yes I can.
12:05pm ITV calls and asks for an interview at the café where we will be cooking tomorrow. Yes I can.
12:10pm Cell phone battery dies. I plug it into the mains. I won’t be able to do that after tomorrow.
12:15pm RTE Radio 1, phones for an interview. Quite a serious one for a change, so sign off very happy indeed.
12:30pm An Irish station, i105-i107fm, calls. Asks for an interview at 3.20pm. I oblige. I’m starting to get tired and stressed. This is too constant, I need some help.
12:40pm Another Irish station, Midwest FM, calls. They want an interview there and then. Yes. Questions are the same as most of the other interviews, largely trivial stuff. I’m getting slightly frustrated.
12:55pm Friends from Ireland send texts to tell me they have seen me in the paper and now they’ve heard me on the radio. What on earth am I doing? I forgot to tell them about all this. Oops.
1:15pm BBC Five Live phones again. Different show; they want to do an interview plus a live phone-in with listeners’ questions at 9.30pm on Buy Nothing Night. Yeah, why not, I was only meant to be having some home-brew with my friends after an easy day of thirteen hours cooking and hosting.
1:30pm Do an interview with Phantom FM on the spot. I should have bought a voice recorder, taped myself answering the questions everyone asks and played it back to them.
1:40pm BBC World Service phones. They want another interview for another program. It’s at 5pm but they need me in the studio, which is about four miles from Claire’s house. I say ‘no problem’ but actually it is. I am stressed. I’ve agreed to do far too much already because I want to get my message out to as many people as possible. I know I have to do it; I just don’t know if I can manage it.
1:55pm Get call from
Seoige
, an Irish television lifestyle show. Want me to come to Ireland to talk about my year and ideas just after Christmas. This could be my ticket across the sea anda chance to talk about the philosophy behind my experiment to the money-loving Irish.
2:00–2:20pm Three more small local stations call for quick interviews. Although they don’t go to millions of people, I say ‘yes’ because the presenters are always very kind and supportive and it’s a bit more
The Independent
newspaper wants to do a story and calls to find out more. She talks forever and meanwhile Claire’s phone is constantly ringing. It was a badidea to give out the number to the news feed agency. Now I have two phones on the go, non-stop. I tell the journalist I need to go.
11:15am Someone phones about making a short documentary for Korean TV next week. Apparently the Koreans have gone money-mad over the last decade and they think I’d be a good, thought-provoking story for their viewers. They’ll probably just make me look crazy, but I say yes. Today I have decided, like Danny Wallace (author of
Yes Man
), to say ‘yes’ to everything and see where it gets me. It would be a good day to ask me for a one-year interest-free loan, if I had any money.
11:20am Sky News Radio phones for a pre-recorded interview. I say something about my year not being nearly as extreme as the entire news media being owned by so few people. I have a feeling they won’t use that bit.
11:25am Get an email from a literary agency, asking if I am represented. This is more like it. One of my goals is to write a book on the year but I haven’t had time to look for an agent or publisher. I reply saying ‘yes please’.
11:30am The BBC World Service phones. They want to do an interview tonight at eleven o’clock. I’m meant to be asleep by then. However, my passion for the message I want to give out, and my new ‘say yes’ rule, forces me to … say yes.
11:40am RTE (Ireland’s national broadcaster) phones. Can I do a live interview at 12.15pm?
11:41am BBC Five Live rings on the other phone. I ask them to call back in five minutes as I am on the other line.
11:45am BBC Five Live rings again. Yes I can.
12:05pm ITV calls and asks for an interview at the café where we will be cooking tomorrow. Yes I can.
12:10pm Cell phone battery dies. I plug it into the mains. I won’t be able to do that after tomorrow.
12:15pm RTE Radio 1, phones for an interview. Quite a serious one for a change, so sign off very happy indeed.
12:30pm An Irish station, i105-i107fm, calls. Asks for an interview at 3.20pm. I oblige. I’m starting to get tired and stressed. This is too constant, I need some help.
12:40pm Another Irish station, Midwest FM, calls. They want an interview there and then. Yes. Questions are the same as most of the other interviews, largely trivial stuff. I’m getting slightly frustrated.
12:55pm Friends from Ireland send texts to tell me they have seen me in the paper and now they’ve heard me on the radio. What on earth am I doing? I forgot to tell them about all this. Oops.
1:15pm BBC Five Live phones again. Different show; they want to do an interview plus a live phone-in with listeners’ questions at 9.30pm on Buy Nothing Night. Yeah, why not, I was only meant to be having some home-brew with my friends after an easy day of thirteen hours cooking and hosting.
1:30pm Do an interview with Phantom FM on the spot. I should have bought a voice recorder, taped myself answering the questions everyone asks and played it back to them.
1:40pm BBC World Service phones. They want another interview for another program. It’s at 5pm but they need me in the studio, which is about four miles from Claire’s house. I say ‘no problem’ but actually it is. I am stressed. I’ve agreed to do far too much already because I want to get my message out to as many people as possible. I know I have to do it; I just don’t know if I can manage it.
1:55pm Get call from
Seoige
, an Irish television lifestyle show. Want me to come to Ireland to talk about my year and ideas just after Christmas. This could be my ticket across the sea anda chance to talk about the philosophy behind my experiment to the money-loving Irish.
2:00–2:20pm Three more small local stations call for quick interviews. Although they don’t go to millions of people, I say ‘yes’ because the presenters are always very kind and supportive and it’s a bit more
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