Less is more
I’ve been experimenting over the past couple months with writing 1000 words a day. I found that I didn’t like that, feeling it was too long. So I dropped it to a minimum of 500 words a day. That felt … Read more …
Choices
6 Reasons why you should quit Facebook too
Almost a week ago I decided to remove myself from Facebook (I’m taking a sabbatical from Facebook) so that I could have more time to do things that were more important to me, other than waste it on Facebook. I’ve … Read more …
Problems are opportunities for growth
I fixed it! ‘Fixed what?’ I hear you ask. Yesterday I wrote a post called “Your post was not shared. Please try again.” In it, I was discussing how the Google+ sharing feature was no longer working, and I’d spent all day … Read more …
Improving my life with Google+
After disconnecting from Facebook the other day, I redesigned this blog’s sidebar to the left so that Facebook Likes are no longer an option. Since I’m not active there, there’s no point promoting it… Instead, I enhanced my Google+ badge, but pointing it … Read more …
I’m taking a sabbatical from Facebook
What does Facebook do for you? I think this is the same for everyone that uses Facebook – it takes away your time and exchanges it with stuff that has no ultimate value to your life. That time could be … Read more …
Be with people who truly value you
Look around you at the people you hang out with. How many of them seek to be with you, compared to how many you seek to be with? If you didn’t keep in touch with them, would they try to … Read more …
Be gentle with yourself
This society we live in is very goal and results oriented. Look around you and you’ll see deadlines, objectives, incentives and rewards. Sitting back and taking it easy is often frowned upon. People will tell you that you need to work … Read more …
How to achieve what you want in life
What holds most of us back from achieving our goals and dreams in our lives is fear. Fear of the unknown, of failure, of rejection, and even of success itself, because of a fear of the responsibilities that success would … Read more …
Stop worrying about things that haven’t happened
Do you ever find yourself worrying about things that haven’t happened yet? Maybe you worry about what others think of you. Or you might even be thinking about things like losing your job, or having your partner leave you, or … Read more …
Untethering from what doesn’t serve you
I’d like to talk about ‘untethering’, because I think it’s important. But before I do, let me give you a quote from one of my favourite authors, Ev Bogue, to explain what ‘tethering’ is: “A tether is an obligation that … Read more …
What I’m learning from bankruptcy
For the past three years I’ve had an issue bearing down on me, which I did my best to put aside as I got on with the rest of my life. However, the result of it all was that I … Read more …
Seek the outcome, not the solution
For every problem you have in your life, there’s always a solution that will lead you to the outcome you desire. It can be difficult to work out what the solution is, but I’m here to tell you that sometimes … Read more …
Happy wife, happy life
I was just reading something that was talking about a study having found that men find women who smile to be more attractive than women who don’t smile. Well, duh. Interestingly, the study also found that women found men more … Read more …